A Look at the State of Chinese Design Development

A lovely critical tone on V&A’s curation of a design exhibition.
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Until recently, a positive view on the state of modern Chinese graphic design was difficult to find in the Western trade press. Hong Kong, under the rule [...]

Women of the Long March

I loved this book when I read it.

I read it before my first trip to China – bok in hand, head phones plugged in (I even had audio cassettes of the book); Bliss. It took an enormous amount of time – this dwelling upon stories and going to the internet to look at the [...]

Universal Health Care for China

Thats a 100$ per person. Will this build a health care system I wonder. It is a lot of money – and will produce some spectacular hospitals and infrastructure – like what we saw for the Olympics. If however they go down the path of service design, and community health – which then addresses both [...]

Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money

This is a gorgeous piece. Okay I am in love with China – and cry for its faults. But I have to admit I smile every time I hear a bit of muscle flexing – and so very graciously done. Very cat to the American mouse. Come on I say to my Indian counterparts – [...]