Gedoo | Illustration
Chengdu based illustrator Gedoo produces surreal sketched illustrations. Although somewhat ‘cutsey’ at times, the abstract elements makes it interesting.
Mojo Wan | Illustration
Mojo Wan is a 23 year old lad from Shanghai who shows that you don’t need a degree in design from university to design well… Having studied Engineering at University, he has honed what he enjoys doing into his career. Some of his work has an erotic edge, which is unusual in China but its...
Na Zhao | Illustration
Mind blowing surrealist visuals from the mind of Beijinger Na Zhao. She has created these by hand and she has a very unique and distinctive style. I would to see more of her work in the future.
Tree Studio | Furniture
Graduate designer Zhang Zhan has created a temporary autumnal sofa called Time+ thing-alive sofa. Captured during Chinas’ short but extremely vibrant autumn, when all the leaves turn a bright yellow, 26 kilos of leaves were collected from the summer palace in Wuxi and then hand glued together to form this sofa. Over time it will...
Trace Architecture Office | Xiaoquan Town School
After the devestating Sichuan earthquake in 2008, many public buildings including schools were severly damaged. In a chance to rebuild something better and interesting, the local government hired T-A-O Architects to design the new school.
Sweet Vision Studio | Photography
Sweet Vision Studio is an international inderdisciplinary studio based out of Beijing. Made up of photographers and graphic designers, they have a vibrant array of work. What particularly piqued my interest was the photography of Johnny Zhang. I find his personal work the most exciting, ranging between moody black and white images with Mao to some...
Li Xiaodong Atelier – Liyuan Library
A wonderful addition to the portfolio of home grown architects in China, a Beijing based Library in Huairou District. Very modest, low key and melding with its environment. I would love to see this against the backdrop of the winters hills in Beijing with the hues and tones of browns and greys. Good to see...
Interval Architects – Rollercoaster
Beijing-based Interval Architects have redefined a small public space in an existing school. A good use of timber, but it will be interesting to see how this ages in the harsh Beijing climate. The architects say; Situated in a tranquil environment of one of the best vocational schools in Beijing, the project aims at providing...
Zhili Liu | Furniture
Finally, after much searching, I have found the work of a Chinese Furniture designer, Zhili Liu based in Beijing. Zhili Liu has this to say… Chinese manufacturing is usually famous for large quantity, low quality and very limited new material and technology. So for Chinese designers, creating low quantity products with high quality in both...
Mandoline Xu | Graphic
Mandoline Xu hails from Nanking and has a small collection of bold works. Mandoline has also submitted work for the Universiade in Shenzhen like Js Chen. You can see more on her blog here.
Li Jun | Graphic
Spotted this on Behance the other day, and it really stands out. Would love to see more of his work, but this is all I have at the moment. Bold and unusual treatment of type here in China.
Pop Chang | Illustration
Apologies for the lack of updates and slowdown recently. I am getting right back on it! Today we are looking at the colourful and fun work of Pop Chang from Shanghai. He deviates between doing commercial work for clients such as Li Ning, to old school Chinese bike companies (Forever Bicycles). Have a look at...
