TICT is proud to present the fourth installment of Shanghai’s Design, Art & Fashion Fair.
DAFF is Shanghai’s biggest biannual lifestyle community event. Aimed at giving China’s creative leaders and rising talent a platform to interact, share ideas, and promote new projects, the event gives an unprecedented opportunity to connect with and inspire the public at large.
Le Guo was born in China. He received a BA in Fine Art in China and a MA in Fine Art at the Central Saint Martins. He has had solo exhibitions at the Barbican Centre, the Zelda Cheatle Gallery, no format Gallery and China Art Cultural Centre. His works have also been exhibited as part of the Salon Art Prize Matt Roberts Arts, The Rag Factory, Greenwich Heritage Centre and at The Portman Gallery. His work has been selected for a series of commission and publications on an international scale.
As his stated:
‘my life and art practice inhabits the dichotomous worlds of conflict and balance, proposing solutions within flux, generating fluidity within the fragmented mind. I conjure a sense of an internal, intuitive, shifting reality attempting to respond to a physical world. I have a desire to narrate, but am unable to form a story’. http://www.leguo.co.uk/
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Hong Kong and China-based retailer Lane Crawford selected Nick Knight to direct and capture their first ever moving image campaign. The resulting fashion film and imagery – starring Asian models Ming Xi, Xiao Wen Ju and Wang Xiao – features sumptuous looks from A/W 2012, including pieces by Yohji Yamamoto, Celine and Balenciaga, carefully curated by acclaimed stylist Edward Enninful.
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It’s no secret that fashion’s most dynamic new markets can be found in Asia and the Middle East. This begs the question, if that is where couture is being purchased and craved, why should it not also be where it is made and shown?
To affirm SHOWstudio’s commitment to exploring new fashion frontiers, Marie Schuller headed to Singapore for French Couture Week 2012. Following in the footsteps of our ‘Asian Couture Week 2012′ project, this coverage unpicks the work of designers from areas like Bangkok, China, Hong Kong, Japan and France in fashion film, candid post-show interviews and essays by Sue Wen Quek and Bobby Luo.
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Japanese airline, ANA (All Nippon Airways) has recently announced a Design Contest to let the public design the livery for one of its Boeing 767-300 jumbo jets! The contest is launched in commemoration of ANA’s upcoming 60th anniversary. Anyone, – regardless of age, nationality, or artistic skill – is free to submit a design for consideration. Kids of all ages can even download and print out a blank airplane template and ‘paint’ the plane with crayons. They can then scan and upload their creative genius, or even send their drawings to ANA by snail mail (normal post). Some of the more skilled artists may prefer to do it all digitally using their favorite digital drawing software package. So, all of you talented Chinese and Asia Pacific designers… what are you waiting for? Get to drawing!
Jump over to ANA’s contest page to learn more and get started…
The original design lasts for a reason. People looks at the same object over time and gives it different meanings. A polka dot pattern has its origin, the same applies to any design, product and object. This is a project to find the origin of design, product and object,to discover their meaning in different time period. and to find new interpretations of original design and object.
Visit the portfolio of Feng Haoyu
Nod Young is a visual artist specializing in digital design and visual arts, whose unique style and extraordinary insight have been well recognized. In his works, Nod mixes Chinese cultures with various elements, avant garde and traditional, always trying to break down the boundaries. As an artist, his works have been widely exhibited around the globe, from the UK to Spain, Finland to Singapore, the US to South Africa. Nod hopes to bring changes to life, through art and creativity that are able to influence the world and enrich people’s sensations. Nod has also gained commercial success and worked with many international clients, including NIKE, Adidas, Coca Cola, McDonald’s, Nokia, Microsoft, Mercedes, Li Ning, FIAT, Green Peace. He is also actively involved in a lot of art-related projects as an independent designer, and is planning to publish a portfolio book together with Tsinghua University Press at the summer of 2012.
Visit the personal site of Nod Young
