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CDR@V&A

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27 June, 2008 in Latest_Articles, Life > 生活 and Material Explorers_材料探究. 0 Comments

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www.cdregion.com
CDR at V&A Fridaylate Beijing 27th June

Cutting Edge
Room 47c
18.30-22.30

Pick up a pair of scissors and join William Hailiang Chen and members of Chinese Designer’s Region in creating this cut-paper installation. Inspired by traditional Chinese paper-cutting and responding to the mosaic floor throughout the V&A, the installation will run along the floor of the galleries like a carpet strip. At the end of the night, you can even take a piece home!

Sound Message Board
India, Room 44
18.30-22.30, live performance 19.00, 20.00, 21.00 (duration approx 15 mins)

What does the sound of writing convey? Write your message on these textured message boards with improvised writing instruments and hear your ideas resonant. Devised by sound artist Zhu Tiantian (Chinese Designer’s Region), she will create live soundscapes in response to your aural messages.

For CDR programs on the event, please visit
www.cdregion.com
For other programs on the event, please visit
www.vam.ac.uk/fcfridaylate  

ResoNet_Green Bay Competition

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22 June, 2008 in Light Delivery_光的递送 and Material Explorers_材料探究. 0 Comments

ResoNet_Green Bay
by Mark Francis Tynan, William Hailiang Chen and Tai Hollingsbee

ResoNet_tensegrity at Finalist on ‘Greenbay’ competition
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=725&storycode=3115612&c=

Architects to stage urban intervention at LFA 2008
11 June, 2008

Parking bays and design aren’t two words which normally trip off the tongue together, but a competition run by Ramboll Whitbybird is using design to draw attention to just how much space is given up to cars in the city.

It has shortlisted 14 teams to create a series of “urban interventions” during the 2008 London Festival of Architecture to turn a series of parking spaces green.

Overnight on Thursday 3 July, volunteers will turn 14 car parking spaces on Store Street ‘green’ to highlight how much space in the city is given up to cars. Each team will have a budget of £200. The shortlisted teams were chosen based on the designs ability to create discourse and to challenge perception, its use of sustainable materials, and its buildability.

Also on London Festival of Architecture website:

http://www.lfa2008.org/event.php?id=858&name=Ramboll+Whibybird%27s+Greening+Bays

Leal Bao’s attitude on design

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21 June, 2008 in Jottings > 随笔, Latest_Articles and Life > 生活. 0 Comments

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(The last dinner with CDR member at Chinatown Leong’s Legends restuarant; photo by William Hailiang Chen) 

Leal Bao who is one of founders for CDR has written down his thoughts about the attitude on design, particularly for those Chinese students who are eager to study abroad, look for ‘fame’ and try to enter famous school. Frankly, if I have time and write something about my thoughts on studying at AA, I probably will point out some similar issues. Surely, below is from his bottom of heart even I have known him for a while but I never really know what he is thinking. He is a person who seldom talks too much(I meant ‘to speak out his opinions’), very quite and focus ‘On line’/his pretty apple ’toy’;) ……pitty, CDR loses a design ‘Geek’!

Please visit his blog for comments. http://luvpixel.net/blog/ 

Attitude 1

我一直不是很多話的人，但是在長期的海外生活和工作積累中難免還是會產生許多想法和思考，偏偏自己又是典型的懶散型天平座，每次思考過後卻又懶得提筆記下， 在英國的最後幾天終於可以利用這段真空期塗上幾筆。

關於攝影
確切地說是拍照，我從來沒把自己當成過攝影師，自然也到不了”攝影“的高度。經常有人看了照片之後來問用的是甚麼相機，甚麼鏡頭，甚麼膠卷，如何PS等等。其實我自己也是個半路出家的人，大學畢業後才開始摸相機，頂多算個愛好者，對於那些專用術語我至今也沒搞清除是怎麼回事，拍照對我來說只是一種感覺，一個記錄生活的方式，它不需要參雜過多的器材知識和理論，感覺對了，按下快門就好，畢竟我也不靠它吃飯。但現實中的情況是很多人跟著昂貴的器材跑，一個鏡頭拍不好就換一個，便宜的拍不好就換貴的，新手一上路就買上萬的機器，人手一本”紐約攝影教材“，集體外拍數十人盯著一個做作的模特狂按快門，攝影論壇裡成千上萬的花鳥魚蟲照片，看照片先看光圈快門數據等，這些都是讓我看不懂的，我也越來越不懂現在的”攝影發燒友“們舉起相機的最終目的是甚麼了。目前自己最常用的是eBay上買的二手小μ2傻瓜機，如果旅行的話會多帶一台FM2，也是eBay上拍來的。雖然數碼相機越來越強，但我總覺得只有拿著膠片機才真正感覺自己是在拍照。不過話說回來，許多男人天生就對精密機械有種與生俱來的狂熱，我能理解這樣的群體，玩相機的和玩鐘錶玩HIFI的其實沒有本質區別。當理科頭腦發達的人玩相機時發現自己並不具備攝影相關的藝術細胞和審美眼光後，就只能用一連串的數據來評判一張照片的好壞，看起來有點荒誕，但的確有許多人樂此不疲。

撰此短文不是諷刺器材發燒友，而是希望有更多對拍照感興趣的人對攝影有一個正確的理解。

Attitude 2

關於設計
5年前從上海一所不知名大學的環境藝術設計專業畢業後我毅然飛到英國轉修視覺傳達，三年前順利拿到學位並在倫敦開始我的第一個全職工作，現在我坐在反鄉的飛機上琢磨這幾年我到底學到了甚麼樣的設計…

我離開的這段時間恰好是創意產業在中國大陸蓬勃興起的5年，主題各異的設計展在一大批年青策展人的推動下不斷湧現，新興的創意園區一個接一個在上海北京等大城市出現，國外優秀設計公司為了在這片巨大的市場中搶得先機紛紛進駐大陸，形形色色的外國藝術家，設計師，建築師也都開始把中國作為他們新的試驗田。新一代的本土設計師們也都躍躍欲試，在這股大潮之下互相叫勁。不知是遺憾還是幸運，我並沒有身在其中，這反而讓我異常冷靜地從一個側面去觀察種種有趣和奇怪的現象。 Continue reading ‘Leal Bao’s attitude on design’

Chinese Designers’ Region(CDR)@V&A

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7 June, 2008 in Life > 生活. 0 Comments

Finally, CDR has been set up formally as a non-profit organisation. Starting from the first meeting with Get It Louder curator Ou Ning in April 2006 and also ‘Post Awakening’ party at my flat on 8th October 2006, CDR has held quite a few meetings now. We have tried to curate a collective exhibition for almost 2 years now. Finally, we begin our first step.  www.cdregion.com

CDR @ V&A Museum
As part of varied programmes and events to complement China Design Now exhibition, currently CDR is commissioned by V&A Museum to participate Free Schools and Colleges Event on 26th June as well as Friday Late Beijing event on 27th June.

Free Schools and Colleges Event
Thursday 26 June 2008
A unique opportunity for your students to gain an insight into what is happening in the Chinese design world and to meet up and coming designers and artists. Events include workshops and talks on fashion, animation, architecture, plus performances and a visit to V&A’s major spring exhibition China Design Now.

Friday Late Beijing
Friday 27 June
18:30 – 22:00
Experience China’s vibrant youth and popular culture with live bands and VJs from Beijing screenings of short films and animations, workshops and more.

For more information visit
www.vam.ac.uk/chinadesignnow

A bit of Wednesday afternoon humour!

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4 June, 2008 in Life > 生活. 1 Comment

An e-mail – “A bit of Wednesday afternoon humour!” is sent out by my colleague Andy Edge: 

—‘ I attended a party this past weekend.  After checking out all the well-dressed guests at the party, I spotted an attractive woman (standing alone) across the room.   When I approached and asked her name, she coyly replied… “Carmen.”
       Trying to maintain some sort of conversation with her, I responded with
      
“That’s a beautiful name, is it a family name?” “No,” she replied. “I gave it to myself, because it reflects the things I like most in the world – cars and men.”
      
Then she asked, “What’s your name?” “Golftits,” I replied. ’— 

Sure, he just copied and pasted. Not sure who is the original author.

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Arts for aid – Sichuan Earthquake

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1 June, 2008 in Latest_Articles. 0 Comments

Just got an e-mail from artist Andrew Chong Boon Pok, just want to pass on the message:

Call for Art Works for the China Earthquake Fundraising Art Exhibition @ The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

Dear artists,

The recent earthquake that hit China with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale has already claimed more than 68,000 lives, and left more than 300,000 people seriously injured. Countless other victims have lost their homes and are struggling to cope with the tragic loss of family members. Urgent support is now needed to help these survivors rebuild their homes, a necessary first step to rebuild their lives.

As a Chinese artist from the disaster-affected area, I hope to help through the way I know best: through art. For this reason I am writing to appeal on artists to donate works to the Fundraising Art Exhibition. They can be any form of artwork that you think appropriate (2D or 3D). Please support our cause, your valued assistance will help to bring real changes to the lives of earthquake victims!!

Where and when: The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts 25th – 26th June 2008

Where funds raised will go: 100% of the sales will go to Red Cross Society of China, http://www.redcross.org.cn/index.htm

Handing in: you can hand in or post the works to

Attention to: The China Earthquake Fundraising Art Exhibition

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts, 74 High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG

Before 23rd June between 9am-5pm Monday to Friday

*Please indicate prices and your contacts (email and phone) – Unsold work will be returned

Our countless thanks!!

Wang Ruobing

seeded@gmail.com, or 077 2685 2777

About WHCHEN

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