Xiao Huang is one of the thousands of young people from across China who moves to Shanghai each year, drawn by the promise of a new start.
But, like all newcomers to the sprawling metropolis, the 24-year-old soon had to face up to the harsh realities of the city’s high costs, fast pace of life and [...]
For its 9th Annual Design Research Conference, Chicago’s IIT Institute of Design is gathering together the forerunners in international design research. It’s no surprise, then, that they called upon CBi to deliver a speech at the conference, which will be held from May 10 - 12 in the Windy City.
CBi’s founder Cathy Huang will take [...]
The city of Ganzhou, lies in the south of Jiangxi Province, China, with 18 counties (cities, district) and one developing zone under its jurisdiction. It has a population of eight million nine hundred thousand and a land area of thirty-nine thousand four hundred square kilometers. It is a historically celebrated city with a tradition of [...]
China’s Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), host organiser of Xin: Icograda World Design Congress 2009, has been recognised by BusinessWeek in its annual ranking of the world’s best design schools.
CAFA is one of 30 schools honoured in BusinessWeek’s Special Report on Design Thinking, which includes an article on China’s new focus on design. Selected [...]
Inspired by Swarovski crystals, top product designer Jamy Yang is invited by Crystallized- Swarovski Element to create two crystal lamps with innovative design methods. One of them is an exaggerated version of the classic bulb, with the delicate touch of Swarovski crystal mesh on the surface. Sparkling during the day, it is even more spectacular [...]
August 25, 2009 - Beijing, China - From 24-30 October 2009, the biennial Icograda World Design Congress in association with the first Beijing Design Week will be held in Beijing, China for the first time. Some 100 carefully selected speakers and thousands of delegates from around the globe will gather in a cross-disciplinary Congress, offering [...]
“Human Resource and the Future - China Design Education & Enterprise Development Summit” will be hold on July 25-27, 2009, in Beijing.
In February 2009, a Valentine’s Day Special Package will be launched by designer brand Y-TOWN and fashion icon Swatch. The creative concept of this special package comes from heart and butterfly, both a symbol of lovers. Besides the new watch called Butterfly Wings produced by Swatch, the product also contains a Y-TOWN designed package which [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nov. 24, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the call for entries for the ninth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The premiere competition honors the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from accredited higher education institutions worldwide. Now in partnership with [...]
Join professional colleagues in a bi-annual gathering to reflect on the past, examine the present and look into the future of communication design.
Under the theme Xin_Design for a better world, the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing will explore the capacity of design to integrate with other media, to transcend national, cultural and economic [...]
