Designed in China
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
It was only a matter of time. China is making the transition from low-cost producer of goods at break neck speed. China Design Now just opened at London’s Victoria & Albert museum, tracing the trajectory of this emerging design economy.
‘Made in China’ has become a familiar tag, but the spectacular creative energy in modern China is barely known. During the last twenty years, the Chinese have rediscovered their pre-socialist past and begun to combine their own traditions with global influences to produce a cultural rebirth. At the heart of this lies a new culture of design.
Should we view China’s transition as an opportunity or a threat?
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