當代中國

The first major survey of the new directions in style taken by the designers of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major Chinese centers.

Parallel to China's rapid economic growth is a boom in the decorative and fine arts, in interior design, and in architecture. This book showcases some of the most exciting examples of the new wave of Chinese design through the stunning photography of Michael Freeman and the perceptive commentaries and interviews of Chinese journalist Xiao Dan Wang.

The book is divided into four main sections:

1.Continuity: in the Green T House, Beijing, for example, the elegant lines of Ming Dynasty chairs have been lengthened and curved to create artifacts of a spectacular modernity.

2.Color focuses on the use of traditional color schemes in new materials, like the predominant subtle whites in the Beijing apartment of two graduates from the top art college in China, the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

3.Conversion shows the ways in which older buildings (factories and apartment blocks) of the Communist era are being refurbished in visually exciting ways.

4.Crossover explores the new China's willingness to embrace influences from other cultures, as in the spectacular Shanghai apartment of Pearl Lam, an internationally known art dealer.

A directory of locations completes this visually spectacular account of the most advanced and exciting projects in new Chinese design. 304 color illustrations.

第一個非政府調查的新方向被設計風格的北京、上海、及其他中國的主要中心。

平行於中國經濟的快速增長是一個繁榮,在裝飾、美術、室內設計、建築。本書展示了一些最令人興奮的新浪潮的例子中國設計通過驚人的攝影邁克爾·弗里曼和感知評論和訪談的中國記者小丹王建民。

本書共分為四個主要部分:

1。連續性:在這綠色的T的房子,北京,例如,精美線條的明代椅子已經延長、彎曲創造一個引人入勝的現代性的產物。

2。顏色集中在使用傳統的色彩方案在新材料,如主要的微妙的白人在北京的住宅公寓從山頂上兩個畢業生藝術學院在中國,中央美術學院。

3。轉換顯示方式,老建築(工廠和公寓樓羣)社會主義時期是在視覺刺激方式。翻新

4。交叉探索了新中國願意接受其他文化的影響,在上海的住宅公寓壯觀珍珠林,一個國際知名的藝術品經銷商。

一個目錄地點完成該視覺獨特性考慮最先進和最令人興奮的項目在中國新設計。304餘幅插圖,彩色印刷。 ^[1] 

Michael Freeman is a much-traveled photographer and author who specializes in Asian subjects. His many books include New Oriental Style. Xiao Dan Wang is a Chinese journalist and researcher based in London.