More of Nod’s works at Flickr and my favorites are inside the post.

Amazing series of Chinese music instruments.

 Chinese Traditional Paper-Cut

Typographic interpretation of two poems quoted from the original Zen classic, The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.

“The poems teach us not to believe all that which exists, not even the reflection of ourselves in a mirror. The caveat is for us to teach ourselves to overcome the rules and boundaries of our existence in order to reach a state of Zen, unfettered by the perceived limitations of life.”

Film Poster for the Robbers

Greeting cards for Chinese Spring Festival 2010.

Qian Qian (b. 1979) is a graphic artist and designer based in New York City. One of the “20 under 30 New Visual Artists” by Print magazine, he has worked with such clients as Nike, Panasonic, Coca-Cola, and Motorola. His work has appeared in many international design publications, and exhibited in V&A Museum in London, and Lincoln Center in New York. He has a Masters degree in digital media design from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and had taught graphic design at Missouri State University, USA. In 2005, He initiated and curated Get It Louder, a ground-breaking design exhibition in China’s Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Website

Profile by Apple

Found at Human Resources.

The last week of October ICOGRADA and Chinese authorities organized international design congress. It was a huge event that attracted designers from all over the world. The big kick to promote China and Beijing in the world and design in China. There were  many intersting exhebitions, lectures by prominent international and Chinese designers, workshops, performances and so on.

The main venue of the event was CAFA (China Academy of Fina Arts). This beautiful building is the new CAFA Art Museum, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.

And this is the logotype of the event, stylized Chinese character “XIN”…

And further I’m going to write what it’s all about…

So here’s the deal…

「Xin-信」
Literally meaning “message” or “letter,”「Xin-信」represents a primitive means of communication. Today, however, it encompasses many more dimensions than ever before, as illustrated by words such as Xin-xi (information); Xin-nian (vision); Xin-ren (trust); Xin-yong (creditability) and Xin-xin (faith).

The logo is build of black envelopes that form Latin and Chinese name of event (in two separate forms that were animated to change one into another). The style is pretty simple, black and white with occasional drops of colors. And everything was made of this envelopes.

The other big thing is the campus of CAFA. Official mouth says:

CAFA is the only national arts education establishment in China directly under the Ministry of Education and exclusively dedicated to fine arts, design, architecture and art history. It has established a strong reputation as an institution that allows culture, history and art to flourish, and enjoys some of the best arts resources in China.

And shows the picture.

But I’d say that this is a beautiful place made of grey bricks, full of art and magic. And it was particularly beautiful in the middle of the autumn.

And also it’s full of all kind of weird pieces of art.

And pretty nice announcement boards covered with posters and scraps of poster.

Much more photos from the exhibition at Flickr set.

So it’s the time to announce official opening of “HELOHOLO says” blog. HELOHOLO gonna says about art, design, China and the rest of the Universe. It’s going to spread seeds of inspiration and flowers of beauty, and hopefully will surprise somebody one day. Or another.

So welcome! Blog is going to live (long and happy life) at heloholo.com/says and also going to be cross-posted to hellgus.livejournal.com