Plus few more last year projects:
For more portfolio updates check previous post - Portfolio 2010. Part 1 and Portfolio 2010. Part 2
Adding new projects to portfolio. Today mostly all of them are print designs for Beijing hotels. The most unusual project for me was a brochure-catalog of moon cakes, traditional pastries that Chinese eat at Mid-Autumn festival. This cakes are usually put into extensively decorated boxes and sold expensively by… well, literally, everybody, as it’s an nice way of making money, so all the hotels, big restaurants, supermarkets and even fast-food restaurants warm their hands on this business. It was pretty cool to make something for such a Chinese-Chinese thing, but to reinvent it in a way, to make it stand out among other competitor products.
So here it is – Kerry Centre mooncakes brochure
And other projects:
Hilton wine banquet (proposition)
For more portfolio updates check previous post – Portfolio 2010. Part 1.
I haven’t updated my portfolio for almost a year, so there are a lot of projects piled up, waiting to be exhibited. Today is the day. I’ve added many new corporate identity projects that I was working on in 2010:
To be continued…
As I’ve ran out of the last few business card I’ve had, I came out with new design. This time I decided to go more fun way.
So here we go:
English side
Chinese side (usually I’m against two-sided cards, even though here, in China, it is an obvioous necessity. But in this case, two sides is a double fun)
Some details
One of my favorite places at Flickr is a collection of posters from Amsterdam shared by Jarr Geerligs. This is a fantastic place with hours, megabytes and kilometers of inspiration. Thanks to Jarr Geerligs!
(+ Oslo posters)
I like to collect all kinds of visual culture stuff. Here’s a bunch of Chinese advertisements I’ve found on streets of Guangzhou. Some are funny, some are ugly. But definitely it’s something different from Europe or States.
In January I went to Shenzhen and found there an exhibition of GDC, the first global design competition in China, which is held every two years.
Here I share with you photos of some exhibits from there, mostly posters.
Also you can view this materials at my Flickr space.
Some curious findings from Shenzhen, posters, signs, sculptures and just weird objects I’ve met on my way.
Also this stuff directly at it’s Flickr set.
Findings from previous trips: China (July-October 2009), China (October 2008), London (july 2008), London (March 2008),
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.
{“Shadow Play is Fun!” illustration by Qian Qian.}
Recently I stumbled upon an interesting article about new graphic design in China. It’s an interview with Javin Mo, of the HK-based Milkxhake design collective. Actually, it’s been posted at Ping Mag more then a year ago but still up to date.
In Hong Kong, we started our graphic design history only in the 1970s. In mainland China, it’s been like ten to fifteen years maximum. And in the last seven years, I’ve seen a lot of interesting projects online by these 20-something people. I can see the freedom in spaces like Shanghai or Beijing, because contemporary art is super crazy there. These two art scenes are providing a really good atmosphere for graphic design. The kids can find magazines for their illustrations and open-minded clients for collaboration, especially when it comes to art- and culture-related product design. That’s quite different from Hong Kong where it’s pretty commercial: our art space is not as big as China’s right now. That’s why not many designers can just do art- and cultural-related things and survive…
Read the rest of the article here.
