Comments on: Has Chinese Design Arrived? http://www.designsojourn.com/has-chinese-design-arrived/ The Business of Strategic Industrial Design Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:25:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: soo http://www.designsojourn.com/has-chinese-design-arrived/comment-page-1/#comment-62202 soo Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:26:51 +0000 http://www.designsojourn.com/?p=873#comment-62202 hi DT, that's great news! i admire China as a country (I was there for a few days last year) and I admire the working ethics of the Chinese! I worked with some really talented, efficient and intelligent people there! hi DT, that’s great news! i admire China as a country (I was there for a few days last year) and I admire the working ethics of the Chinese! I worked with some really talented, efficient and intelligent people there!

]]> By: DT http://www.designsojourn.com/has-chinese-design-arrived/comment-page-1/#comment-62199 DT Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:15:31 +0000 http://www.designsojourn.com/?p=873#comment-62199 Hey Waikit, Nice to hear from you and thanks for your comments. That is a good point, and one of the areas where the "style" can come from. German's had a passion for precision and that plus some good marketing was translated to their products and hence a style. What is interesting here though, is that people are celebrating local styles, this could mean that it is not really necessary to develop a style that can fit all. Hi Soo, Thanks for your feedback. And I do somewhat agree with your observation, but there are some very good design schools such as Tung Hua that are churning some top notch graduates. While they may not be on par with the top schools like RCA, I would say that they are better than most. Hey Waikit,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for your comments. That is a good point, and one of the areas where the “style” can come from. German’s had a passion for precision and that plus some good marketing was translated to their products and hence a style. What is interesting here though, is that people are celebrating local styles, this could mean that it is not really necessary to develop a style that can fit all.

Hi Soo,
Thanks for your feedback. And I do somewhat agree with your observation, but there are some very good design schools such as Tung Hua that are churning some top notch graduates. While they may not be on par with the top schools like RCA, I would say that they are better than most.

]]> By: soo http://www.designsojourn.com/has-chinese-design-arrived/comment-page-1/#comment-62197 soo Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:40:48 +0000 http://www.designsojourn.com/?p=873#comment-62197 ok that may end up sounding more negative than it is. But it is really based on personal experience and it is only my personal opinion. ok that may end up sounding more negative than it is. But it is really based on personal experience and it is only my personal opinion.

]]> By: soo http://www.designsojourn.com/has-chinese-design-arrived/comment-page-1/#comment-62196 soo Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:37:26 +0000 http://www.designsojourn.com/?p=873#comment-62196 well, they do not have any design schools you know. i mean a lot of people can do photoshop and churn out very very cool graphics (and I've worked with some good people there) but there's no understanding of page design, layout, typography, the gaps that formal education usually fills in! so unless they set up a design school i don't see them coming waaaay close to the US/Europe. well, they do not have any design schools you know. i mean a lot of people can do photoshop and churn out very very cool graphics (and I’ve worked with some good people there) but there’s no understanding of page design, layout, typography, the gaps that formal education usually fills in! so unless they set up a design school i don’t see them coming waaaay close to the US/Europe.

]]> By: Waikit http://www.designsojourn.com/has-chinese-design-arrived/comment-page-1/#comment-62174 Waikit Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:28:49 +0000 http://www.designsojourn.com/?p=873#comment-62174 A general 'visible' unique Chinese style might not appear, since its culture is so diverse. How many countries do have their own unique design style anyways? I believe that China doesn't necessarily need to come up with an unique 'visible' style. What about saying that current Chinese's style is in general 'invisible' cheap, compared to German's 'invisible' high quality? Chinese are continuously improving the quality of their products, while remaining a low price. Don't you agree that this is what their strength and style is? I believe that the world loves to celebrate that! Good quality for reasonable price. This works! A general ‘visible’ unique Chinese style might not appear, since its culture is so diverse. How many countries do have their own unique design style anyways?

I believe that China doesn’t necessarily need to come up with an unique ‘visible’ style.
What about saying that current Chinese’s style is in general ‘invisible’ cheap, compared to German’s ‘invisible’ high quality?
Chinese are continuously improving the quality of their products, while remaining a low price. Don’t you agree that this is what their strength and style is? I believe that the world loves to celebrate that! Good quality for reasonable price. This works!

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