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英明年将办中国当代设计展
10/10/07
深圳的平面设计、上海的时装、北京的建筑，这些当代中国创意产业的代表，将来到以创意产业著称的英国，在伦敦维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆展出。维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆本月初举行新闻发布会，宣布将于明年举行以“创意中国”为主题的展览。该展览是英国2008“时代中国”大型系列活动的一部分，重点向人们展现当代中国迅速发展中的前沿设计成果。“创意中国”是英国的博物馆首次举办有关当代中国设计的展览。展览将以过去25年中，中国的社会、文化和经济改革为背景，介绍中国当代前沿设计与消费文化所走过的发展历程和未来的发展趋势。展览将分为三部分，沿中国东部海岸线由南至北进行阐述：从深圳的平面设计和视觉文化，到上海的时装和生活方式，最后将展现的是北京的建筑与城市。博物馆将展出二百余个项目、共三百多件展品，展品内容涉及当代中国建筑、时装、平面设计、电影、摄影、产品和家具设计、青年文化与数字媒体等领域。另外，展览还将向人们介绍近百名出色的设计师，其中有95%%以上来自中国。展览还将对当代中国社会中的重要人物、公司和机构进行案例分析，包括最早的中国化妆品公司建立者靳羽西、引发人们“三十年代上海情结”的电影导演王家卫、中国杰出商业艺术家陈逸飞，以及私人房地产开发公司“SOHO中国”等。
维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆主管人员马克•琼斯表示，中国如今是全球最大的手机消费市场，并将很快超过美国成为仅次于日本的全球第二大奢侈品消费市场。与此同时，中国在建工程的数量也超过了世界上的其他任何地区———正是这样飞速的发展，赋予了中国新一代设计师们超常的灵感。他们正在创造并引领着当代中国都市的时尚风潮。而英国观众需要了解中国正在发生的事情，这也正是本次展览的宗旨所在。□闻雨
UK plans Modern Chinese Design Exhibition
Shenzhen’s graphic design, Shanghai’s fashion and Beijing’s construction, all representative of modern Chinese design, will be on display at the V&A; in London, a city noted for its design. The V&A; had a press launch this month announcing its plans to hold a “China Design Now” exhibition. The exhibition, focusing on modern China’s rapid development, will be part of the large-scale “China Now” festival to be held in the UK in 2008. “China Design Now” will be the UK’s first exhibition of modern Chinese design. China Design Now places exhibits in the context of China’s social, cultural and economic reforms over the last 25 years, providing both a critical survey and a narrative that enables visitors to see how China’s new design and consumer culture has developed, what its driving forces are and where it is going. The exhibition will be in three sections and is structured round the idea of a journey from south to north along China’s east coast from graphic design and visual culture in Shenzhen to fashion and lifestyle in Shanghai and architecture and the city in Beijing. The museum will display around 200 items and over 300 pieces on the topics of modern Chinese architecture, fashion, graphic design, film, photography, product and furniture design, youth culture and digital media. Around 100 designers are featured, more than ninety five per cent of whom are Chinese. China Design Now will include case studies of influential individuals, companies and organisations that have played an important role in shaping aspirations in today’s China. They include Yue-Sai Kan who launched one of the first cosmetics companies in China; Wong Kar Wai, renowned “1930s Shanghai” film producer, Chen Yifei, one of China’s most commercially successful artists as well as influential entrepreneur; and SOHO China, a leading private land development company.
Mark Jones, Director of the V&A;, said: “China is now the world’s biggest market for mobile phones and is set to overtake the United States as the second biggest consumer of luxury goods after Japan. At the same time, there is more construction in China than anywhere else. The tremendous pace of change has inspired a whole new generation of designers and architects who are shaping fashion, product and urban design in China’s big cities. We need to understand what is happening in China and the aim of this exhibition is to help people to get a snapshot of the development of design in today’s China.”
维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆主管人员马克•琼斯表示，中国如今是全球最大的手机消费市场，并将很快超过美国成为仅次于日本的全球第二大奢侈品消费市场。与此同时，中国在建工程的数量也超过了世界上的其他任何地区———正是这样飞速的发展，赋予了中国新一代设计师们超常的灵感。他们正在创造并引领着当代中国都市的时尚风潮。而英国观众需要了解中国正在发生的事情，这也正是本次展览的宗旨所在。□闻雨
UK plans Modern Chinese Design Exhibition
Shenzhen’s graphic design, Shanghai’s fashion and Beijing’s construction, all representative of modern Chinese design, will be on display at the V&A; in London, a city noted for its design. The V&A; had a press launch this month announcing its plans to hold a “China Design Now” exhibition. The exhibition, focusing on modern China’s rapid development, will be part of the large-scale “China Now” festival to be held in the UK in 2008. “China Design Now” will be the UK’s first exhibition of modern Chinese design. China Design Now places exhibits in the context of China’s social, cultural and economic reforms over the last 25 years, providing both a critical survey and a narrative that enables visitors to see how China’s new design and consumer culture has developed, what its driving forces are and where it is going. The exhibition will be in three sections and is structured round the idea of a journey from south to north along China’s east coast from graphic design and visual culture in Shenzhen to fashion and lifestyle in Shanghai and architecture and the city in Beijing. The museum will display around 200 items and over 300 pieces on the topics of modern Chinese architecture, fashion, graphic design, film, photography, product and furniture design, youth culture and digital media. Around 100 designers are featured, more than ninety five per cent of whom are Chinese. China Design Now will include case studies of influential individuals, companies and organisations that have played an important role in shaping aspirations in today’s China. They include Yue-Sai Kan who launched one of the first cosmetics companies in China; Wong Kar Wai, renowned “1930s Shanghai” film producer, Chen Yifei, one of China’s most commercially successful artists as well as influential entrepreneur; and SOHO China, a leading private land development company.
Mark Jones, Director of the V&A;, said: “China is now the world’s biggest market for mobile phones and is set to overtake the United States as the second biggest consumer of luxury goods after Japan. At the same time, there is more construction in China than anywhere else. The tremendous pace of change has inspired a whole new generation of designers and architects who are shaping fashion, product and urban design in China’s big cities. We need to understand what is happening in China and the aim of this exhibition is to help people to get a snapshot of the development of design in today’s China.”
