Written By Daniel on April 2, 2008 at 1:54 am | In Olympics, sports, economy, advertising, marketing, youth, design, fashion, consumer, retail, China | Please Comment
With the Beijing Olympics just four months away, set against the background of a rapidly expanding consumer market, major sportswear brands are locked in a design war to make their products appealing to Chinese consumers. Nike and Adidas are two of the biggest players innovating with new styles, motifs and marketing tools, such as Chinese […]
Written By Daniel on March 25, 2008 at 11:47 pm | In technology, consumer, fashion, experimental, design, China | Please Comment
The Shenzhen-based Chocolate Agency is out to make slap bracelets cool again with a digital re-take on a popular design. The agency’s innovative e-paper slap bracelets, which are still at the concept stage, are made from a thin, flexible, high contrast screen that can display images. The length can be altered by adding magnetically attached […]
Written By Daniel on March 5, 2008 at 7:14 am | In virtual worlds, design, China, art | Please Comment
Cyber art proves profitable for pioneering Chinese artist.
Cao Fei, a young artist from Guangzhou in southern China, has created her own highly profitable piece of real estate in Second Life (SL) called “RMB City”. The cyber art island is a stylized take on China’s paradoxical social landscape, and has recently received rave reviews […]
Written By Xuan on February 28, 2008 at 8:52 am | In fashion, design, China | Please Comment
The rebirth of individualism ushers in a new era of fashion design here in Shanghai, China.
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Anything concerning fashion and style used to be taboo in China, where uniforms in the Mao era prevailed for the last couple of years, but not now. Although new comers to the world’s runway, the fashion designers in […]
Written By Daniel on February 14, 2008 at 4:00 am | In industry, environment, society, architecture, design, technology, China | Please Comment
Every year for the next 20 years, it is estimated that up to 10 million people will move from China’s countryside to urban areas. This unprecedented migration is placing huge demands on existing cities. To accommodate the new urban population, the Chinese government overnment plans to build 50 new cities by 2020. China’s leaders […]
Written By Daniel on February 6, 2008 at 10:32 pm | In society, environment, energy, Olympics, architecture, design, technology, China | Please Comment
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It’s projected that over the next few years China’s urban population will grow by 250 million – on average these city dwellers will use three times more energy than their rural counterparts. At the turn of the millennium, China consumed about 8% of the total energy used in the world, more than any nation except […]
Written By Daniel on January 23, 2008 at 11:31 pm | In economy, industry, society, architecture, design, China | Please Comment
A few days ago CScout China paid a quick visit to the offices of the Dynamic City Foundation, a small Beijing-based research and design institute founded in 2004 that is focused on the rapid transformation of China’s urban landscape. We met creative director Neville Mars and had a chat about the DCF’s new book, The […]
Written By Daniel on January 21, 2008 at 9:20 am | In society, architecture, design, China | Please Comment
Over the last two decades China has become known as the factory of the world; “Made in China” has often come to symbolize cheapness, sub-standard quality and lack of originality. More recently however, thanks to a booming economy, political deregulation and social development, China has witnessed the gradual evolution of a free-thinking generation of creative […]
Written By Daniel on January 17, 2008 at 5:09 am | In retail, internet, industry, consumer, mobility, design, events, technology, China | Please Comment
Innovation is the keyword as cool Chinese gadgetry showcases on the global stage.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is is one of the largest hi-tech exhibitions in the world, with a wide range of companies displaying their latest cutting-edge gadgets to thousands of electronics experts, aficionados and the general public. CES 2008 ran from January […]
Written By Daniel on January 10, 2008 at 3:01 am | In Olympics, society, economy, architecture, retail, design, events, China | Please Comment
So the Olympic year is finally upon us, as armies of workers toil round the clock to ready Beijing for the legions of foreign and domestic guests expected in 2008. A host of innovative construction projects are now nearing completion that will crown the Chinese capital’s transformation from drab Communist throwback into a modern, affluent […]
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