New Graphic Design in China

14 Apr 2008 Category: Features, Graphics, Illustration, Typography, Worldwide

New Graphic Design in China

Fascinating layers of patterned kanji. "Shadow Play is Fun!" illustration by Qian Qian. From the New Graphic Design In China compilation. Photo courtesy of Qian Qian and 3030 Press.

With the Olympics in China approaching and current exhibitions about Chinese art, we are asking once again: what’s happening now in the country where, until a decade or two ago, graphic design and illustration were the preserve of the propagandists. And more importantly, where can we see the fresh, hot stuff that the kids are turning out? Until now, they post it mostly online on their blogs, under the radar for a lot of galleries. However, last year, we showed you the exciting new photography in China. Now the same publisher, 3030, has another work of love for you: New Graphic Design In China. For that, Hong Kong-based editor Javin Mo of Milkxhake has gathered thirty Chinese graphic designers around 30 years old for your typographic pleasure. PingMag talked to Javin.

Written by Verena

“Jellofox” installation by DN (Tang Yen) - marvellous! But doesn’t it resemble the Easter Bunny? Photo courtesy of Huang Yang and 3030 Press.

Kids in China increasingly use Flickr and social networks to show their photo work. But how do people get to know upcoming graphic designers in China? Or in other words, how did you find these awesome designers for the book?

There is the Art & Design magazine from Beijing which is very popular, and there’s another one from Guangzhou called Design 360º. I know one of the Art & Design editors, and she recommended to me some of the young talents. For example, in the book there’s one guy from Guangzhou, Bai Ganggang, who does a record label called Vowelmusic. He is a music producer in his mid 20s, being part of a really energetic underground music scene in China…


Simplistic yet elegant CD packaging by designer and…

… producer Bai Ganggang for his Vowelmusic label. From Bai Ganggang’s site.

“07Jian” visual identity by Jiang Hua. Who wouldn’t drink out of a bottle with this nice label design? Photo courtesy of Jiang Hua and 3030 Press.

…which we like to get to know more! Where are China’s creative capitals in terms of graphics and illustration?

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…

Clear contrasts and lines! From “40 Contemporary Chinese Book Designers,” a book by Xiao Mage Chengzi studio. Photo courtesy of Xiao Mage Chengzi and 3030 Press.

… which is related to Hong Kong’s economic history. By the way, in an essay by Wendy Siuyi Wong titled Detachment and Unification: Chinese Graphic Design [read the full version here], it is stated that there was a unique graphic design movement in Hong Kong during the 1960s - until many American companies came and influenced them so that a kind of cross-cultural design could emerge. I guess Hong Kong still is different from the mainland…


Filigree kanji silhouettes! “A Hundred Flowers Blossoming, A Hundred Viewpoints Contending” poster by Jon Fong. Courtesy of Nth Power studio and 3030 Press.

The design history already expanded, so the ‘Golden Age of Graphic Design’ in Hong Kong was in the ’80s, or early ’90s. Lots of young people built up their own companies, pushing it to an international level. After 1997 brought an economic recession, the whole industry was affected. Many were shifting their mission to commercial design.

I see. Are there any non-commercial spaces in Hong Kong where artists can show their graphic works today?

We have a lot of galleries that are more like auction places. But there are some interesting happenings, like the new media art festival called Microwave I’m working for now. It’s a bunch of young people and right now they are doing an exhibition called “Act Local” where they are working with British UVA in collaboration with a local artist.

Some more wonderful, simplistic packaging! From “40 Contemporary Chinese Book Designers”, by Xiao Mage Chengzi studio. Photo courtesy of Xiao Mage Chengzi studio and 3030 Press.

Ahh, United Visual Artists! Back to New Graphic Design In China: When you flip through the book, you cannot make out any characteristic Chinese style. Are there any traits depending on the graphic schools that folks go to?

First, in China, there are really interesting statistics about design students since the economic boom - because there are twenty to thirty times more design students and it’s increasing. However, this is not really healthy, because they employ all of them. I would say that, for example, China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing has a quite different graphic design style from other colleges.


“San He / Illustration” by Liu Yong. Courtesy of LY_D Design Studio and 3030 Press.

“A Hundred Flowers Blossoming, A Hundred Viewpoints Contending” poster by Liu Yong. Courtesy of LY_D Design Studio and 3030 Press.

In what way?

They are famous in fine arts, and started their graphic design degree only seven years ago. Since then, they opened a lot of different streams, like product design, web and new media. I saw their graduation exhibition catalogues two or three times, and the students are doing quite well compared to others in terms of conceptual thinking.


A traditional Chinese ‘inventory box’ comes back to life! “Heilongilang Box - Qiu Xiaofei” by MEWE Design Alliance. Photo courtesy of MEWE and 3030 Press.

Traditional Chinese binding with a new look: “N12 NO.4″ book by MEWE Design Alliance. Photo courtesy of MEWE and 3030 Press.

Tell us about the most exciting young graduates!

For example, the MEWE Design Alliance. They are nearly the same age as me and all three are very good friends. They are conceptually specific in doing book design, publications and also editorials. You can tell they are from China, from the material they choose, from the papers, from the printing effect…

Please explain a bit…

Take their “Heilongiiang Box - Qiu Xiaofei.” That box is really old-style in China and Hong Kong. When you go to the old Beijing bookstores, you can buy this type of box, like the invoice box if you need to write a bill, a receipt, and give it to the customers. This kind of old, Chinese-style binding for giving receipts to customers is standardised. And the booklet is poster art paper, like a wrapper for vegetables or fish in China. MEWE are really interested in this kind of history and treat it contemporary.

Go, team, go! Old-style illustration, “Beijing Lightning Babe,” as series and also done as animation by Li Xinlu. Photo courtesy of Li Xinlu and 3030 Press.

What other Chinese traditions are influencing modern illustration or design?

It’s quite mixed. For example, our book cover is by Li Xinlu, a graphic and motion designer whom I met last year. She has the same hair as the lightning babes in her animation, actually! You can tell by her style that it is like the old-style illustration with really simple lines, and a really shiny colour. Lots of young talents are also inspired by the West, and especially by Japan.


This poster really says a mouthful…”The Pit” poster and brochure by Imagine Wong. Photo courtesy of Imagine Wong and 3030 Press.

Some cool, words-as-art design. “Learn to Design” poster by Jiang Hua. Photo courtesy of Jiang Hua and 3030 Press.

Regarding influences, Shanghai used to be a great capital of graphic design in the 1920s and 1930s because it was such an international city. Later on, in the ‘50s, ‘60s and during the Cultural Revolution, of course, there was no commercial graphic design apart from political propaganda. I wonder how people started from scratch in the ‘70s and ‘80s… When searching on Amazon, surprisingly there was only one book about Chinese graphic design - from 1990!

Again, it’s just been ten years! The young people born in the late 1970s and 1980s, like me, had a really strong Western influence. Before, people did not have many imported design books. I talked to one designer from Shenzhen, and he told me that there is a strong community of graphic designers right now. But since they can’t read English, every time they get a magazine, they ask the translation company to translate it to Chinese to circulate it to designers they know.

Strong black-and-white graphics! From the “I Love Guangzhou” poster series by Wu Zhen. Photo courtesy of Wu Zhen and 3030 Press.

Magazines like, for example, the Japanese Idea?

Actually, it was the Italian Duomo that has a Chinese version, and I heard that there is a Chinese version for Frame also.

What Chinese design blogs would you recommend?


The book cover with a design by Li Xinlu. Photo courtesy of Li Xinlu and 3030 Press.

There is one from the south called ad110.com from Shenzhen focusing on all the big design happenings, including industrial. They feature critiques for logo design and design news. For the north, there is chinavisual.com. There are quite a lot of blogs, but these two are the biggest and they are pretty good among design schools. And then, there is also Get it Louder, of course. It’s a shame that, in Hong Kong, we don’t have a big community website…

Interesting! Thank you, Javin Mo of Milkxhake for this marvelous New Graphic Design In China compilation!

79 Comments

  1. Many splendid art work. china surely is rising.

    Posted by: mulie Addlecoat on April 14th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

  2. I like it!!

    Posted by: kiky on April 14th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

  3. [...] the Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things”, interviewed Javin Mo who has gathered thirty Chinese graphic designers around 30 years old in the book New [...]

    Posted by: 30 under 30; New Graphic Design In China | If We Ran It. on April 14th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

  4. Very strong and beautifull imagery from Wu Zhen.
    Again pingmag delivers interesting grafics!
    Thnx pingmag.

    Posted by: Rudianto on April 15th, 2008 at 1:15 am

  5. Free Tibet!

    Posted by: Free Tibet on April 15th, 2008 at 1:55 am

  6. I’m very interesting for the chinese designer’s attitude. ‘Cos they used their language and create the contemporary typeface but can keep their style. I really like that!

    Posted by: ILL (from Thailand) on April 15th, 2008 at 1:59 am

  7. Amazing for designer’s attitude. Amazing typeface design.

    Posted by: ILL on April 15th, 2008 at 2:07 am

  8. I bet you do not know all that much about Tibetan and Chinese history. You just going with what’s been reported on TV.

    Posted by: y. on April 15th, 2008 at 4:59 am

  9. Wow! This is really impressive! I never knew China had so good designers.

    @y.: So? If you do know, instead of pointing, you should share your knowledge with others.

    Posted by: Akai on April 15th, 2008 at 6:12 am

  10. very nice article. there is a pixel drawing isometric version of google maps for the larger cities of China, pretty amazing…
    http://hongkong.edushi.com/

    Posted by: mexist on April 15th, 2008 at 7:02 am

  11. That is just amazing! ‘Shadow Play is Fun’ has a really stupid name but looks fantastic!

    Posted by: Chris Halsted on April 15th, 2008 at 9:35 am

  12. @y
    let me guess. it’s analogous to the civil war in the united states, right?

    Posted by: james on April 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am

  13. Free Tibet and Free China!
    So silly to see my Chinese ppl living in North America doing the ProChinese rally.
    Didn’t they wanted the freedom of right / speech that’s why they try so hard to land in America.
    The Tibetan just want the freedom of expression and peace!

    Time for China to setup to the international standard.

    Posted by: Ms.Chan on April 15th, 2008 at 10:57 am

  14. I think China design is hell lot better than Hong Kong designers which just copy copy and copy ideas and style.
    No creativity input at all in HK. Oh well.

    Posted by: Williams on April 15th, 2008 at 11:00 am

  15. So true Williams.

    Posted by: Bjobs on April 15th, 2008 at 11:59 am

  16. In ancient times, the Tibetans on the plateau cultivated a close relationship with the Han and with other ethnic groups from the Chinese interior. In the 7th century, this relationship reached its peak when Srong-btsan Sgam-po (Songtsan Gambol, the king of the Tubo kingdom who ruled the Tibetan Plateau at that time twice sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty emperor to propose to Princess Wen Cheng who he later married. The Tibetans and Hans had through the marriage of their royal families and various meetings, formed close economic and cultural relations laying the groundwork for the ultimate foundation of a unified nation. In Lhasa the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the statue of Princess Wen Cheng is still enshrined and worshipped in the Potala Palace. The Monument to the Alliance between the Tibetans and the Han erected in the 9th century still stands in the square in front of the Jokhang Temple. 

    Relations between Tibet and China continued to develop afterwards. In the 13th century, the ruler of Tibet met a Yuan Dynasty prince and officially decided on the terms for Tibetan submission to China including presenting the prince with map and census books, the payment of tributes and the acceptance of rule by appointed officials. From then on. Tibet was an official administrative region of China. This happened 200 years before Colombus' discovery of the Americas. In the following several hundred years,though there were shifts in the political power of the central government and the local Tibetan government alike, relations between them became more and more close, and Tibet's position as an administrative region of China has never changed. Rulers of both the Ming Dynasty, founded in the 14th century, and the (Qing Dynasty founded in the 17th century were directly responsible for the appointment of Tibets' local officials, as well as for the selection of high commissioners stationed in Tibet to supervise local administration on behalf of the central authorities. 

 The majority of Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism of which many sects developed during Tibet's long history. After the establishment of the (Qing Dynasty in the 17th century, the emperors granted honorific titles to the 5th Dalai Lama and the 5th Baingen Erdeni of the Gelukpa sect in 1653 and 1713 respectively henceforth officially establishing the titles of the Dalai Lama and the Baingen Erdeni and their political and religious status in Tibet. The Dalai Lama in Lhasa ruled most or Tibet while the Baingen Erdeni ruled the remaining area from Xigaze. The Chinese emperors also enacted regulations stipulating that the selection of children said to be the reincarnations of the Dalai Lama or Baingen Lama should be reported to the imperial court for approval, and that the central government would send high officials to supervise in person. The discovery of the 14th Dalai Lama who is in exile at present was indeed reported to the central government by the Tibetan local government in the traditional manner after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama. In 1940 the Chairman of the national government issued an official decree conferring the title of the Dalai Lama. 

 After the People's Republic of China was founded, the central government notified local Tibetan authorities to ''send delegates to Beijing to negotiate the peaceful liberation of Tibet'' On 23rd May 1951 the ''17-Article Agreement'' was signed after delegates from the central government and the local Tibetan government reached agreement on a series of questions concerning Tibet's peaceful liberation. The Dalai Lama sent a telegram and the Baingen Lama issued a statement both supporting the ''17-Article Agreement'' and expressing their de- sires to ''safeguard the unification of the motherland and her territorial sovereignty.''

    Posted by: The History of Tibet on April 15th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

  17. Relations between Tibet and China continued to develop afterwards. In the 13th century, the ruler of Tibet met a Yuan Dynasty prince and officially decided on the terms for Tibetan submission to China including presenting the prince with map and census books, the payment of tributes and the acceptance of rule by appointed officials. From then on. Tibet was an official administrative region of China. This happened 200 years before Colombus’ discovery of the Americas. In the following several hundred years,though there were shifts in the political power of the central government and the local Tibetan government alike, relations between them became more and more close, and Tibet’s position as an administrative region of China has never changed. Rulers of both the Ming Dynasty, founded in the 14th century, and the (Qing Dynasty founded in the 17th century were directly responsible for the appointment of Tibets’ local officials, as well as for the selection of high commissioners stationed in Tibet to supervise local administration on behalf of the central authorities. 

     The majority of Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism of which many sects developed during Tibet's long history. After the establishment of the (Qing Dynasty in the 17th century, the emperors granted honorific titles to the 5th Dalai Lama and the 5th Baingen Erdeni of the Gelukpa sect in 1653 and 1713 respectively henceforth officially establishing the titles of the Dalai Lama and the Baingen Erdeni and their political and religious status in Tibet. The Dalai Lama in Lhasa ruled most or Tibet while the Baingen Erdeni ruled the remaining area from Xigaze. The Chinese emperors also enacted regulations stipulating that the selection of children said to be the reincarnations of the Dalai Lama or Baingen Lama should be reported to the imperial court for approval, and that the central government would send high officials to supervise in person. The discovery of the 14th Dalai Lama who is in exile at present was indeed reported to the central government by the Tibetan local government in the traditional manner after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama. In 1940 the Chairman of the national government issued an official decree conferring the title of the Dalai Lama. 

 After the People's Republic of China was founded, the central government notified local Tibetan authorities to ''send delegates to Beijing to negotiate the peaceful liberation of Tibet'' On 23rd May 1951 the ''17-Article Agreement'' was signed after delegates from the central government and the local Tibetan government reached agreement on a series of questions concerning Tibet's peaceful liberation. The Dalai Lama sent a telegram and the Baingen Lama issued a statement both supporting the ''17-Article Agreement'' and expressing their de- sires to ''safeguard the unification of the motherland and her territorial sovereignty.''

    Posted by: The History of Tibet on April 15th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

  18. get a life, people, dont ruin our life with tibet, we are here talking about design no government and human right.

    Posted by: beau on April 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

  19. Definitely PingMag is the place for oriental design goodies!

    Posted by: Christian Sisson on April 15th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

  20. dont ruin our life with tibet?

    Design is more important than genocide?

    Posted by: Tibet Designers on April 15th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

  21. pls. don’t talk about government and human right here please!!!!!! let’s talk about design!

    Posted by: Anonymous on April 15th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

  22. let talk more about human right and pro-tibet!

    Posted by: grannyma on April 15th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

  23. I see 3030 copycat…China will not be able to produce great designers until this country is free.

    What a great 自瀆 book!

    Posted by: Chinese shit on April 15th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

  24. no politics please!
    let’s talk about design and art!
    I like chinese design!

    Posted by: oliio on April 15th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

  25. IF YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE HISTORY BETWEEN CHINA AND TIBET, SHUT YOUR a-hole. And on that note: quit critisizing everything coming out of China just because you don’t agree with how they handle their own damn business!

    Posted by: if you dont know about tibet/china history shut your A=hole on April 16th, 2008 at 12:26 am

  26. IF YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE HISTORY BETWEEN CHINA AND TIBET, SHUT YOUR a-hole. And on that note: quit critisizing everything coming out of China just because you don’t agree with how they handle their own damn business!

    Posted by: yums on April 16th, 2008 at 12:28 am

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  28. All these designs need to be RECALL. For being crappy design, harmful to people eyes.

    Posted by: princeharry on April 16th, 2008 at 3:02 am

  29. Guys, please stop your china-tibet discussion in here. And ‘Tibet Designers’ don’t conclude that design is more inportant that genocide just because of some people’s wish to stop the discussion in here. that is not fair, nor righteous!

    You are ruining PingMag’s comment feature with your political spam!

    Lets talk design and art! I love the above pictures design, especially the shadow play is fun piece! The pit is great as well!!!

    Posted by: Pepe Hilo on April 16th, 2008 at 5:49 am

  30. I Love Guangzhou :)

    Posted by: sylvia on April 16th, 2008 at 6:12 am

  31. Not interesting about this article to talk about. Free Tibet sound so much better!
    Help give the voice to the voiceless. It’s also what a designer job.

    Posted by: Joey Chen on April 16th, 2008 at 6:23 am

  32. es impresionante el trabajo que hace esta gente. hay mucho q aprender
    QuintoH es·tu·dio2

    Posted by: flko on April 16th, 2008 at 6:41 am

  33. Chinese design on the whole is infantile, unconsidered and ugly pastiche. It adds little if anything to the design dialogue, although soon expect them to be claiming they invented “design”.

    Posted by: crick on April 16th, 2008 at 9:17 am

  34. @ Williams: why the random attack on hong kong? that was quite random i thought they were all part of china. Are you a mainlander?

    Posted by: dove on April 16th, 2008 at 10:37 am

  35. @crick

    Hey, Crick,
    why the hostile attitude?
    Can’t we, all humans, just try to be friends?

    Posted by: :) on April 16th, 2008 at 10:47 am

  36. I think Williams right. HK design scene is a pity. Need more talented people to move there

    Posted by: ikko on April 16th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  37. some of it is impressive, others seem contrived. i think, like the nation itself, chinese designers should look more inside themselves and find what they truly value, instead of trying to imitate others and taking in their values…

    Posted by: peng on April 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

  38. 真变态
    艺术就艺术呗
    为什么要说什么西藏
    西藏也就是中国的呗
    喜欢中国
    喜欢中国的设计
    相信一切都回好的

    Posted by: 木木 on April 16th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

  39. i cant believe that chinese art is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo amazing!!!

    Posted by: 0-0 on April 16th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

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  41. wow! china’s design has really improved!
    this has been a pleasant surprise! :-)

    Posted by: yums on April 17th, 2008 at 2:51 am

  42. so fresh!!!!

    Posted by: glasses on April 17th, 2008 at 2:52 am

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  44. So like anywhere, some design are interesting, while rest are just shitty.
    Only few rarely well designed. Only the amateur’s eyes think is great design.

    Posted by: ProfessorIan on April 17th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

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  48. Peace!Peace!Peace!

    Posted by: Anna on April 19th, 2008 at 10:16 am

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  50. news for earth people:

    everything has been done already, nothing new

    Posted by: somethingaboutmary on April 20th, 2008 at 8:19 am

  51. Great to see some creativity coming out of China, and cut these kids a break, they have nothing to do with Tibet.

    Posted by: Tosh on April 21st, 2008 at 2:09 am

  52. no more tibet, let’s us think about ourselves…

    Posted by: pingping on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 am

  53. omg all these young chinese anti-tibet. ignorance, what’s going to the future of China.
    Free tibet

    Posted by: pingpong on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 am

  54. hey pingpong, i am not chinese sorry…

    Posted by: pingping on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:12 am

  55. I bet the red ink is made from the blood of tibetians ….PLEASE DONT BUY THIS BOOK

    Posted by: kudak on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:14 pm

  56. All the people complaining about not wanting politics in their design is exactly why graphic design has become the soulless craft it is today.

    Posted by: Your mother on April 27th, 2008 at 5:42 am

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  58. After reading all the comments on this post I thought I ought to make some sort of reply. Certainly, this book is intended to be a celebration of new creativity in China. In that respect it is pro-China. However, this is a country and a culture that has existed for 5,000 years and cannot be read according to a single script. This book, like the photo book that precedes it profiles a new generation in the country that has grown up since the introduction of ‘Open Door’ policy and the end of the Cultural Revolution – one that is more attuned to international trends, more widely traveled and better informed than any previous generation. I think they deserve a chance to show what sort of future they can create for their country. To slam the door in their faces speaks of ignorance rather than enlightenment and achieves nothing except even greater misunderstanding.

    Posted by: John on April 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

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  65. hey, its really cool!

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    http://www.xelor.nl/xelor/pile.php?pile_name=Disco%20Exota

    Posted by: Jonathan on June 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 am

  68. i need to find a chinese or japanese graphic artist of these calibers in new york city. does anyone know of a few?

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  71. [...] Read, and view, full article at: http://pingmag.jp/2008/04/14/new-graphic-design-in-china/ [...]

    Posted by: Graphic Design in China « Content=Comment on July 13th, 2008 at 2:33 am

  72. If it’s Chinese, for the love of all that’s holy, IT’S NOT KANJI.

    Posted by: S on October 24th, 2008 at 4:11 am

  73. [...] PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things” » Archive » New Graphic De… (tags: typography magazine inspiration japan graphics graphicdesign graphic pingmag design china) [...]

    Posted by: The PHA : links for 2008-10-24 on October 25th, 2008 at 8:35 am

  74. very nice article

    Posted by: Tanha on October 25th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

  75. [...] 86th New York Art Directors Club Annual and the British D&AD Awards 2007 +Info// Milkxhake, Ping Mag interview New Graphic Design in China, Milkxhake Blog, Art Directors Club 30/30 New Graphic [...]

    Posted by: Javin Mo (Milkxhake) « Dot Gain on October 26th, 2008 at 1:06 am

  76. From the comments, I can judge that china’s paying the price for its stupidity in trying to rule Tibet.

    About the design, I’m not too impressed looking at the stuff above. It’s so so.

    Guys in china, start concentrating on design instead of planning and scheming all the time. Get real man. Shed your inferiority complex.

    Posted by: Jojo on October 26th, 2008 at 4:08 am

  77. Cool Stuff, thanks for sharing :)

    Posted by: Cool Stuff on December 24th, 2008 at 12:04 am

  78. [...] PingMag - Tokyo based Pingmag decide to call it a day. A shame as they posted some great [...]

    Posted by: Connected: Experimental Jetset, PingMag, Bloom | Pocket Noodle on January 4th, 2009 at 3:02 am

  79. the cover is cool. Everything else, eh…

    My girlfriend is Tibetan. My friend is Chinese. And I won’t even start with the German and Jewish relations. Keep freedom alive, it is worth DESIGNING for!

    Posted by: erik on March 11th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

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