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“Ordinary Carbon Bike” made of carbon strands dipped in epoxy, by Tjeerd Veenhoven

The fourth stop on a year-long traveling tour, Connecting Concepts is an ambitious exhibition exploring sustainable creative networks through the lens of craft, design, national identity, technology and ecological impact. After a tour through India (stopping in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bangalore) and picking up projects on the way, the thirty objects on display survey work from as early as the ’80s and are interdisciplinary in nature— but there is a powerful story told when shown as a collection. In it’s Beijing iteration, Connecting Concepts has added two Chinese projects—work from the graphic design studio To Meet You and an online pop-up shop hosted at Tao Bao and curated by the Guangzhou-based arts space Vitamin. We take a look at three of our favorite pieces from the show.

To Meet You is Guang Yu and Liu Zhizhi, a Beijing-based graphic design duo known for their unexpected design solutions for clients including Adidas, Dior, Vogue, Coca Cola and the artist Ai Wei Wei. The studio is pioneering a new language for Chinese design that is not linked to a specific aesthetic, but rather draws its unique strength from the process of mixing icons of everyday life and modes of expression within the larger framework of contemporary graphic design.

Layouts for Vision Magazine

Identity for Mao

Identity for Shenzhen Biennial

Layout and design for Boundless

Identity for CIGE Beijing

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