Over the last 12 months, the curators have explored, researched and sought out the many rich variants of new Chinese design culture from the new global cities of Beijing and Shanghai, to the economic powerhouses of Jiangsu, Sichuan and Zhejiang provinces. The exhibition presents a unique window on established designers, undiscovered new talents and the very latest in outstanding design work.
The new Chinese design is an innovative hybrid of traditions, cultures and material forms, a collision of old and new, of East and West, of the craft-based and the conceptual.