The Shenzhen station of the exhibition "Book Art Asks - 40 Years of Lu Jingren's Book Design" opened, exhibiting more than 400 representative design works of Lü Jingren
On November 12th, the exhibition "Book Art Asks - 40 Years of Lu Jingren Book Design" (Shenzhen Station) was officially opened at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning. This exhibition is the second opening of the retrospective exhibition of Lu Jingren's book design career after three years after the 2017 Beijing Station and the 2018 Shanghai Station. The month-long exhibition will feature more than 400 representative design works by Lu Jingren in the past 40 years of book design.
"Book Art Asks - 40 Years of Lu Jingren Book Design" Exhibition (Shenzhen Station) Main Vision
At the same time, the exhibition invited a number of well-known scholars, leading figures in the field of book design, cultural publishing institutions, etc., to carry out a number of academic forums and salons.
When 12 November - 12 December 2021
Address Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning
The 2021 Golden Dot Design Awards will hold an award ceremony, and emerging designer Yang Shiqing will be the main vision
The 2021 Golden Dot Design Awards Ceremony will be held on the evening of December 4 in Taipei, China. This year's ceremony with the theme of "UPLOAD (Upload)", is intended to convey that each designer after completing the work, through the "upload" action to connect with the world, while adding a beauty to the world, the audience in different places can receive the information expressed by the designer through the network; and the Golden Dot Design Award is also such a channel for uploading and downloading, so that good design works can be seen by more people.
The main visual of the award ceremony was created by Taiwan's emerging designer Yang Shiqing, presenting the "upload" visual image of the sense of data with black and white contrasting pictures and capital "UPLOAD".
2021 Golden Dot Design Awards Ceremony Main Vision
The exhibition of Koichi Sato, the "color magician" of The Japanese design industry, was exhibited in Macau, China, and was the first solo exhibition outside of Japan after his death
From November 6th to December 31st, the "Spirit and Nature" Koichi Sato Graphic Design Exhibition will be exhibited in Macau, China. Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macau and co-organised by the Macau Designers Association, the exhibition is Koichi Sato's first solo exhibition overseas since his death in 2016. The exhibition will feature 76 pieces/sets of Sato's poster works, including the "Tokyo Warm Curtain Party", the movie "Haoji" posters, box series, etc., as well as manuscripts, anthologies and printed instructions, etc., divided into 8 exhibition areas to show the evolution of Sato's design style in different periods.
"Spirit and Nature" Koichi Sato Graphic Design Exhibition" main vision
Koichi Sato (1944 - 2016) was a famous Japanese graphic designer known as the "color magician" in the Japanese design world, a former professor at Tama Art University, and a member of the Tokyo ADC. His design works have a distinctly famous style, and he is a pioneer in integrating "Japanese beauty" into modern design.
When 6 November - 31 December 2021
Address Old Court Building, Macau
"Spirit and Nature" Koichi Sato Graphic Design Exhibition" scene
The M+ museum of hong kong visual culture opened, and the permanent exhibition is free and open to the world
On 12 November, M+ museum of contemporary visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District was officially opened to the public. Permanent exhibitions will be open to the public free of charge, and special exhibitions and programmes, as well as cinema screenings, are subject to separate tickets. M+ will showcase outstanding collections from China, Asia and across the visual landscape, with 1,500 works including visual art, design and architecture, and mobile imagery in 33 exhibition halls. At the same time as the opening of the museum, there will be 6 thematic exhibitions, reflecting the key areas of each collection of M+.
The M+ Building in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District
M+ is the core project of the new West Kowloon Cultural and Arts District, dedicated to the collection, display and interpretation of visual arts, design and architecture, mobile imagery and visual culture in Hong Kong in the 20th and 21st centuries. Construction began in 2014, was completed in 2018 and opened to the public in 2021, and was one of the first major landmarks to be inaugurated in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
M+ Museum
Shenzhen Longhua District LOGO public solicitation plan was not adopted after the unveiling, and the final version was designed by the team
On November 11, the LOGO of Shenzhen Longhua District was officially unveiled. According to the official explanation, the LOGO uses the arc digital link as the base point to interlock, with the number as the string and the core as the circle, and the design intention is to show the path of Longhua District with digital development as the core, the positioning of the benchmark urban area, and the connotation of the struggle culture. The official did not disclose the designer of the LOGO.
Shenzhen Longhua District LOGO final version
At the beginning of 2021, Shenzhen Longhua District announced that it would collect new LOGO designs and solutions from all over the world with a total prize of 200,000 yuan, and the first prize would receive 150,000 yuan. Three months later, the top ten selected by the preliminary evaluation of experts were announced on the Internet and re-selected in the form of online voting, and the voting deadline was May 5. The official finally announced LOGO did not adopt any of the top ten schemes.
Top 10 in the voting
The 2021 DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards were announced, and 16 new talents stood out
On November 8, the Hong Kong Design Centre announced 16 winners of the DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award, specializing in communication, product and industry, environmental design and other fields. The DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards recognise emerging designers and design graduates aged 35 or below in Hong Kong and provide opportunities for overseas exchange.
In 2003, the Hong Kong Design Centre established the DFA Design Awards to explore the role of designers in society and to recognize outstanding design leaders and outstanding design elements with commercial achievement or impact in Asia. Since 2005, we have been celebrating Hong Kong's young design talents. The DFA Design Awards recognize design excellence and outstanding personalities through five different design awards programs.
Some of the winners' works
The Sydney Film Festival opens in November, with the main visual consisting of
Designed by For The People Studio
The Sydney Film Festival is held in Sydney, Australia, from 3 to 21 November, with its main visuals designed by For The People Studio. To express the enthusiasm of the Sydney Film Festival audience and fans, the designers added a set of retro 90s Instagram stickers, as well as other visual derivatives, to create a welcoming atmosphere.
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual 12-day film festival held in Sydney, usually held in June, and the 2021 Sydney Film Festival has been postponed to November due to the pandemic. The film will be showcased in several venues in the city center, including feature films, documentaries, short films, retrospectives, home films and cartoons.
Sydney Film Festival visual derivative design
Bottega Veneta creative director leaves, the iconic blockbuster BV green, cloud package will become a "masterpiece"
On November 10, Kering, the parent company of Bottega Veneta, announced that Daniel Lee, creative director of Bottega Veneta, would leave the brand. Daniel Lee is regarded as a designer who revitalizes the fashion brand, and during his 3 years in office, he and the team produced specific BV bright green, pillow clutch bags, woven shoes and other explosive models, which became synonymous with the brand.
Daniel Lee
Daniel Lee has served as CELINE's Ready-to-Wear Director and has also served at Maison Margiela, BALENCIAGA and Donna Karan. In the autumn of 2019 he designed his first collection for BOTTEGA VENETA. Bottega Veneta saw sales rise by 2.2% to almost €1.2 billion in 2019 and continue to grow in 2020, with revenue up 8.9% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021.
Bottega Veneta
Architect John Hayduck's asian first exhibition opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai and is free for the public to visit
From November 13, 2021 to February 15, 2022, the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai and the Canadian Centre for Architecture co-hosted the exhibition "John Hayduk: Masquerade at Sea". As John Hayduk's first solo exhibition in Asia, this exhibition will present his rich collection of paintings, installations, manuscripts, videos, documents, and "structures" specially reconstructed for the exhibition by southeastern university teachers and students. The theme of this exhibition is Hayduk's most well-known "Masquerade" series.
"John Hayduk: Masquerade at Sea" main vision
Exhibition of John Hayduk's works
John Hayduck (1929-2000) is a unique case in the history of architecture in the 20th century, a renowned architect, educator, historian, artist and poet. He is known as an important member of the "New York Five" and one of the "Four Godfathers" of American architecture.
When 13 November 2021 - 15 February 2022
Address The Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, 3rd floor
The world's first museum warehouse open to the public, designed by MVRDV
On November 6, the MVRDV-designed Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was opened to the public, the world's first open warehouse with a total of 151,000 artifacts. The Depot Art Warehouse includes warehouses, restoration studios, hospitality, projection and display spaces. Exhibits are zoned and displayed according to the desired climate, with five climate zones placing artworks made of different materials: metal, plastic, organic/inorganic, black and white, and color photography.
Depot Art Warehouse
The Depot Art Warehouse is the warehouse of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, one of the three largest art galleries in the Netherlands. The Boimans Van Berningen Museum is 170 years old and has a collection of over 150,000 pieces, spanning the Middle Ages to the 21st century.
San Francisco, USA, opened newsstands to the public for free rental, and old newsstands became street art galleries at zero cost
Recently, San Francisco, USA, allowed citizens to rent about 60 old newsstands in the city for free, regardless of their specific use. Currently, several newsstands have been rented as mini museums, art installations, and kiosks for arts or crafts.
The project is a collaboration between the San Francisco Arts Council and JCDecaux Group, a well-known outdoor media company, and these old newsstands that are available for rent belong to JCDecaux Group. Those who wish to do so only need to contact JCDecaux to apply, the only requirement is that it must be associated with the city of San Francisco, either the subject of the newsstand sale is related to San Francisco, or the tenant is a San Francisco resident.
An art gallery converted from an old newsstand
JCDecaux said that in the early 2000s, due to the development of electronic media, newsstands were gradually discontinued due to poor business. The project aims to repurpose these newsstands and provide free display spaces for local artists and nonprofits.