The cultural differences between east and west, according to one. Chinese born yang liu moved to china at the age of 14. Drawing from her own experience yang liu created minimalistic visualizations using simple symbols and shapes to convey just how different the two cultures are. The logo is made up of some key words from the book fair and printed like a traditional chinese seal.
This soloshow east meets west by yang liu, which was placed at ministry of foreign affairs in germany, is poster art that compares german western culture with chinese culture in a way that humorously captures some societal differences. The blue side represents germany or western culture and the red side china or eastern culture. Her works have won numerous prizes in international competitions and can be found in museums and collections all over the world. One of her projects, east meets west, consists of a series of comparisons of chinese vs. East meets west, a series of infographics drawing on her personal bicultural experience has been exhibited worldwide, the corresponding book has become an instant bestseller. The author, who is a designer and connoisseur of german and chinese culture. After several year of experience in working together with japanese, i have learned to understand their. Dec 07, 2015 graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye.
She won several prices and had a worldwide success with her first book. The book man meets woman from taschen is our musthave for design, entertainment and thought in one go. How workplace communication is affected by culture. Holger matthies, she has worked first in london, singapore, berlin and in new york city, since 2004 she has established yang liu design in berlin.
Yang liu grew up in china, but then moved to germany, becoming a designer. The package design book 4 the package design book 4 the package design book 4. Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed. Liu institute for asia and asian studies, university of notre dame. Park west gallery takes a look at how the artists of the west were inspired by the eastern culture of the japan. The liu institute for asia and asian studies promotes the awareness, understanding. Originally created as 47 simple blue and red posters, yang lius. Lius book was originally published in german in 2007 and has only recently come. Designer yang lius east meets west pictogram encapsulates the differences between eastner and western cultures perfectly in simple picture form. On november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a presentation of her awardwinning cultural pictograms at nyu shanghai. She has become an artist who has taken on the happy task of juxtaposing chinese and western culture through her collection. Formal verification of operational transformation, the 19th international symposium on formal methods fm 2014, singapore, may 2014. This gives her an insight into the way chinese and german culture differs, and liu created an exhibition which was later made into a book, called east meets west.
Presentation of the best design and advertisements in japan and westamerica full of fascinating ideas. Its a small book about 5x5 inches and less than an inch thick that illustrates the cultural differences between east and west in a series of simple but sort of profound images. Liu, who was born in beijing and moved to berlin at, took on the challenge for east meets west taschen, a pocketsized book of pictographs showing how values respect for elders, treatment of. East meets west the american west in the nineteenth. She studied at uwe at bristol, uk and gradueted with master degree for design in 2000 at the university of arts berlin, with prof. The cultural differences she witnessed inspired her to design a book of graphics titled east meets west. I just got imd this article from the china digital times about yang lius ost trifft west east versus west. In 2004 she founded her own design studio, which she continues to run today. The cultural differences between east and west, according. She won several prices and had a worldwide success with her first book east meets west. Oltre a impegnarsi nelle attivita creative, insegna alla berliner technischen kunsthoch schule. The author published a book which is entitled ost trifft westeast meets west using simple pictograms. Chinese artist sums up the difference between eastern and. Brilliant book showing the cultural differences between east and west.
Yang liu design studio, berlin born in 1976 in beijing, china. Drawing from her experiences of growing up in china and germany, lius east meets west. Frank lloyd wright and bruno taut are introduced as the first admirers of traditional japanese building design, and the discussion is then extended to more contemporary attitudes and prejudices from the west. Tom hanks and rita wilsons son chet gave a shirtless update on his parents coronavirus diagnosis. Jean posted about yang lius ost trifft west east meets west exhibit back in september. The blue represents western and the red represents chinese culture. Westerners asians expressing opinions punctuality handling problems technorati. A lesson in simple communication from artist yang liu. Presentation of the best design and advertisements in japan and west america full of fascinating ideas. Culture shock, singapore travel, catalog design, creative pictures, orient, text color, picture show, book.
Graphic artist yang liu has made a compilation book of illustrations which juxtaposes the cultures of the east and west. Artist yang liu highlights cultural differences with art in her book east meets west. Being that i worked with yang at chermayeff and geismar when i first moved to new york, i offered to do an interview with her about the project. Yang lius east meets west explains the differences. Drawing on her own experiences of china and europe, yang liu explores a. The cultural differences between east and west in one. Visual artist and designer yang liu, based in germany east meets west germany meets china. You can order the full version of her book east meets west here. To explain how, she created a series of posters called ost trifft west thats east meets west. Academics tend to discuss cultural differences in words. On november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a.
This work was well received at the press conference. She was born and raised in china, but she has lived in germany since 1990. East meets west guides you through crosscultural differences with graphic simplicity yang lius subtle and witty pictograms condense a lot of knowledge into a form that can be. Oct 29, 2009 naturally, were headoverheels with designer yang lius ingenious east meets west infographic series, tackling everything from differences in selfperception to evolution of transportation. Since 2010 yang liu is professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. In addition to designing the logo for 2009 frankfurt book fair guest of honor china, liu also designed cipgs book from. Liu institute for asia and asian studies, university of notre. Born in china but living in germany since she was 14, liu has a unique grip of this cultural duality and she channels it with great wit and. Yang liu spent half of her life in china and half in germany.
Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience. East meets west an infographic portrait by yang liu. Aug 25, 2015 already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. For example, countries like china, korea and japan have been civilizations for many years. So russian internet community has created its own funny version of the lius infographic which hilariously shows cultural and social differences between russia, east and west. Learning from the japanese city west meets east in urban design. The package design book 5 the package design book 5 the package design book 5. She formally completed her mfa in industrial design at rochester institute of technology, new york after receiving a bfa from east china university of science and technology, shanghai in 2010. It is an incredible infographic exhibition simply depicting some humorous differences between the cultures. West meets east, creative currents in 100 ads across the pacific, california aand tokyo. From ageold cliches to current debates, do a reality check with the opposite sex and these pictograms in yang liu. Blue western culture red eastern culture way of life westerners assert a lot more independence and individualism.
Chinese designer, liu yang designed a book when things meet in 2007. Hayley comes home with a shocking announcement which stirs some powerful emotions in tanu. An infographic portrait by yang liu on punctuality born in china and currently living in germany artist yang liu illustrated a series of stereotypes under title ost trifft west, or east meets west. The artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14. After studying at the university of arts berlin udk, she worked as a designer in singapore, london, berlin, and new york. The postchristian west meets the nonwestern church greater. As a background, chapter one presents an account of changing western interests in japanese city form over the time. Liu yang is the author of chinas terracotta warriors 4.
One artists work on comparing the cultures of the east and the west has. An infographic portrait by yang liu submitted by rainer falle 270 comments 611,452 views the artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14. Jan 06, 2017 cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms. Culture shock, singapore travel, catalog design, creative pictures, orient, text color, picture show, book illustration, the incredibles. Artist yang liu was born in beijing and has been living in germany for over 20 years. The volume becomes extraordinary precious containing an index with biographies of all mentioned artists in english language. What might be considered rude in one culture can be a compliment in another, and navigating these differences can be difficult. East meets west the cultural differences portrayed by an artist. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to pictograms. The cultural differences between east and west, according to one artist. The design to the right communicates a complex idea. Shanghai native liu yang is a furniture and industrial designer. The culture there is different from that of her origins. Neat pictograms from yang liu explore the differences.
Heres another article from anna corpron of substudio. Yang liu, east meets west all images courtesy taschen. News about design infrom greater china archived articles. Conceived and designed with perceptive wit and her signature graphic simplicity, yang liu s pictograms convey the obvious and sometimes not so obvious discrepancies in life on opposite sides of the globe. The cultural differences between east and west, according to. Above lr are queuing, a weekend street scene personal space. Born in china and currently living in germany artist yang liu illustrated a series of stereotypes under the title ost trifft west, or east meets west. Cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms.
Yang liu, a graphic artist who moved from beijing to berlin at the age of , has. In a clever and playful manner, berlinbased designer yang liu depicts the differences between the sexes with a series of bold pictograms that need no further explanation but titles. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to. Yang liu is a berlinbased graphic artist, professor and the head of the department of communications design at. Yang is a great graphic designer whose work has always been bold and iconographic, and. An artist, who was raised in multiple cultures, decided to make a simple but interesting infographic playing on some of the unique differences between the east and the west. Conceived and designed with perceptive wit and her signature graphic simplicity, yang lius pictograms convey the obvious and sometimes not so obvious discrepancies in life on opposite sides of the globe. Japan as fantasy and fan cult in the mind of the west victorian buildings of the american west. Yang liu was born in china but moved to germany when she was 14. The simple, colorful icons illustrate common themes such as shopping, travel, love, relationship, body image. This month, east meets west is being published in english like lius second book, man meets woman, a pictogrambased shorthand answer to men are from mars, women are from venus, published last. East meets west is now in perfect order thanks to her i understand now my chines wife.
She became an artist and made a series of pictures comparing german and chinese culture. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang lius successful infographic series. Affairs in germany, and was published in 2007 by art book authority taschen. The fact is that each single illustration is my very personal experience in the past 17 years. An infographic portrait juxtaposes eyecatching infographics that cleverly distill her observations of the two cultures. Born in beijing in 1976, liu yang moved to germany at the age of. Cooperation with the author was really important in helping me find the most suitable design for the book. The images were designed by yang liu sometimes spelled liu young, who was born in china and educated in germany and england. An infographic portrait by yang liu submitted by rainer falle 271 comments 612,652 views the artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14. We took the idea and updated it, having added new pictures in the russian edition of the series of infographic posters. The author published a book which is entitled ost trifft west east meets west using simple pictograms. Discover the fascinating contrasts when east meets west with this pictogram panorama book from chinese designer yang liu, published by taschen books. Best boss, germany and italy, finland, everything, scale, culture, japan.
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