Design and Science in Modern China

What is design in modern China? And what are the ecological stakes in understanding how modern Chinese design encourages us to see? This book takes up these questions though exploration into the work of three famous designers who were actively engaged with the natural sciences in early twentieth-century Shanghai, Canton, and Beijing.

List of contents

Part 1 The Revolutionary Boundary-Form 1. Insect and Design Sciences 2. Aesthetics of the Assassin: Gao Jianfu’s Porcelain Designs Part 2 The Enchanted Boundary-Form 3. Industrial Age Plants and Chen Zhifo’s Textile Designs 4. Chen Zhifo’s Design Fictions Part 3 Sadness and Joy at the Boundaries 5. Yu Fei’an’s Colours 6. Birds’ Eye Views: Yu Fei’an’s Pigeon Paintings

About the author

Lisa Claypool is Associate Professor of the history of art, design, and visual culture at the University of Alberta.

Summary

What is design in modern China? And what are the ecological stakes in understanding how modern Chinese design encourages us to see? This book takes up these questions though exploration into the work of three famous designers who were actively engaged with the natural sciences in early twentieth-century Shanghai, Canton, and Beijing.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Claypool, Lisa (University of Alberta Claypool
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032713373
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271337-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Research in Design History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; China, SCIENCE / History, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, ART / Asian / Chinese, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate, History of Art, History of Science, Industrial / commercial art & design, Asian History, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Oriental art