Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

NLC Design #2: Kowloon City


Today was the first day back at school (my last semester of undergraduates!). my desktop background was set as the most beautiful section I have ever seen, but sadly it was from FFFFOUND! and I was unable to back-link and find what it was from. But when my studio teacher, Richard Lundquist, saw the image (today) he knew exactly what it was: Kowloon the walled city.

Having just found out about it I can't give you too much info other than it was an apartment complex in Hong Kong, China that was continually add-on to and then demolished in 1993 (I'm going to leave it there before I misstate too many facts).

The above image is from kowloon_walled_city on flicker.

There is a book available on Kowloon titled City of Darness: Life in Kowloon. At the time of writing it was going for as little as $80-. But there is an alternative... At Zone Of The Free the book (in the parts) available for free download.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Laser Cutting in China


This site, mrkt, surprised me - probably because I think of most countries outside of The US as third word - and China not being a hotbed of contemporary arts/craft/design. Well I was wrong. Check out the site - the online shop is not functional at this time - but if you are in China, mrkt has a list of seller there. And you can get inspired by there amazing, mostly felt, products.

Above is the Women's Clutch.