"Asian Graphics Now", by Julius Wiedeman and Bruno Porto

Taschen editor-in-charge Julius Wiedemann and co-author Bruno Porto showcased the upcoming 430 page book “Asian Graphics NOW!” at the German Consulate General in Shanghai, on September 15th 2010. The Pre-launch talk was attended by 120 local (Chinese and foreigners) designers, artists and journalists, and it was translated to Chinese by Ms Karen Xu.

Both Wiedemann and Porto were born and raised in Rio de Janeiro and respectively attended the Marketing and Design courses of Rio’s Faculdade da Cidade in the early 1990s.

Julius Wiedemann, Karen Xu & Bruno Porto by Mowfak Galy

The book is a collaboration between them, Taschen art editor Daniel Siciliano-Bretas (born in Rio de Janeiro, currently living in Köln, Germany) and Japanese design specialist Marcos Sadao Maekawa (born in São Paulo, currently living in Tokyo, Japan), and presents a wide selection of design projects from China (mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), Japan, Korea, India, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam etc, divided in five sections – Advertising, Branding, Editorial, Non-Commercial and Packaging. It also features articles by Huang Li, editor of Package & Design Magazine, and Wang Min, Design Director of the Beijing Olympics 2008.

The first 100 pages of “Asian Graphics NOW!” can be leafed in http://www.taschen.com/lookinside/04440/index.htm

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9th Graphic Design Biennial: LOGO

The China Tour of ADG Brasil’s 9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial exhibition was made possible by the Consulate General of Brazil in Shanghai and Creative Connect, with the support of Raffles Design Institute, Elizabeth Premazzi Architecture & Interior Design, CAFA – China Central Academy of Fine Arts and the endorsement of Icograda.

Shanghai 15-21 October 2009
Shanghai International Creative Industry Week 2009
800 Changde Road, Building 3 – Jing’an District

Beijing 26-30 October 2009
Icograda World Design Congress
Central Academy of Fine Arts
No.8, Hua Jia Di Nan Jie
4th Floor Gallery, Building  7

_Guided Tours

Saturday/Sunday | October 17th/18th
• 11am (Portuguese / English)
• 3pm (English / Chinese)

_Lectures

Wednesday | October 14th • 6:30pm
9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial
Cecilia Consolo
Bruno Porto

Monday | October 19th • 6:30pm
Visual Communication & Technology
Julius Wiedemann
Fluid mechanics: Design in the elastic environment
Luli Radfahrer

Lectures will be presented at the Raffles Design Institute Shanghai
Main Building Auditorium N305 / Donghua University – 1882 Yan An West Road (t.021.62701196)

_Workshop
October 17th-20th
Brazilian Chinese Hybrid Design Icograda Workshop
Bruno Porto, Simon Richards, Sarah Stutz, David Fox_ Raffles Design Institute
Cecilia Consolo_ Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado
Kelvin Tam_ Hong Kong Design Institute
Luciano Cardinali_ Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing
Luli Radfahrer_ Universidade de São Paulo

_Portfolio Review
Tuesday | October 20th
Asian Graphics NOW!
Julius Wiedemann & Bruno Porto

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The Brazilian Association of Graphic Design (ADG) 9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial will be exhibited during the 2009 Shanghai International Creative Industry Week from October 15th–21st (9am-5:30pm at 800 Changde Road, Building 3). During the weekend of October 17th/18th there will be English/Chinese/Portuguese (at 11am and 3pm) free guided tours to the exhibition by Brazilian graphic designers.

On Monday October 19th 6-8pm, Raffles Design Institute – Shanghai (Donghua University – RDI Main Building – 1882 West Yan An Road) will host two lectures of the Biennial programme: Taschen Books editor Julius Wiedemann will present a lecture on “Visual Communication & Technology”, followed by Digital Communication Ph.D. Luli Radfahrer, who will talk about innovation in the digital culture in his “Fluid Mechanics: Design in the elastic environment” presentation.

After Shanghai, the exhibition travels to Beijing to be part of the Icograda World Congress, in the 4th Floor Gallery, Building 7 of CAFA – Central Academy of Fine Arts from October 26th–30th. The DINGBATS BRASIL exhibition (which was in Shanghai from May to July 2009) will also be displayed at the same location, before traveling to Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam.

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