Oven roasted beef tenderloin with citruschanterelle vinaigrette warm sesamespinach roulade and risotto cake. Chinese artist sums up the difference between eastern and. Hot on the heels of its bestselling predecessors, today meets yesterday. Yang liu grew up in china, but then moved to germany, becoming a designer. Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience. Jan 7, 2015 yang liu has lived in both china and germany, and when she became a designer, she drew the differences in cultural assumptions. Excavations in southern turkey have recently uncovered evidence of the worlds first sacred temples, providing amazing insights into the birth of organized religion. Yang liu, east meets west all images courtesy taschen. Next post travel ideas for coming to hawaii for emw17. I bought this book because i saw today meets yesterday at a conference and love all three of yang lius books. The cultural differences between east and west, according to one. In the books introduction, liu writes that moving from beijing to berlin challenged her notions of. East meets west by yang liu meet your next favorite book. Blue western culture red eastern culture way of life westerners assert a lot more independence and individualism.
Fireworks sales by liuyang account for about half of chinas gross sales of. Conceived and designed with perceptive wit and her signature graphic. East meets west is now in perfect order thanks to her i understand now my chines wife. The us is a melting pot of cultures and we expat women may have preconceived notions of americans and also of people from other countries who we meet in the usa.
Naturally, were headoverheels with designer yang lius ingenious east meets west infographic series, tackling everything from differences in selfperception to evolution of transportation. Previous post 5 questions with east meets west 2017 speakers sean flaherty. East meets west is a cooking show on the food network hosted by the chinese american chef ming tsai. Liuyang is a countylevel city, the most populous and the easternmost county level division of. The activity uses the simple but startlingly canny imagery created by yang liu for her infographic book, east meets west. Just as they do now, tsang said, the fireworks often went through major west coast ports. She was years old when her family moved to europe. Yang is a great graphic designer whose work has always been bold and. She won several prices and had a worldwide success with her first book east meets west. Lius book was originally published in german in 2007 and has only recently come. 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. Kenny bee karen mok eason chan ekin cheng huang yi jaycee chan william so alex fong stephy tang. Local, asian and mainland entrepreneurs and investors connect at east meets west. One man is responsible for most of the fireworks used in america.
East meets west 26 november 2014 3 march 2015 the exhibition brings together 250 works by 110 artists from china, the former soviet union, taiwan, the uk and the usa in a comprehensive survey celebrating pop arts legacy. 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. Heres another article from anna corpron of substudio. Cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Academics tend to discuss cultural differences in words. In the liu song period of southern dynasties, the name was changed from. Yang lius subtle and witty pictograms condense a lot of knowledge into a form that can be grasped immediately. Yang liu spent half of her life in china and half in germany. Hayley comes home with a shocking announcement which stirs some powerful emotions in tanu.
One of her projects, east meets west, consists of a series of comparisons of chinese vs. Drawing from her experiences of growing up in china and germany, lius east meets west. In this third installment in her pictogram series for taschen, leading graphic designer yang liu brings the way we were face to face with the way we are. Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed. Yang liu, east meets west after all, the kind of culture shock liu illustrates can be hard to navigate and articulate. The promise the east west book of rice cookery love poems from god. 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. 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. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to. Twelve sacred voices from the east and west compass the. Posted on november 23, 20 november 30, 20 by admin. Online store hi to all our loyal customers, you probably ended up on this page by trying to access our shopping cart that we had for over 10 years.
There were countless times when i was variously confused, surprised. Emw20 features amazing international speakers, hot topic breakout sessions, pitch opportunities, and ample networking in a tropical startup paradise. The best book i ever have read about differences china vrs. The terrain of liuyang is that northeast is higher than south west, and.
Through visuals like the following one on expressing opinions, liu explores cultural differences between china, where shes from and germany, where she lives. Dings volume and fees rose just as the spectacular fireworks he. Since 2010 yang liu is professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. An infographic portrait by yang liu by rainer falle. 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. Thats when she began appreciating the differences between her homeland china and her new home country. East meets west an intercultural competence activity. This works released by yang liu in 2007 and second series already published, most of the images here not very up to date and personal opinion you can not so much generalise all these, for example japanese are asian or singaporeans asian too but they know how to be in line while waiting. The cultural differences between east and west, according. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to pictograms. An infographic portrait juxtaposes eyecatching infographics that cleverly distill her observations of the two cultures. On november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a presentation of her awardwinning cultural pictograms at nyu shanghai.
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. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. The cultural differences she witnessed inspired her to design a book of graphics titled east meets west. Jean posted about yang lius ost trifft west east meets west exhibit back in september. Its one of the most innovative, brilliant books put together as a comparison between the west and east cultures. East meets west cooking with ming tsai, simply ming, mings master recipes, simply ming onepot meals and simply ming in your kitchen. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang lius successful infographic series. East meets west with ming tsai recipes east meets west. Yuyang liu for the washington post a worker fills fireworks shells with. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to.
East meets west is the startup event of the year in hawaii bringing together thought leaders and innovators from hawaii, asia, and north america. During each halfhour episode, tsai cooked asianeuropean fusion cuisine. Liuyangs chinese fireworks cultural museum is open six days a week from 9 a. 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. The artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14. Unfortunately it appears we must retire that shopping cart since updates are not available for it anymore and its compatibility with mobile devices and current php versions is not very good. Very cleverly illustrated, it makes a fun subject of discussion.
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