wx-design
wx-design was established in 1995 in Guangzhou, the south city in China. It opened its Beijing office in 2009. The Guangzhou and Beijing offices are located in the two art museums in the two cities respectively. The company does not have specific positioning, fixed business mode, or fixed style, nor is confined by any rules or boundaries. We value the importance of innovation and believe that innovation makes our design vigorous and refreshing. Over the past decade, wx-design boasts versatile conception, cross-disciplinary advantage and cross-regional resources. We have provided professional services for our clients, covering naming, branding, brand communication, motion graphic, environmental (space) graphic, exhibition planning/design, book design, and comprehensive design projects related to arts, etc.
TOMEETYOU Design Studio
It is a graphic design studio in Beijing. Its Chinese name and English name are not related at all. In Chinese, it is called "Tu Mao Qiu", a similar pronunciation to "To Meet You", It means “(cats) vomit hairball". This strange name comes from a very particular homeless cat, who makes the design studio his home and behaves like an owner. He is not healthy for he never vomits up any hairball. The English name "To Meet You" probably indicates that after meeting you, nobody knows what happens next. We hope our work can bring more interesting stuff to everyone.
OMD Contemporary Design Terminal
As designers, researchers, writers and curators, Jiang Hua & Li Degeng co-founded OMD Contemporary Design Terminal in 2007, which is based on multidiscipline and provides a comprehensive platform and network for curation, publication, designing and research. OMD covers unlimited cooperative fields, it tries looking for all possibilities to explore more social energy for contemporary design. Thus initiatively OMD involves itself in many social production scopes, intending to give full rein to designing in every new field and node, meanwhile exploring the meaning of design. They approaches design with multiple status, committing themselves to the research, practice and promotion of contemporary design. They published many design books and also are the curators of many influential design exhibitions in China including "Social Energy: Contemporary Communication Design from the Netherlands", Ningbo International Poster Biennial, "Post__" Contemporary International Poster Retrospective, "TYPOSTER100", "No Paper: Experimental Design Invitation Exhibition", "Designing in China" and "Taking a Stance". Now Jiang & Li are the lecturer at CAFA and Tsinghua University.
Han Jiaying Design
Han Jiaying design, as the design’s implementation force of international and culture, is actively promote local brand’s build up and grow up at all times.
From founded in 1993 to now, base on the continuing promotion of Mr. Han jiaying, we have formed multizone international design and consultative platform in Shenzhen?Beijing?Shanghai.
Face the changing trend of contemporary international design environment, we have formed inimitable voice and contemporary standpoint in the fields of art and business.
From brand, communication, graphic design, products as well as space design, to the new trend of design education , We participate in the everlasting global trend-transforming with fresh ideas and sensitivity.
Design have been accepted and understood by more and more people. That is where our innovation power lies in such a society that values diversified culture is accelerate exchange.
- wx-design
- OMD Contemporary Design Terminal
- TOMEETYOU Design Studio
- Hanjiaying Design
An exhibition of 4 graphic design studios
March 17 - April 18, 2010
CAFA Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Consultant: Xu Bing, Wang Min
Curator: Wang Huang Sheng, Wang Xu, Jiang Hua
Organizers: CAFA Art Museum, Design School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
D Day stands for "Daily Design," or the everyday aspects of design in our lives. It can also stand for the "Day of Design," a day when you, the viewer, can appreciate and collaborate in the process of design.
Our everyday lives are surrounded by various aspects of design. Our senses are assaulted by various publications, websites, products, all mediums of expression for designers hoping to express their vision and expertise. Their work has changed our lifestyle and influenced our perception of modern society. In a sense, our lives are "designed" by the designers in our society.
But what the viewer is unaware of is the painstaking process behind each and every design project. The public is unaware of how the designer works, his relationship with the client, the user, and his own creative process. Hidden behind every design is the mental and physical process of creating a piece of art, something the public often fails to perceive.
Through this exhibition, the public will be able to witness and participate the creative process of design. Four of the most groundbreaking graphic design studios in China will present their design process to the public, allowing the viewer to understand the com- plexities and nuances behind their work. I hope that through this exhibit we can become inspired to not rely on being "designed" by the professionals, but to be our own designers in life.
D Day often carries connotations from WWII, representing images of sacrifice, pain, and loss and triumph. I hope that through this unique exhibit the public will be able to perceive the struggle, endurance, and ultimate triumph in the design process.
Wang Min