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A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
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2016Olafur Eliasson’s installation The Open Pyramid dominates the Long Gallery in Shanghai
2016
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2022Hamburg-based design studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann on how to innovate your web design
2022
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2018Arcin Sagdic's latest cover story for Numero Homme Berlin is a meditation on surgically-enhanced beauty
2018
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2013Damien Poulain and some kids create awesome space rockets for a German bank
2013
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2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
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2023Artist Yin Ming uses ping pong as a metaphor for the act of code switching
2023
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2019Agua Viva portrays the immigrant experience of a Chinese manicurist in Miami
2019
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2016Berlin-based Cristóbal Schmal’s naive illustrations are an intriguing mix
2016
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2018Xiaoxiao Xu's tranquil and intimate photographs explore her immigration from China to The Netherlands
2018
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2020Shining a positive light on Asian voices, Chuntian is a guide to spring inspired by the philosophy of Chinese medicine
2020
Identity
2015formdusche creates punchy and cartoon-like identity for German arts festival
2015
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2021An illustrative portrait of rapidly changing Shanghai by Jeffrey Hsueh
2021
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2018Mak Kai Hang discusses the typographic differences within Chinese graphic design
2018
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2011Interview Project Germany
2011
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2017German illustrator Stephanie Wunderlich’s ode to papercut collage
2017
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2018Can Yang's graphic design style is deep-rooted in her Chinese heritage
2018
Motion
2014Advertising: Terrifying advert with a brilliant twist from some German filmmakers
2014
Motion
2017High octane Nike China animation gets kids to wear their bandages as a “badge of honour”
2017
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2019Da大 by Beijing-based ori.studio reimagines the format of the interview
2019
Identity
2019Sarula Bao’s Real Chinese Food is a zine about take-out, shame and diaspora identity
2019
Identity
2019Sean Alexander Geraghty talks identity and traditions with Cuba’s diminishing Chinese population
2019
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2022No Running! Pia Henkel shines a light on Berlin’s 62 public pools
2022
Poster
2015German studio Unfun creates colourfully slick posters for dance club
2015
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2024The View from Berlin: meet the defiant and resourceful creatives leading the city’s DIY culture explosion
2024
Poster
2015Neat Tumblr shows off the endless and diverse Posters of Berlin
2015
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2015A polished and sophisticated update from German studio Bureau Progressiv
2015
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2014Eric Hu's book features 1,000 unique Chinese character illustrations
2014
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2014Illustration: Paula Troxler's incredible blend of crayon colours and German folklore
2014
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2015Scott King's nice new campaign claims all pop culture in the name of Berlin
2015
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2022Suzy Chan’s kitsch and sparkly project explores the children who grow up in China’s factories
2022
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2014Art: Thierry Noir – the first man to paint the Berlin Wall – opens first ever solo show in London
2014
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2014Dazzled by the eye-catching work of Berlin-based studio 44flavours
2014
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2017Laura Callaghan depicts how Germany would look if women were in charge
2017
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2017Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017
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2016Ricardo Ferrol reinterprets the work of influential German designer Otl Aicher
2016
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2024A traditional Chinese dessert brand inspired by plastic collectible toys
2024
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2018Designer Can Yang's book visually presents ancient Chinese elixir recipes
2018
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2020Based between Toronto and Beijing, Meat Studio creates work that bridges cultures
2020
Publication
2019Illustrator Ellice Weaver on the influence of Berlin, screen printing, and comic books
2019
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2018Benedikt Rugar’s illustrations for the German Design Glossary use elements of the surreal to tell a visual story
2018
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2016Zhang Kechun encapsulates the oblivion of China's mysterious Yellow River
2016
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2015Presenting Wurstbande, or "sausage gang" – a Berlin-based illustration duo
2015
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2012Chloe Dewe Mathews: China's Wild West
2012
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2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
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2015Textural, expressive illustration from Berlin-based illustrator Beth Walrond
2015
Motion
2018Josh King directs video for Khruangbin featuring a lady hula-hooping her way through Shanghai
2018
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2013Photography: Mengxi Zhang's 350km/h is a portrait of a new high-speed China
2013
Identity
2016Hamburg-based Villa Studio collaborates with illustrators for exhibition identity
2016
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2024Siting Yao’s bilingual dictionary translates Chinese lesbian slang
2024
Identity
2015Delfina Venditti's spot-on identity for Atonal sound festival in Berlin
2015
Publication
2012Genre-bending, era-defining graphics in a book of 20th century Chinese design
2012
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2014Vibrant, pebble-like paintings from Berlin-based artist Frau Grau
2014
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2012Glorifying the suberb portfolio of German graphic designer Alexander Lis
2012
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2013Fun record sleeve design and illustration from Hamburg's Human Empire
2013
Identity
2016Wonderful and sensitive identity designs for German arts organisation
2016
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2015Sun Kai Qiang documents the quiet moments at a Chinese art school
2015
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2018“The beauty of abstraction”: Christoph Niemann on his new mural for a Berlin train station
2018
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2021Illustrator Chenyue Yuan digs deep into social histories to tell the story of Chinese labourers living and working in factories
2021
Poster
2015Funny project documents China’s strange public service announcement posters
2015
Poster
2012Loving this bonkers poster design from Berlin-based Lars Moereels
2012
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2013Graphic Design: Fantastic design for the Berlin Art Prize 2013 from designers HelloMe
2013
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2014Miscellaneous: A webcomic based in China's version of Google Maps
2014
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2019Marilyn Mugot's photos capture the neon melancholy of China's streets
2019
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2015Shanghai's Ka Xiaoxi captures basketball kids for Nike
2015
Publication
2015Stills & Strokes creates flashy jewellery editorials for Interview Germany
2015
Publication
2016Berlin-based illustrator Riikka Laakso’s lino printed book explores the number seven
2016
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2013Nike devotees get yourselves to Beijing, your retail dream awaits!
2013
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2021Wu Lie Wei’s work is an ode to the Chinese youth
2021
Poster
2014Amazing 1970s publishing posters from German designer Gunter Rambow
2014
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2022Breathtaking and arresting, Livien Yin’s series Paper Suns explores the “desires, uncertainties and pleasures” of Chinese American immigrants
2022
Poster
2015Bold typographic poster design from Berlin-based Sven Lindhorst-Emme
2015
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2012John Diebel's stunning geometric collages ooze Bauhaus perfection
2012
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2013One German pedestrian becomes a sartorial celebrity thanks to What Ali Wore
2013
Motion
2017Pictoplasma Berlin review: highlights from the character design and animation festival
2017
Photograph
2018Chinese photographer, Feng Li's series White Night is a flip book of strange scenarios
2018
Poster
2019Marvel at these typographic posters designed by Karl-Heinz Drescher in East Germany
2019
Publication
2020Flip phones, vintage selfies and kitschy graphic design: Meet 1413 magazine, a “tickle fight” with Chinese culture
2020
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2015Jonny Seymour’s cute and strange photo series of six-year-old Chinese kids’ “graduation”
2015
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2022Studio Lava Beijing is erupting with puns and playful designs
2022
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2015A minimalist building that moves: Penda’s dynamic entry for Bauhaus Museum design competition
2015
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2020Introducing the monochromatic and spooky portraits of Chinese artist Jingze Du
2020
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2013Graphic Design: Munich show celebrates this milennium's indie magazine stars
2013
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2017Designing Bauhaus Now magazine was a conflict of rationality and experimentation
2017
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2020Berlin’s Contemporary C**t Collective shine a light on Drag Syndrome in the latest issue of King Kong Garçon
2020
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2019When Work Becomes Play: What We Can Learn from the Bauhaus 100 Years On
2019
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2020The Type covers the history, development, conventions and transcultural contexts of Chinese typography in three new volumes
2020
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2012An edible lasagne cookbook from German designers Korefe, bellissimo!
2012
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2012Impressive Iraq speeches project from new German publishers Cake
2012
Garment
2019Using props, backdrops and lavish clothing, Weishan Hu captures the aestheticism of a postmodern China
2019
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2022In Smart Kids, Alex Huanfa Cheng explores the demise of a lost Chinese subculture
2022
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2013Graphic Design: Stunning stuff from Morphoria for German magazine loslegen
2013
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2015Dina Kelberman's I'm Google is a visual game of Chinese Whispers
2015
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2015Young Berlin illustrator Ruohan Wang's charming work belies her youth
2015
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2016What does it mean to work in the arts? One Berlin-based artist shuts a gallery for five weeks to find out...
2016
Publication
2021This collection of “ghost signs” shows how the Chinese written language has changed over the last century
2021
Poster
2021Neo Neo effortlessly flits between a visual identity, Bauhaus typeface and poster for Roger Federer
2021
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2019Sascia Reibel explores the popularity of Ikea Beijing and three iconic female coders
2019
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2012Sushi fans beware, these Chinese fish factory shots are beautiful but graphic
2012
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2013A treasure trove of graphic riches on offer thanks to Berlin studio Stahl R
2013
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2013Photography: Albert Elm captures Russia and China with a rose-tinted lens
2013
Motion
2021Annie Lai thoughtfully photographs young Chinese women in an exploration of emotional and physical home
2021
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2019Ronghui Chen photographs the young people of China's forgotten “Freezing Lands”
2019
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2018Partying in the Weimar Republic with the Archive of Modern Conflict
2018
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2015M.I.A and Gener8ion's new vid features 36,000 Chinese fighting school kids
2015
Identity
2015Munich-based studio Moby Digg and their fantastic AABER Award identity
2015
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2013Graphic design: German design studio Stellavie create prints for stargazers
2013
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2016Snapshots of commuters during China's typhoon season by Wiktoria Wojciechowska
2016
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2015Cool graphic design from Germany-based Cabinet Gold van d’Vlies
2015
Identity
2025Studio Gruhl dives back into Berlin’s 1990s techno scene in an identity for Spellbound
2025
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2012Graphic greatness and beautiful books by Berlin-based Palefroi
2012
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2019In Visions of Qinghai, Arnaud Lin depicts a diverse and rapidly changing Chinese province
2019
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20221413 is back with another playful ode to Chinese culture – this time focusing on medicine and wellness
2022
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2019Shuwei Liu combines David Bowie and Chinese mythology with a planet mushroom
2019
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2018Paris Syndrome: photographer Francois Prost explores a replica city in China
2018
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2017Catherine Hyland explores the vast, yet eerily barren tourist destinations of China and Mongolia
2017
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2022How you can win an original Melissa Kitty Jarram painting inspired by Beijing Silvermine
2022
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2018XXL Studio is an iconic Chinese graphic design studio producing exceptional book design
2018
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2015Hamburg-based studio Karl Anders wishes you a Heavy Birthday
2015
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2015Chinese animator Lei Lei reflects on sadness
2015
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2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
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2017Zhiyuan Yang's photos of her parents scrutinise China's nuclear family dynamics
2017
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2016Ill-Studio’s short film plays with reflections and odd perspectives in Berlin
2016
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2013Architecture: Wowserino! ROK install 22,000 unique wooden sticks in German boutique
2013
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2019Tilman Brembs’ mammoth archive captures the early Berlin techno years
2019
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2014Fascinating portraits of stars by German photographer Olaf Heine
2014
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2014Illustration: You just don't get much more joyful than the work of Berlin's Golden Cosmos
2014
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2014Photography: Incredible shots of China's busy coastline from Zhang Xiao
2014
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2013Dan Witz is back showing off some stunning light paintings at the Gestalten space in Berlin
2013
Identity
2015Making branding with a purpose: what can we learn from the Bauhaus?
2015
Publication
2012Beautifully designed notebooks mark quinquennial German dOCUMENTA (13) show
2012
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2022Mischelle Moy’s pleasant and dreamlike photography pays tribute to her Chinese heritage
2022
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2022Murathan Biliktu’s new font explores the experience of migrant workers in Germany
2022
Motion
2014Film: A day in the life of Berlin-based mural painter, Polina Soloveichik
2014
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2018Eating the Other explores the western fascination with Chinese traditional dress
2018
Motion
2015COS and Matthew Frost among Berlin Fashion Film Festival winners
2015
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2015Banging designs for a Berlin techno club by Serbian creative Vanja Golubovic
2015
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2015The stunning, forward-thinking book covers of Weimar Germany
2015
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2017Meet Berlin-based studio Büro Bum Bum
2017
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2019Sacred Shanghai: Liz Hingley photographs the spiritual renaissance of the city
2019
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Poster
2016Unfun’s sleek typographic posters for German gallery Kunstverein Nürnberg
2016
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2019Yunying Huang challenges the Eurocentric perception of techno-culture in China
2019
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2019Land in Sonne explores the young generations now living in former East Berlin and its impacts
2019
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2014Manuel Birnbacher's weird and wonderful look for a German house festival
2014
Motion
2021Shanghai-based studio KauKau returns with a striking and multifaceted rebrand for Strong Noodle
2021
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2018Yang Qi’s work expresses a strong Chinese and German cultural background
2018
Garment
2018Hailun Ma returns to China to document the vibrant and startling fashion of her hometown
2018
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2012Paul Leichtfried produces a drastic redesign for Berlin refugee charity
2012
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2020Luo Yang captures China’s Generation Z through an intimate lens
2020
Identity
2016Twelve studio’s rippling identity for Beijing new media studio
2016
Publication
2015Design with Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters explored in new book
2015
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2014Publication: New Berlin-based magazine Winter warms all our cockles
2014
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2025Grilli Type’s GT Era brings an early Bauhaus chic back to the sans serif
2025
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2014Illustration: We love these detailed prints by Berlin illustrator Jeong Hwa Min
2014
Motion
2019Mark Parascandola documents the scenery and sets of China’s booming film industry
2019
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2020Solene Gün examines men in Turkish banlieue communities in Berlin and Paris
2020
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2017Photographer Noah Sheldon captures the “pride and physical confidence” of Shanghai Tower construction workers
2017
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2015Confident, minimal designs from Berlin studio Neubau prove less is more
2015
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2019Aga Giecko tells us about her first solo exhibition, Bauhaus 100
2019
Poster
2012Brilliant posters that still amaze from the 1972 Munich Olympics by Otl Aicher
2012
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2014Graphic Design: A bunch of great guys designing incredible stuff in Berlin, meet Eps51
2014
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2021Zoe Lowdermilk-Oppenheim’s moving project documents young Chinese women adopted into British families
2021
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2019Another Design creates a vibrant visual system for Guangzhou Triennial
2019
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2022Chuqiao Liu's powerful photography offers a glimpse into contemporary China
2022
Motion
2013Unnerving video accompanies David Bowie’s beautiful new elegy to Berlin
2013
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2019Patrick Wack's photos of Xinjiang show beauty and despair on China's new frontier
2019
Motion
2012Nicely shot film larking around in Paris with German label howitzweissbach
2012
Publication
2015Lost Magazine explores global travel from a uniquely Chinese perspective
2015
Publication
2015More sharp, strange work from Qiu Yang for T Magazine China
2015
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2014Colourful dancing ladies captured by German photographer Andrea Grützner
2014
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2010Juno Hamburg
2010
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2019German photographer Miguel Brusch documents Blackpool like you've never seen it before
2019
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2013Art: Superb satires of 1920s Berlin from the inimitable George Grosz
2013
Identity
2014Graphic Design: Berlin studio Stahl-R ace versatile new identity for Folkdays
2014
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2018Leslie Zhang's sentimental series Little Flexes is a "beautiful glimpse of China"
2018
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2016Peacocks, 70s baroque and Wes Anderson vibes in Berlin for Gucci’s AW16 campaign
2016
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2015Berlin studio Yukiko talks us through the good-looking new issue of Flaneur
2015
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2013Cracking editorial illustration from Berlin's Cristóbal Schmal
2013
Publication
2022Jaeyou Chung’s rebrand for Beijing’s X Museum features a type inspired by twisted dimensions and chair legs
2022
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2016Node Berlin Oslo on its typography-led design for LOST iN travel guides
2016
Publication
2025Dancing In Utopia captures the trance-like communion of public square dancing in China
2025
Poster
2019A5’s new book West-Berlin Grafik-Design is a visual time capsule from post-war Germany
2019
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2020Hannah Yoon’s Restaurant Kids documents the children growing up in Chinese restaurants
2020
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2014Illustration: Lovely portraits from German illustrator Florian Bayer
2014
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2021Challenging documentary norms, Nolwenn Le Flanchec and Marie Godt artfully capture the German island of Langeoog
2021
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2015Playfully tongue-in-cheek illustrations from Germany-based Cécile Dormeau
2015
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2024The Filial Daughter孝女 by Mengyu Zhou is a tender story of Chinese womanhood
2024
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2012The Barbican's Bauhaus: Art as Life shines a light on design's biggest influencers
2012
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2020Suzy Chan left London’s academic design bubble to return to China to “do something and talk to people”
2020
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2012Zaha Hadid wows us again with stunning new Beijing development
2012
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2018Bex Day photographs the beaming smiles and fading tans of Berlin's bodybuilders
2018
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2014Bureau Mirko Borsche's amazing redesign for Munich freesheet Super Paper
2014
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2019Icon, Artist, Photosexual: Peter Berlin reflects on a lifetime of erotic self-portraiture
2019
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2024Neale Johnston’s graphic design work is at one with Berlin’s techno scene
2024
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2015Poppy, unpretentious work from Hamburg-based illustrator Johanna Noack
2015
Identity
2014A postage-inspired identity for Berlin gallery Neumeister Bar-Am
2014
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2019The Beijing Silvermine now consists of over one million photographs of Chinese history
2019
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2016Scott Newett’s eerily quiet, ethereal portraits of Chinese utopia
2016
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2015Look lively! German illustrator Sebastian Schwamm will light up your eyeballs
2015
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2018Luo Yang photographs modern Chinese girls in their natural habitats
2018
Publication
2021Designed to mirror a physical experience, Oriental Silk documents the first Chinese silk importing business in the US
2021
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2019Cian Oba-Smith looks at China’s copycat architecture in his latest series
2019
Publication
2012Gorgeous imagined publications from German studio Deutsche Japaner
2012
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2018Celebrating 100 years of the Bauhaus, Printed Pages AW18 is available to order now
2018
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2014Illustration: Cheeky magic from German illustrator Nadine Redlich
2014
Publication
2017Bureau David Voss creates Bauhaus-inspired book about modern housekeeping
2017
Typeface
2020Willie Liu’s Dinkie Bitmap fits Chinese characters into a seven-pixel grid
2020
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2018Wang Wei’s series Young Wild & Free captures the fresh energy of Beijing youth
2018
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2017Can Dagarslani personifies serenity in photographic series at Bauhaus
2017
Typeface
2019Find a Bauhaus retrospective, a typeface dating game and more in March's Things!
2019
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2012Extraordinary work as Jonathan Frantini photographs Shanghai acrobats
2012
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2012Let Things indulge you with this week's delectable treats – from the Bauhaus to eggs to the Middle East
2012
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2014Graphic Design: Tip top record sleeve design from German duo Schultzschultz
2014
Publication
2014Illustrator Anne Simon's new comic book is a sinister ode to a Chinese Empress
2014
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2019Design 360°’s editors discuss the illustration and media scene in China
2019
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2016Larry Hallegua captures the humour and whimsy in China’s Chengdu
2016
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2015Olafur Eliasson on tech in art and Berlin's "exceptional people"
2015
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2022Provocative and playful, Beijing-based studio UDL takes creative control of a toy brand
2022
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2020Michael Bodenmann’s latest book creates a non-linear pictorial tapestry of his time in China
2020
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2015The bizarre, twilight world of Berlin-based photographer Maxime Ballesteros
2015
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2026Why are so many of Berlin’s community initiatives run by designers – and what’s the point?
2026
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2014German photographer Astrid Korntheuer captures colourfully chaotic scenes
2014
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2024“The veiled and poetic subtlety of love between boys”: Yifei Xiang explores the Chinese queer experience
2024
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2012A pic-N-mix of beautiful aesthetics here from Holland's Ming Sing Ho!
2012
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2011China 2011: An artistic snapshot
2011
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2016Considered, understated but experimental work from Berlin studio Tim+Tim
2016
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2017Wang Zhi-Hong’s work aims to highlight the “importance of text in Chinese graphic design”
2017
Publication
2014Tom Clohosy Cole's new book is an extraordinary take on the Berlin Wall
2014
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2008Oglivy & Mather Beijing
2008
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2015An insight into Olafur Eliasson's utopian-sounding Berlin studio on Freunde von Freunden
2015
Typeface
2014Great new posters and Bauhaus-inspired typeface from Benoît Bodhuin
2014
Project
2012Introducing… The ineffably awesome Berlin illustrative duo Doris Freigofas and Daniel Dolz, aka Golden Cosmos
2012
Publication
2017Bauhaus publication discusses movement as a creative resource and outlet
2017
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2015Prill Vieceli Cremers design catalogue about Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer
2015
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2025Are Berlin’s urban artists destined to paint a creatively sanitised future for their own neighbourhoods?
2025
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2023Challenging the female radical characters of Chinese with artist Zoe Cui
2023
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2022Inside the Beijing Silvermine: A unique archive of everyday China captured through discarded photography
2022
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2022From Bauhaus to The Simpsons: how nostalgia and minimalism inspire Kanioko’s vibrant illustration practice
2022
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2019In photographing the American west, Andong Zheng uncovers hidden traces of Chinese history
2019
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2017Jann Höfer explores the history and impact of a former German cult community in Chile
2017