“Asian Creative Culture” Part 1 (London)

Over the past 10 years the design scene in Asia has changed greatly. Throughout Asia the importance of creative industries has increased and has brought about many international design events to the region. Timing it in conjunction with London Design Week, this exhibition will feature creative work of Asian curators and designers from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and China. Introducing the creative culture of art, animation, game design, fashion, product, graphics we will introduce what is happening in the Asian design scene today.
Asian Creative Culture Director/ProducerHideyuki Kume

Date : 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue : RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF,GF&2F
Organiser : Shizuoka City
Under the auspice of Embassy of Japan in the UK, The Japan-British Society
Sponsors by Kirin Europe Ltd.
Cooperation : CCC (the center for creative communications), SCV (Shizuoka Content Valley), IdN magazine (Hong Kong), ICN cafe, Non-profit organization Hexaproject
Exhibition planning (Producing/Curation) : Hexaproject Ltd.
Coordination : Hexaproject London Limited
Flyer design : Hexaproject Ltd.
Web design : Hexaproject.Ltd.
Participating Artist : Creatives from across Asia : Japan ( 6 artists living in Shizuoka City), Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and South Korea
Admission fee : No charge
Website :
ASIAN CREATIVE CULTURE http://asiancreativeculture.com/jp/index.html
RED GALLERY　http://www.redgallerylondon.com/

＜JAPAN＞
Exhibition title: “間 MA” – 6 Creations Symbolizing Japanese
Date: 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue: RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF,GF&2F
Curator: Hisami Omori from CCC (the center for creative communications)
Participating Artist: Masao Kurozumi (cactus design), Keita Kanazawa (mag design), Chie Suzuki, Miki Kobayashi (Hexaproject Ltd.), Kouichi Okamoto (Kyouei Design) and Jemapur

Outline:
“間 MA” – 6 Creations Symbolizing Japanese CultureWith a theme based on the ancient Japanese concept of Ma (間,space/time/interval), this exhibit introduces creatives from product, character, sound design fields, and looks into the identity of Japan and it’s convergence of past and present production culture.
Curator: Hisami Omori (the center for creative communications)

Exhibition and Graphic Design:
This exhibition organized by ICN gallery (NPO Hexaproject) is the second international exhibition on the theme of “Ma 間”. The first was “Ma 間”: Design Aesthetics in Japanese Printing Technologies – ‘Nippon Creative Printing Show vol.1’, held at Les Arts Decoratifs, Louvre, Paris in December 2008 and was part of the “Kansei－Japan Design Exhibition” commemorating the 150th anniversary of French-Japanese Exchange (Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Japan External Trade Organization). The previous event focussed on introducing print works by Japanese graphic designers. This time with an exhibit also at TENT LONDON the scale has broaden focussing on six symbolic creations of contemporary Japanese culture including product designers, sound artists and more. Production, curation, graphic design, exhibition design, poster design and flyer design are all based on the original concept by the creative director Hideyuki Kume and curator Hisami Omori. For this exhibition the spacial design and graphic design organically link to each other to create the visual world of “Ma”.

＜Singapore＞
Exhibition title: “Shiok! A Gastronomy of Singapore”
Date: 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue: RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF
Curator: Jackson Tan (Artist/Designer/Curator/Creative Director)
Participating Artist: Farm, Dawn Tan, Epigram, Don Low Homespun, Hong Teng, James Tan, Jing, Larry Peh, Lim Kok Boon, Michael Ng and Royston Tan

Outline:
Shiok! A Gastronomy of Singapore Design” contextualises the Singaporean identity and culture through creative expressions of art, design and film – centred across the unified theme of food. It presents a visual feast of works by Singaporean artists & designers that represent this distinct facet and unifying cultural thread of the Singapore landscape. Thus bringing to its audience an introspective view of Singapore design as well as Singapore’s unique cultural identity.　
12 Participating artists:FarmDawn TanEpigramDon Low HomespunHong TengJames TanJingLarry PehLim Kok Boon Michael NgRoyston Tan.
Curator :Jackson Tan 　Artist/Designer/Curator/Creative Director

＜Malaysia＞
Exhibition title: “Insight”
Date: 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue: RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF
Curator: Ng Si Juan (Bigbros Workshop Founder/Kuala Lumpur Design Week Vice-President)
Participating Artist: Steven Toang, D.U.R.A

Outline:
“Insight” Malaysia Young Contemporary Designers Exhibition is an effort by Bigbros Workshop to bring forth and promote Malaysian designers and their work to a worldwide audience. The project consists of a series of exhibitions featuring the work of the best and finest talents who come from a broad range of disciplines including illustration, character design, typography, new media, animation, street art, industrial design and much more. Designers will be chosen based on their influence and prominence in the Malaysian design scene and also for their reputation for creating art that can be considered uniquely and authentically Malaysian.Participating artists: (TBC)Steven ToangD.U.R.A
Curator: Ng Si Juan / Bigbros Workshop Founder/Kuala Lumpur Design Week Vice-President

＜South Korea＞
Exhibition title: “Objects around us ask humans the reason of their existence.”
Date: 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue: RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF
Curator: Daisung Kim Art director
Participating Artist: Steven Daisung Kim (Product designer), Laurent Jin Yang (Furniture designer), Chang geun Choi (Graphic designer), Oh soo dong (Lighting designer)

Outline:
If I have to define my design concept as one word, I might say “discovery”. Most people just recognize their surroundings with basic knowledge given by schools or their parents. It means they just have superficial perceptions of things around them. However, someone who tries to work in a design industry must exert oneself to break the perception of objects around us. For instance, a cup can be anything. Your hands can be a cup. Or your pen lid can be a cup, too. Likewise, designing is the way of expression that tries to discover something new in our daily lives and break the perception of objects in order to provide unceasing reasons for their existence.
Participating artists:
Daisung Kim (Product designer),Laurent Jin Yang (Furniture designer)Chang gun Choi (Graphic designer)Oh soo dong (Lighting designer)
Curator: Daisung Kim /Art director

＜Taiwan＞
Exhibition title: “2011 POST: taiwan design culture” London Edition
Date: 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue: RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF
Curator: Eric Chen Branding Director, Gamania Brand Center
Participating Artist: Akibo Lee, Graphic Designer and POP Artist (Graphic/ Illustration), Pongo Kuo, Directer, Gamania Creative Center (Animation/ Cartoon), Marco Chen, Director, Realize Design (Living Product)Masa Tung, Pure Design (Fashion Product)Mark Chang, Phalanx Studio (Character Design)

Outline:
Taiwan – an unique island country with diverse culture influences mixed and remixed for centuries. POST is the cultural dock not only referring to the quintessential way of distributing new ideas in this digitized era, but also a transitional phenomenon to reveal the next pre-trend in the island’s highly dynamic ongoing. POST: Taiwan Design Culture features talents of world-class Animator, Architect, Character, Fashion and Product Designers and more from Taiwan, exposing the island’s creative energy.
Participating artists (TBC):Akibo Lee, Graphic Designer and POP Artist (Graphic/ Illustration)Pongo Kuo, Directer, Gamania Creative Center (Animation/ Cartoon)Marco Chen, Director, Realize Design (Living Product)Masa Tung, Pure Design (Fashion Product)Mark Chang, Phalanx Studio (Character Design)
Curator: Eric Chen / Branding Director, Gamania Brand Center

＜China＞
Exhibition title: “CHINA REMIX”
Date: 22 – 24 September 2011
Venue: RED GALLERY (3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT UK), BF
Curator: Kimiko Mitani Woo (Director / MW Company)
Participating Artist: woog, MOMOROBO, Matthew Carey, Francis Lam

Outline:
“CHINA REMIX”The nature of Chinese art is evolving drastically. No more is Ai Wei Wei or Cai Guo Qiang the representative of “Chinese Art”. It is definitely more complex and diverse than that. 80 hou (China’s 80s generation) lives and expresses freely nowadays. The creative scene in China has significantly changed. There is a strong creative energy emerging from China. Young Chinese creators are embracing their roots and heritage like never before. They exploring through new digital technologies, creating some of the freshest works around. These young Chinese creators are remixing the old and the new to create a unique art movement that will continue to change and blossom. This movement has captured quite a lot of attention within China. Yet it is still under the radar of many. It is time to re-introduce what is really happening inside of China. To show you a glimpse of this movement, in this exhibition, we selected from different genres a group of artist, graphic designer, painter, musician, and digital technologist to showcase some of their recent works.
4 Participating artists:woogMOMOROBOMatthew CareyFrancis Lam
Curator: Kimiko Mitani Woo / MW Company

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