Yang liu spent half of her life in china and half in germany. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to. Yang liu is a philosopher at university of cambridge. This gives her an insight into the way chinese and german culture differs, and liu created an exhibition which was later made into a book, called east meets west. Drawing from her experiences of growing up in china and germany, liu s east meets west. East meets west bilingual by yang liu, yang liu isbn. Emperor ming of han 2875, personal name liu yang, emperor of the han dynasty. The cultural differences between east and west, according.
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In this fourth installment of her bestselling pictogram series, awardwinning graphic designer yang liu distills all the little joys and aches of. 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 societal differences. Together, we bring the best products to help restore energy, discover mindfulness, build community, and nourish the spirit. Yang lius east meets west explains the differences. Artist yang liu was born in beijing and has been living in germany for over 20 years. Liu yang, east meets west austin woerners memory palace. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series.
She won several prices and had a worldwide success with her first book east meets west. 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. Conceived and designed with perceptive wit and her signature. 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. Through visuals like the following one on expressing opinions, liu explores cultural differences between china, where shes.
East meets west cooking with ming tsai, simply ming, mings master recipes, simply ming onepot meals and simply ming in your kitchen. East meets west believes in unifying the cultures of the world, melding the east and the west to create a synergy of one people, one place. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to pictograms. Blue western culture red eastern culture way of life westerners assert a lot more independence and individualism. Chinese designer yang liu moved to berlin at the age of and experienced the usual shock adapting to life in a new culture. Yang liu integrates multidisciplinary approaches spanning engineering optics, physics, computer science, chemistry, biology and medicine, to develop advanced microscopy techniques to address important biological and clinical questions in cancer research. Since 2010 yang liu is professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. One of her projects, east meets west, consists of a series of comparisons of chinese vs. Twelve sacred voices from the east and west compass the mark of the golden dragon. Yang liu grew up in china, but then moved to germany, becoming a designer. An infographic portrait by yang liu submitted by rainer falle 271 comments 6,2 views the artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14.
This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. There were countless times when i was variously confused, surprised. 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. The fact is that each single illustration is my very personal experience in the past 17 years, and this work was made as a documentation of my own life. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. What might be considered rude in one culture can be a compliment in another, and navigating these differences can be difficult. She was born and raised in china, but she has lived in germany since 1990. Jan 06, 2017 cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms.
Chinese artist sums up the difference between eastern and. Graphic designer yang liu has used pictograms as shorthand to help people learn chinese, to illustrate the cultural differences that arise when east meets west, and to clarify the conflicting. The activity uses the simple but startlingly canny imagery created by yang liu for her infographic book, east meets west. Jean posted about yang lius ost trifft west east meets west exhibit back in september. See more ideas about born in china, infographic and chinese culture. Oct 29, 2009 naturally, were headoverheels with designer yang lius ingenious east meets west infographic series, tackling everything from differences in selfperception to evolution of transportation. Hot on the heels of its bestselling predecessors, today meets yesterday deploys the same vivid pictogram pairings to explore the. Dec 07, 2015 graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience. She won the best new artist at the 2nd clarification needed top chinese music awards and the best promising host at the 3rd zongyi award, in 2010 the most influencing host of china named she on their list of the 10 greatest hosts in television. Born in china and currently living in germany artist yang liu illustrated a series of stereotypes under the title ost trifft west, or east meets west. Academics tend to discuss cultural differences in words.
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. 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. Chinas first female astronaut liu yang, an air force major, salutes to reporters during a press conference on the eve of her june 16, 2012 launch with two crewmates on the shenzhou 9 mission to. Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience. From ageold cliches to current debates, do a reality check with the opposite sex and these pictograms in yang liu. Liu yang astronaut born 1978, first chinese woman astronaut launched into space. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to berlin. Oven roasted beef tenderloin with citruschanterelle vinaigrette warm sesamespinach roulade and risotto cake. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to. After studying at the university of arts berlin udk, she worked as a designer in singapore, london, berlin, and new york. Join facebook to connect with liu yang and others you may know. Easthow people view each otherproblemsolving methods, west vs. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang lius successful infographic series.
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. Oct 20, 2015 already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. In 2004 she founded her own design studio, which she continues to run today. A group of readers of my book had printed a tshirt for me and they were standing in front of my office in berlin early one morning waiting for me. Nov 11, 2016 on november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a presentation of her awardwinning cultural pictograms at nyu shanghai. This month, east meets west is being published in english like liu s second book, man meets woman, a pictogrambased shorthand answer to men are from mars, women are from venus, published last. Yang liu s interests include logic, decision theory, foundations of probability, philosophy of ai. 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. Interview with artist yang liu east meets west nee hao.
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