This is a landscape textile design by Chen Zhifo made between 1925 and 1927 in Shanghai, Shang Mei Design studio. Chen Zhifo established Shang Mei Design studio after he returned to China from Japan. This studio served the textile industry as a focus. At that period of time, this was an unprecedented new thing in…
This gongbi painting named “Chun Jiang Shui Nuan(春江水暖)”, painted in the 1960’s spring by Chen Zhifo. “Chun(春)” in English means Spring. “Jiang(江)” in English means River. “Shui(水)” in English means Water. “Nuan(暖)” in English means Warm. “Chun Jiang Shui Nuan(春江水暖)” all together in English means when the spring is coming, the weather is getting warm,…
Chen Zhifo was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, China in 1896. Chen grew up during the turmoil of the late Qing period and the early Republican era after the 1911 Revolution. He graduated in 1916, having studied textiles at an academy in Hangzhou, but stayed on as a teacher until 1918 when he became the…
This time I want to share an interesting design competition that you have to use the local food in each country to make the national flags. This design shows the sprits of design that everything can be used to design. Design is not limit by using just a pen and paper to draw but use…
This picture is the poster of the movie “Parasite” which was really famous for a while and it is the first South Korean film to win Palme d’Or. The plot of this poster is ingeniously conceived. I really want to share what I felt from this poster. At first sight, the mystery of this…
I’m always interested in criminal and psychology movies and TV series. I’ve seen a lot of criminal movie posters. “The silence of the lambs” is the most impressive and meaningful one for me that I want to discuss and share. The first time I saw this poster, I was attracted by her red pupil eye,…