Twenty architects and designers showcased designs they made at home during lockdown for the Design Trust's Critically Homemade exhibition in a live talk moderated by Aric Chen and Design Trust co-founder Marisa Yiu. More
Life in Shanghai is slowly getting back to normal, reports curator Aric Chen in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival on his first day in the fresh air after 14 days of home quarantine. More
Curator Aric Chen has explored how we will use materials in a new geological age, in the headline exhibition for this year's Design Miami/Basel. More
Shanghai-based architecture and design curator Aric Chen is set to become the first curatorial director of the Design Miami events in Florida and Basel. More
News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More
Beijing Design Week: as a Chinese company announces plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in just seven months, Beijing Design Week creative director Aric Chen says that contemporary China should "slow down" and look to "craft thinking" to tackle both small and large-scale design challenges the country is facing. More
Dezeen Wire: design critic and curator Aric Chen (above) has been appointed curator of art and design for M+, a new museum for visual culture in Hong Kong. More
Beijing Design Week 2011: here are some pictures of an exhibition curated by Beijing Design Week's creative director Aric Chen, where the childhood possessions of a Chinese actress were arranged beside illustrations of piecharts and explosions. More
Dezeenwire: Aric Chen has been appointed creative director of the inaugural Beijing Design Week, to take place in 2011. See press release below. More
