Het Nieuwe Instituut appoints Aric Chen as general and artistic director
Shanghai-based architecture and design curator Aric Chen has been named the new general and artistic director of Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut. More
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Live interview with Jillian Choi as part of Dezeen x Miami Design Talks
The second instalment of the Dezeen x Miami Design Talks featured a live conversation with Design Miami's director of global exhibitions Jillian Choi. More
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Livestreams
Livestreams
Design Trust hosts live relay talk featuring participants of its Critically Homemade exhibition
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
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"I hope this offers a glimmer of hope that things are getting better" says Aric Chen
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
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Design Miami/Basel explores the anthropocene with Elements: Earth exhibition
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
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Design Miami names Aric Chen as first curatorial director
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
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"For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
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
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"China needs to slow down" - Beijing Design Week creative director Aric Chen
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
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Aric Chen appointed curator of design and architecture at M+ museum
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
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Silent Heroes: Objects, as told by Zhou Xun
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
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Aric Chen appointed creative director of Beijing Design Week
Dezeenwire: Aric Chen has been appointed creative director of the inaugural Beijing Design Week, to take place in 2011. See press release below. More
