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Yang liu s interests include logic, decision theory, foundations of probability, philosophy of ai. Naturally, were headoverheels with designer yang liu s ingenious east meets west infographic series, tackling everything from differences in selfperception to evolution of transportation. The promise the east west book of rice cookery love poems from god. Since 2010 yang liu is professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. Interview with artist yang liu east meets west nee hao. East meets west cooking with ming tsai, simply ming, mings master recipes, simply ming onepot meals and simply ming in your kitchen. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Yang liu grew up in china, but then moved to germany, becoming a designer. Cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms. Today meets yesterday by yang liu is a book of pictograms. An infographic portrait juxtaposes eyecatching infographics that cleverly distill her observations of the two cultures. 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. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to berlin.
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. Liu yang, east meets west a series of infographics by chinese designer liu yang illustrating cultural differences, based on her experience living in germany. Read or download now book 383655402xdownload yang liu. Neat pictograms from yang liu explore the differences between east and westalready an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liuas successful infographic series. Liu yan born 8 november 1980, also known as ada liu, yang liu, is a chinese actress, hostess and singer. In this fourth installment of her bestselling pictogram series, awardwinning graphic designer yang liu distills all the little joys and aches of. The cultural differences she witnessed inspired her to design a book of graphics titled east meets west.
After exactly years there, she illustrated the social and cultural differences between the eastern and western worlds under the title ost trifft west, or east meets west. On november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a presentation of her awardwinning cultural pictograms at nyu shanghai. 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. The cultural differences between east and west, according. 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. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar.
She later channeled her expatriate insights into a. In this third installment in her pictogram series for taschen, leading graphic designer yang liu brings the way we were face to face with the way we are. All these subtle nuances are perfectly captured by 26year old chinese artist yang liu. Today meets yesterday by yang liu, 9783836554053, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. To explain how, she created a series of posters called ost trifft west thats east meets west. 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. A new series of pictogrambased infographics shows some cultural and social differences between mans and womans thinkingbehavior yang liu at creativemornings berlin, april 2014. Emperor ming of han 2875, personal name liu yang, emperor of the han dynasty. East meets west by yang liu and over 50 million more used, rare, and outofprint books. She was born and raised in china, but she has lived in germany since 1990. Yang lius research laboratory, home, university of pittsburgh. She was years old when her family moved to europe. Jean posted about yang lius ost trifft west east meets west exhibit back in september.
East meets west guides you through crosscultural differences with graphic simplicity yang liu s subtle and witty pictograms condense a lot of knowledge into a. 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. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. One of her projects, east meets west, consists of a series of comparisons of chinese vs. The cultural differences between east and west, according to. 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. Liu yang, east meets west austin woerners memory palace. What might be considered rude in one culture can be a compliment in another, and navigating these differences can be difficult. The cultural differences between east and west in one.
East meets west an intercultural competence activity. 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. Hot on the heels of its bestselling predecessors, today meets yesterday deploys the same vivid pictogram pairings to explore the. After studying at the university of arts berlin udk, she worked as a designer in singapore, london, berlin, and new york.
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 elders, treatment of. Academics tend to discuss cultural differences in words. Oven roasted beef tenderloin with citruschanterelle vinaigrette warm sesamespinach roulade and risotto cake. The culture there is different from that of her origins. Drawing from her experiences of growing up in china and germany, liu s east meets west. 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. 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. Twelve sacred voices from the east and west compass the mark of the golden dragon. 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. Yang liu has 58 books on goodreads with 714 ratings. Nov 11, 2016 on november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a presentation of her awardwinning cultural pictograms at nyu shanghai. Designer yang liu s east meets west pictogram encapsulates the differences between eastner and western cultures perfectly in simple picture form. Dec 07, 2015 graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience.
Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to. Join facebook to connect with liu yang and others you may know. Yang liu spent half of her life in china and half in germany. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to. 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. East meets west with ming tsai recipes east meets west with. 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. Chinese artist sums up the difference between eastern and. Michielssen, parallel fast timedomain integralequation methods for transient electromagnetic analysis, parallel algorithms in computational science and engineering. There were countless times when i was variously confused, surprised.
Jan 06, 2017 cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms. 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. 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. Aug 25, 2015 already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series.
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. Through visuals like the following one on expressing opinions, liu explores cultural differences between china, where shes. Easthow people view each otherproblemsolving methods, west vs. Chinese designer yang liu moved to berlin at the age of and experienced the usual shock adapting to life in a new culture. 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.
Oct 20, 2015 already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Its a recommendation of my friend nick and he used it as the material for. 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. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to pictograms. In 2004 she founded her own design studio, which she continues to run today. Liu yang astronaut born 1978, first chinese woman astronaut launched into space.
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