If you want to present and share your projects/images to CDR community, please bring your works with a CD or memory stick and we will give you 10-15mins. The purpose for the gathering is for CDR members to know each others. It is an informal meeting/party and all presentations will be in English.

For more details about event, please click below link
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124229304275989&ref=mf
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It has been a while to wait for CDR’s gathering this year. Many people have contacted us about the coming event. Finally the refurbishment of the venue CDR which used last year has finished. It will be a great place for talks/exhibitions/screening to serve CDR’s community in the future.

To celebrate the opening of our new venue, we now announce and invite you to ‘New Comers’, another exciting event hosted by CDR. As the title suggests, we will have some invited new members to join and present their creative works. This time, we have our guest speakers Jing Wu and Jie Ren to introduce their graphic grids; Bei Yue and Tian Ye Wang to share with you their visions on photography as well Gemma Taylor to bring you her own animated wonderland. We are also very happy to show you the special film/animation screening as all the films are particularly selected for CDR New Comer event from the wonderful 4 nights New Generation independent films event organized by Kiki Yu in support with Ann Xiao. Plus, CDR has prepared you the BBQ space and facilities, just bring your summer special recipes and enjoy the BBQ party with all the creative boys and girls after the event.

Please refer below for the time and location of the event.

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New Comers 2010
Time: 13:30 onwards, Sunday 27th June 2010
Venue: 17 Dorset Square, London NW1 6QB (click HERE to see map, nearest Tube Baker Street – DUE TO planned engineering works, only Bakerloo, Circle and Hammersmith and City Line are working on the day)
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* Entry: £5 (incl. entry fee + 1 free drink and snacks)
* Entry fee also includes limited BBQ food and facilities provided, bring your own special recipes to win applause and make the party more fun.
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Dressing Code: Casual but with your favorite PAIR of SHOES!
R.S.V.P. with the number of ppl and names at cdrsubscription@googlemail.com.
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Venue sponsored by RSP Planet Design Studios PTE. Ltd.

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Rundown of the event on the day

Starter
13:30 doors open, concierge on your mark,
13:30~14:00, a slight social warm up
Main Course Part I
14:00 ~ 15:30
New Comers presentation
Guests speakers to present their works from Graphic/Multimedia Design, Photography and Animation/Moving Image. Each Speaker will have 15mins to introduce their works.

Interlude
15:30~17:30
World Cup Screening + BBQ
England vs Germany in the World Cup 2010 16.
Americans’ courage and the magnificent goal last minute added the special section of the CDR event this time. Let’s sit together with beers and cheer for the Team England here once in 4 years! If you are not interested that much in football and wish to chat with friends instead, the BBQ and weekend afternoon sunshine are right there outside in the garden

Main Course Part II
17:30~19:00
*Films and Animations from the latest independent directors and animators from China.
*Works specially selected by CDR from the New Generation independent films event organized by Kiki Yu in support with Ann Xiao. See a trailer from HERE.

Desert
19:00 onwards
BBQ section continues and for real football fans, another World Cup 16 game starts at 19:30 with Argentina vs Mexico.

Again, don’t forget to RSVP to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com for your attendance. Feel free to invite friends who are interested, just add their names to the RSVP email and then just enjoy the event.

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If you are interested to become one of our guest speakers or to join CDR, just drop us a line at info@cdregion.com

Kind regards,

CDR

Trailer-New Generation contemporary Chinese independent film from Kiki Yu on Vimeo.

Cube Magic and Cinéphilia West are delighted to host an event spread across four evenings, New Generation: Contemporary Independent Chinese Film. It is a showcase of some of the latest and most innovative and exciting films made by young generation Chinese filmmakers. In a series of four screenings: documentaries, animations, fictions and experimental videos, this event presents a new vision of contemporary China, under the themes of ‘Absurdity and Reality’, ‘Lost in ‘Now? – dream, memory and fantasy’, ‘Merging Fiction and Documentary?’, and ‘Searching for Identity ‘.

Most of the young film talents were born and grew up in post-socialist China, and they take a more personal and even first-person approach representing Chinese social reality. Among the showcased films, many are highlights from the Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival, China (CIFVF). 


The event will be presented by Independent Filmmaker and Programmer, CDR member, Tianqi Yu, director of Cube Magic, with the support from CIFVF and CDR. The London based Cube Magic(cubemagic.org) curates and programmes contemporary Chinese independent film and video works. Promoting international collaborations and exchange between China and abroad, Cube Magic represents emerging innovative young generation film/video makers, mostly born in post-socialist China.

When: From Thursday 27th to 30th May 2010 at 7:00pm


Where: Cinéphilia West, 171 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RS


Cost: £5 on the door / Free to Cinéphilia Club members


For further information about the event,
please contact Yoram Allon ( yoram@cinephilia.co.uk) / 020 7792 4433
and Caroline Jones ( caroline@cinephilia.co.uk)/ Cubemagic.org

Program

New Generation: Contemporary Independent Chinese Film

7 – 10pm, 27th MAY – Focus on Documentary: ‘Absurdity and Reality ’

Living in contemporary China means a life-long experience of dramatic transformations without much option of escape. This absurd reality makes everyone constantly re-position the ‘self’. Experiencing this constant shifting of identity, young documentary filmmakers also explore the ongoing challenges of documentary filmmaking – of how to position themselves as filmmakers, and their relations with others and society at large.
In The 7th Medical Ward, the filmmaker lives closely with homeless people in a developed South Eastern coastal city. The homeless people are regarded as being ‘mentally disabled’ by society and the filmmaker sympathises with their plight and feelings at being forsaken.

In Three Animals, the filmmaker, being an orphan himself, documents fragments of lives of his younger orphan ‘brothers’.  We may question his lack of moral responsibility by filming young boys robbing and fighting, but isn’t he also a victim of this absurd reality?

In Scrape, the filmmaker exposes her position more explicitly; in fact the film explores how difficult it is for her to elicit responses from urban management officers as well as the merchants who play ‘hide-and-seek’ with them.

Lastly, Settled is a dialogue between the 21-year-old film maker and an 83-year-old man; with the elder man’s story mirroring the transformation of China throughout the twentieth century, can the young film maker who was born in a new China, have a clear view the country’s present and future?

1. The 7th Medical Ward (Dir. ZHANG Tianhui, 44 mins, 2007)
2. Three Animals (Dir. XUE Jianqiang, 17 mins, 2008)
3. Scrape (Dir. ZHU Yi, 30 mins, 2008)
4. Settled (Dir. SHAN Zuolong, 30 mins, 2009)

Introduction and Q&A with Professor Chris Berry
Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London

7 – 10pm, 28th May – Focus on Animation: ‘Lost in “Now” – Dream, Memory and Fantasy’

The young animation director Lei Lei shares his daydream of childhood with us inMagic Cube & Pingpong Color and Pear or Alien. He also reminds us how we can easily get lost in our greedy desires in The Face.

Ms. Red, Li Xianji’s Adventures and The Chinese Labour are animated documentaries. While Ms. Red illustrates the experience of the elder generation growing up during the Cultural Revolution, Li Xianji’s Adventures explicitly presents the fragmented ’self’ growing up in the commoditised ‘gaming’ China. The Chinese Labour, on the other hand, tells stories of the struggling subaltern class. This showcase also includes three most recent and best animations from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

All together, these animations invite us to think: to what extend can the truth be told through animated memory and dreams?

1. Magic Cube & Pingpong Color (Dir. Lei lei, 4 mins, 2009)
2. Pear or Alien (Dir. Lei Lei, 4 mins, 2008)
3. The Face (Dir. Lei Lei, 9 mins, 2007)
4. Black Pig White Pig (ZHANG Gong, 5 mins, 2005)
5. The Chinese Labour (Dir. CONG Longfei, 7 mins, 2008)
6. Ms. Red (Dir. ZHANG Gong, 17 mins, 2009)
7. Li Xianji’s Adventures (Dir. Youxiu de Feixingyuan, 22 mins, 2009)
8. Give & Take (Dir. HE Zhiping, 5 mins, 2008)
9. The Soliloquist (Dir. YU Weicheng, 6 mins, 2009)
10. The little Sun (Dir. Qiu Liwei, 22 mins, 2007)

7 – 10pm, 29th May – Focus on Narrative Short Films: ‘Bridging Fiction and Documentary’

This showcase of short fictions demonstrates more personal styles of film making. The award-winning Condolences re-enacts one true story in a single long take of 19 minutes, which challenges the aesthetics of so-called ‘fly-on-the-way’ documentary. The other films on show challenge the stereotypical Social-Realism of Chinese cinema by illustrating the more complex truth of living in China in a more self-reflective and expressive way. In addition, queer relationships also become a focus in ‘New Generation’ cinema, which can be found in And I Knewand Spring of Yangchun.

1. Condolences (Dir. YING Liang, 19 mins, 2009)
2. The Mirror Minded (Dir. MA Xiang, 30 mins, 2007)
3. And I Knew (Dir. HUANG KAI, 15 mins, 2004)
4. Spring of Yangchun (Dir. YANG Pingdao, 17 mins, 2006)
5. Closed Eyed; Wake Up (Dir. WONG Weihai, 18 mins, 2009)
6. F.I.L.L. K.I.S.H (Dir. LIN Zhele, 10 mins, 2005)

7 – 10pm, 30th May – focus on Experimental Film: ‘Searching for Identity’

While the short documentaries demonstrate the difficulty of positioning the ’self’ in response to the dramatic transformations under way in the country, the selected experimental films directly question the ’self’ in contemporary China on the explicit level of identity: ‘who are we?’

1. Me (Dir, CHEN Xuegang, 1 min 34 secs, 2008)
2. Tremble (Dir. CHEN Xuegang, 2 mins 20 secs, 2007)
3. Export (Dir. ZHOU Fei, 3 mins, 2009)
4. Untitled-3 (Dir. LI Ning, 15 mins, 2008
5. Yellow Spirit (Dir. Wang Wenyang, 7 mins, 2009)
6. Unfinished-2 (Dir. LI Ning, 16 mins, 2008)
7. National Anthem (Dir. LI Wake, 10 mins, 2009)

Q&A with Dr. Katie Hill
Senior Lecturer in contemporary Chinese Art and Visual Culture, University of Westminster

创意与演讲，激情与分享，尽在广州创意夜！

2009年12月31号晚，广州扉艺廊内热闹非凡，一场由广州绿色之春文化传播有限公司、扉艺廊、《VISION青年视觉》和《城市画报》共同主办，驻英中国设计师联盟CDR协办的创意聚会——广州创意夜，在这里揭开了她的神秘面纱。

广州创意夜的核心环节是“Pecha Kucha Night”，这是在广州举办的获得了日本东京Pecha Kucha Night组委会官方认可并支持的活动。Pecha Kucha是全球性的非盈利论坛组织，自2003年创办以来，已在全世界256个城市为观众带来无数个炫彩缤纷的夜晚。主办方大力把这场活动带到广州，旨在发掘珠三角地区的年度创意新人，为他们搭建一个跨界交流的平台，推动本地区文化创意产业的发展。

广州Pecha Kucha Night自2009年11月正式启动以来，吸引了众多来自各行各业的朋友报名参加，最后入选的20位朋友，有建筑师、设计师、艺术家、媒体策划人、品牌营销人、摄影师、老师和学生等，他们不但背景“非常跨界”，题目也是个性鲜明。这次Pecha Kucha Night的主题是“PK 2012”，主办方希望籍着玛雅文明“2012年是世界末日”的预言，与公众共同分享这20位参与者的创作、灵感、态度和生活。

被邀请的200多位嘉宾来自社会各界，Pecha Kucha Night参与者的精彩表现让现场气氛持续热烈。到了2009年的最后10秒，全场嘉宾一起倒数，在欢呼声中迎来了新的一年。

广州创意夜吸引了多家电视、网络和平面媒体前来报到，活动结束后，主办方还接受了搜狐网的独家访谈，与广大网友一起分享这场特别的聚会。

Pecha Kucha Night
演讲人简介
1、岑欣（Chris）
主题：设计开始于2012/12/22
毕业于广州美术学院工业设计系，2006年加入+D team，负责市场策划与推广。+D team（积极生活）是立志设计与生产日常生活家居用品的本土原创生活品品牌。+D team提倡优质、健康、舒适、放松、无拘束的生活方式。将有效的设计应用于不同的材料、不同的产品类别范畴，来设计生产于日常生活中所需时常用到的各类大小产品，渗透到您生活的每一个角落。
邮箱：miu.chris@gmail.com

2、李蝴蝶
主题：艺术家与地球联盟
剧场艺术家、诗人、青年剧场艺术评论家。现居广州。新快报高级编辑主编、人间喜剧场（Theatre of Human Comedy）创办人、天涯舞台艺术版版主、“广州访问计划”策划人。现主持李蝴蝶当代剧场工作室，致力于推动在剧场范畴内与不同艺术家进行跨领域创作。作品有《桥》、《西山一窟鬼》、《游园》、《微，国家片段》。
邮箱：renjianxiju@gmail.com
豆瓣：http://www.douban.com/people/RuFeng1752/

3、张博
主题：处理现场
张博，08年毕业于深圳大学建筑与城市规划学院城市规划系，被美国USC大学MLA专业录取并获奖学金；深圳大学建筑设计研究院直属景观部创建者之一、景观设计课助教；深圳大学建筑系系刊艺术设计顾问；现任职于深圳华森建筑设计有限公司。
邮箱：andrewzb@126.com

4、梁洛文
主题：Fly us to 2012
独立设计师，热爱生命并且喜欢白日梦，相信设计可以创造人间乐土。
建筑学毕业，曾从事广告，室内设计，建筑园林等行业，现专业是户外家具策划与设计。协助合作企业创造独有的品牌雏形与产品体系。曾获中国家具博览会设计金银铜奖等多个设计奖项。所设计的产品销往30多个国家和地区。
邮箱：luowen.l@gmail.com
博客：luowenislotus.blogbus.com

5、张丹丹 （Dandan Zhang）
主题：男人的收藏，秋冬季-2010-时装（A Men’s Toy,AW-2010- Collection）
张丹丹，来自上海，2002年进入上海东华拉萨尔服装设计学院学习女装设计。2005年进入伦敦时装学院学习男装设计并以优异的成绩（1ST Class honors defgree）获本科学位。求学期间曾在Alexander McQueen, Jasmine Di Milo, Katarzyna Szczotarska 实习。2009年,毕业作品被Artstalker Creative Group(www.art-s-talker.com) 挑选为100% Design London参展作品之一，同年其作品又参加了伦敦Cheers:) 2009逆流展。
网站：www.dandanzhang.com

6、杭宇
主题：2012
刚刚完成建筑学本科的学习，获得建筑学学位。现跟随西安建筑科技大学建筑学院院长刘克成老师继续研究生阶段的学习。
邮箱：michael1406@gmail.com

7、秦雨琪
主题：用夸张的方式告诉你一个结果
秦雨琪，女 ，1977年11月出生，2003年6月湖南大学设计与艺术学院硕士研究生毕业，现任教于华南农业大学艺术学院视觉传达设计系。主要业绩：多项设计作品获得“广东之星”、“中南之星”等奖项，在《艺术与设计》等专业刊物上发表多篇学术论文，主编教材《时装品牌视觉识别》。09年获得ICAD（国际商业美术设计师）平面设计专业（高级）证书。
邮箱：qyy06@163.com
博客：http://blog.sina.com.cn/qyq1111

8、王击凡
主题：如何运作一本独立杂志
广州独立创作杂志《RICE》主编，《城市画报》记者。致力于推广年轻人独立创作。
邮箱：xiaowangzi1984@126.com

9、林建
主题：另一条路往终点（The other way to the end）
林建，漫画编辑、平面设计师。广告学专业毕业后于地产集团和报纸媒体代理机构从事平面设计工作，同时涉足活动企划等周边领域。2009年3月由厦门转战至广州，阴差阳错当上“美化天线工程师”，仅三个月爬过近百个楼顶，以独特的方式认识广州。现任漫友文化资深美术编辑。
网站：www.eondesign.cn

10、陈海亮（William Chen）
主题：物界
建筑师，出生于海南，毕业于英国伦敦建筑联盟学校（AA School）。他热衷研究数码科技在材料及其结构几何性关系的运用。陈海亮是07大声展的参展艺术家之一，现在在英国伦敦的建筑事务所POPULOUS（前身是霍克体育建筑事务所HOK Sport Ltd.）参与伦敦2012年奥林匹克体育场的设计工作。
邮箱：whchen@whchen.com
网站：www.whchen.com
博客：www.whchen.com/blog

11、何岸（Stone He）
主题：当酒店爱上设计，当设计恋上酒店
生于七十年代，任职于某媒体公司，热爱生活，热爱工作，热心公益事业,并酷爱旅游，用自己的独特眼光看世界。所以无论工作如何忙碌，每年都要利用年假到处行走。足迹遍布亚洲、美洲、非洲、欧洲、大洋洲等近四十个国家和地区，梦想是可以环游世界并撰写自己的所看所想分享给朋友们。两年前开始，迷恋上设计和建筑，在行走中，花更多的时间去探访设计酒店，体验和寻找设计大师的踪迹。
博客：http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1266902864
个人专辑：http://msn.igotou.com/entity/traveler/1/32.html
邮箱：Hestone@21cn.com

12、陈洲
主题：2012年计划
陈洲于1974年10月1日出生于安徽金寨。1996-2000年在南京艺术学院壁画专业学习。2002-2007年留学法国，并于获得艺术硕士学位。现以独立艺术家的身份生活在广州。曾先后策划四次艺术展览活动；参加上海证大现代艺术馆策划的“介入：艺术生活366天”和北京798艺术节等多次艺术展览。
邮箱：cz_1006@hotmail.com

13、叶富华（Tony Yet）
主题： Rethinking cellphones for social good
Tony 是一个正在追梦中的年轻人，他是 TEDtoChina.com 的发起人，该网站旨在把国外各种最优秀的创意思想和行动引介到国内，并且通过网站团结一群人，让他们通过实验找到更美好的未来。Tony 相信积极的新闻以及行动是面对各种挑战的最有力的工具，并且正在推广这样的理念与做法。Tony 还是自由软件的倡导者。
博客：www.tonyyet.com
网站：www.tedtochina.com，www.TEDxGuangzhou.com
邮箱：tony@tedtochina.com

14、汪子旋（Judy）
主题：交换生活——任何时候请别忘了梦想
1989年中国制造，长163CM，净重保密。没意外的话，将于2012“世界末日”前6个月于华南农业大学兽医学院小动物医学专业光荣毕业。打小爱爹，爱娘，爱做梦，爱美食，爱旅游，爱生活。打小满肚子古灵精怪的点子，满脑子天马行空的想象。希望可以通过自己的坚持和努力实现自己的缤纷梦想！
邮箱：742859821@qq.com

15、陈旭军
主题：把旅游变成一场多角的恋爱
陈旭军，生态旅游专家，撰稿人，广东省旅游发展研究中心客座研究员，中山大学公民社会中心理事。致力于生态旅游在中国的研究和实践，在实践中，大力推广生态旅游和文化、艺术、有机农业、身心灵康复、教育、设计、人类学和社会学的互动；注重社会责任，带动社区和谐发展。同时关注和研究城市有机更新规划的课题，特别是历史老街区的保护和利用。
邮箱：cxj@earthcycle.cn

16、刘心慧
主题：小孩子的世界
舞动笔尖工作室创始人，毕业于华南师范大学美术系，广东省工艺美术协会会员，广东少儿美术教育协会会员，广东美术馆培训中心特聘教师。多年来从事创意儿童美术教育工作，发表了大量的关于儿童美术教育的文章并多次获得优秀教师奖项。
博客：http://blog.sina.com.cn/wudongdebijian
邮箱：cindylao@126.com

17、O.Be & Macci
主题：潮人相谈事务所
O.Be，《1626》杂志高级编辑。Fashion圈中浸淫多年反被潮流之养分所滋润，从以前觉得“衣服只是遮丑布”，到深信“衣服有能量”。确信潮流可以令人迷失，亦可取之有道，现筹建潮人相谈事务所，提供个人形象鉴定及改造服务。
网页：http://ao-1.blogbus.com
邮箱：moobe@163.com

Macci，自由设计师、媒体撰稿人、插画师。深迷fashion到不能自拔，对服装要求苛刻，相信一颗纽扣、一条拉链、一道线皆有其生命价值。理想国的构建者，并立志要将此理想在每个有自我认知的人身上付诸实行。
网页：http://vicky03.lmy.blog.163.com
邮箱： lmy2ljq@21cn.com

18、陈岳远
主题：城市陌生化（Urban unfamiliar）
陈岳远，YORK, 生于广州。城市摄影师，撰稿人。以陌生化的角度重新认识自己土生土长的城市，热衷城市漫游，去发现城中的宝藏和见证消逝的时光。曾与朋友合撰《我们的广州－生于八十年代》重温羊城旧事。现专注生活，寻找生活创意和地道美食。
博客：http://smilingeveryork.blogbus.com
邮箱：smiling_everyday@hotmail.com

19、林春园（Coco Camillelin）
主题：《卡在剧场门外的表情》——简称“卡·门”
直观工作室创始人，多重领域创作：架上绘画、空间装置、实验影像、戏剧编导。活动于维也纳艺术节、波兰艺术节、香港乙城节、北京798艺术节、北京左右艺术节、北京青年戏剧节、上海下河迷仓秋收季、广州大学生戏剧节、小洲艺术节等。独立制作出品：《戏游记》之“香·体”、《一个主画面的数字死亡现场》。
邮箱：linchunyuan@msn.com
博客：cococamillelin.blog.163.com
豆瓣：http://www.douban.com/people/4230698/

20、覃岛（Chin Thom）
主题：制作一个展览
1975年出生于柳州，现居广州。艺术家，电影人。
邮箱：541754204@qq.com

The Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR) is delighted to invite you to join our special event – CDR Shanghai Salon 2009. Since CDR was set up in 2006, many members have been back to China either started their own business or joined local creative industries. The salon is aiming to provide a platform for members to update each other what they have been up to and exchange their thoughts on how they adapted the context of local working condition. Members will also be informed what CDR has been doing during this year in London. Speakers range from architecture, product design, graphic design to fashion design. Guests are also welcome to briefly present your works and share what you have been through: excitement, frustration and happiness. This salon will be annually run by our Shanghai correspondence who will be elected during the salon. Special thanks to ACO Studio for venue support.
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CDR Shanghai Salon 2009

Date: Sunday, 20th December, 2009
Time: 2:30 pm to 7 pm
Venue: ACO Studio, 31 South Kaixuan Road, Xuhui District (Near Tube: Long Cao Road Station, Line 3)徐汇区凯旋南路31号(地铁3号线龙漕路站) 
Organized by: Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR)
Admission: Free (Drinks and snacks will be provided.)

Please RSVP to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com. For other inquiries and information about joining CDR, please email info@cdregion.com .

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Salon is chaired by William Hailiang Chen, more speakers to be confirmed. If you would like to present, please contact him at 0086-15011860729 or e-mail will@cdregion.com

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Coming next event:

CDR Pecha Kucha in Guangzhou 2009
Date: Thursday, 31st December, 2009
more details coming soon

CDR Animation Showreel 2009
- After the Effects: the complex relationship between talents and London animation industry

Curated and produced by the Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR), “CDR Animation Showreel 2009” is a collection of 13 animated short films and promos, which were early animation works created by CDR animation directors. Showcased at the Asian Youth Animation & Comic Competition in China this summer, the showreel is being shown for the first time to audiences in London.  Led by Ann Xiao and EB Hu, CDR has always been dedicated to the field of animation. We are delighted to invite you to the special screening and talks “After the Effects”.

5 CDR animation directors will discuss their experiences and thoughts: “What does the animation industry currently look for in its creative workforce?”; “What must a student do to become a director?”. Our special critic is Christian Hogue, founder and producer of Lost in Space and mentor to two CDR animation directors Ann and Oway. Well-known as having a special eye for spotting raw talents and supporting them to success in the industry, Christian is invited to a roundtable discussion with the directors about the complex relationships between the emerging talents and the existing industry. The event will be held in the studio of HuntHaggarty, which is a branding strategy company whose clients include Harrods, Dell and Motorola. Recently HuntHaggarty just opened its Hongkong studio and published an outstanding book of ‘China’s Creative Voice’ about Chinese youth culture.

Date: Wednesday, 25th November, 2009
Time: 6:45 pm to 9 pm
Venue: HuntHaggarty Studio, 7 Plough Yard, London EC2A 3LP (Near Tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street)
Hosted by: HuntHaggarty
Organized by: Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR) and Lost in Space
Admission: Free (Drinks and snacks will be provided.)

Special thanks to Steve and Moa from HuntHaggarty Studio. The studio has a limited space  therefore it will be restricted to registered guests. Advance booking is required. Please RSVP to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com . For other inquiries and information about joining CDR, please email info@cdregion.com .

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www.hunthaggarty.com
www.lostinspace.com

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Programme:

1. Introduction by CDR director Ann Xiao, 5mins
2, Report of CDR screening at the AYACC (Asian Youth Animation & Comic Competition), 10 Minutes
3. CDR Animation Screening + Meet the Directors, 70mins
Followed by 8 minutes/each person’s presentation from 5 CDR animation directors: Tian Qian, Oway Lau, Beidi Guo, Tian Qian, Ann Xiao and Zhe Wang
4. “Lost in Space” showreel – presentation by Lots in Space founder & Producer, Christian Hogue, 15mins
5. Roundtable discussion “The complex relationship between talents and London animation industry”, Hosted by Christian Hogue, Ann Xiao and CDR directors

CDR – Chinese Designers’ RegionAnimation Collection 09 DVD

List of works:
1. Penny’s Crossing, by Tian Qian 2005 9′07mins
2. Got a Really Good Thing, by Oway Lau 2009 3′34mins
3. Plenilune, by Beidi Guo 2007 5‘34“mins
4. Waking Up Inside the Fish, by Ann Xiao 2006 2′57″mins
5. KEG, by EB Hu 2003 3′45″mins
6. My Life Tomorrow, by Wang Zhe 2007 9′39″mins
7. Brush, by Lei Chen 2005 2′17″mins
8. Minnawa, by Emie Lee 2009 2′26″mins
9. A Letter from Mars, by Jingfei Lei 2007 3′03″mins
10. On Solitude, by Mike Chan 2009 4′21″mins
11. Between the Lines, by Ann Xiao 2008 5’16”mins
12. Finally We Have Someone, by Jingfei Li 2008 2’50”mins
13. This Is Fire This Is Ice, by Mike Chan 2007 4′34″mins

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Lost in Space

Lost in Space is a digital film studio with an ongoing series of experimental shorts, ‘The Deep’, ‘Sound Engine’, ‘3space’ which screened at the ICA in London and across the UK as part of the onedotzero film festivals. In addition, Lost in Space produce images and spreads for print media, such as Dazed and Confused, US glossy fashion magazine, BIG and the digital bible Wired. Lost in Space continue to apply a fresh and tailored approach to every project they work on. Lost in Space worked on many ground breaking spots and feature films.

Christian Hogue, Founder and producer of Lost in Space

Christian is a native New Zealander who came to the fair shores of England one cold wet day in Oct. 1984. He had an honors degree in computer science and keen interest in computer graphics and film. By 1986 Christian had joined one of London’s top post production companies “The Moving Picture Company” in their fledgling 3D department and within a year was head of the department.

In the late 80’s Christian decided to cut the strings and spent 2 years as an independent consultant and 3d supervisor travelling the world. Returning to England in 1990 Christian was looking to setup his own studio and became the first 3d company with-in an established post company at Rushes. Installing the latest Alias 3d animation system the embryonic “lost In Space” quickly went on to produce groundbreaking photorealistic character animation with the famous Lyons Tea Pot Spot.

Since 1997 Christian has been evolving lost in space to the become a digital film studio designing and producing bleeding edge imagery for any medium. This includes high-end commercials, titles and idents for TV, film, print and nu-media. Since their inception, the pool of talent at Lost in Space has steered the company in the direction of digital illustration as well as moving image digital film production. Lost in Space are especially recognised as pioneers in their use of wireframing techniques. Whatever the field, the consistent themes maintained by Lost in Space’s work are it’s intrinsic uniqueness, stylistic edge and foresight.

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CDR动画集2009
“创作人与动画行业的微妙关系”—近距离面对动画导演与制作人

由CDR－驻英华人设计师联盟策划和制作，“CDR动画集2009”集合了CDR动画导演早期创作的13部动画短片和MV。作品集在今年夏天中国举行的“亚洲青年动漫大赛”放映,而本月25日是第一次和伦敦的朋友见面。由Ann Xiao和胡一毕带领，CDR一直以来致力于动画领域的交流和灵感分享。我们策划的”After the Effects”活动将为大家放映这些影片并请来5位CDR导演介绍他们的创作经历和对动画行业的分析。“这个行业在寻找什么样的人才？”“如何从学生转变成导演？”。嘉宾演讲人是Lost in Space的建立人和制片人Christian Hogue，他曾经是Ann和 Oway两位导演的伯乐。在行业中他以善于发掘，扶持和培养年轻的动画人而为人所尊敬。Christian将和CDR的动画导演们展开一场关于创作人与动画行业微妙关系的圆桌讨论。

时间：2009年11月25日 星期三， 晚6.45-9.00
地点： Hunt Haggarty Studio, 7 Plough Yard, London EC2A 3LP
策划：CDR － 驻英华人设计师联盟
入场：免费入场。

因场地席位有限，请有意参加者事先预订您的席位。
预约联系：cdrsubscription@googlemail.com
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In Search of Identity: Chinese Design

The Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR) is delighted to invite you to a roundtable discussion hosted by CDR and associate professor Dr. Wendy Siuyi Wong. Dr. Wong will give a lecture on her current research into contemporary Chinese design. To promote the discussion on the topic, CDR also invites Moa Correia who is the author of China’s Creative Voice to talk about what she has discovered about the trends of Chinese youth culture. Selected CDR members will also present their recent works. Dr. Wong who is from York University, Toronto, is currently a research fellow at Royal College of Art (RCA). The event is sponsored by Asian Design History, MA History of Design Programme at RCA.

Date: Wednesday, 11th November, 2009
Time: 6:45 pm to 9 pm
Venue: Humanities Seminar Room, Royal College of Art, Jay Mews Building
Organized by Asian Design History, MA History of Design (Royal College of Art) and Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR)
Admission: Free

Advance booking is required. Please R.S.V.P to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com. For other inquiries and information about joining CDR, please email info@cdregion.com.

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Program:
1. Introduction by Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR): 5 mins
2. Presentation by Dr. Wendy Siuyi Wong: 40 mins
3. China’s Creative Voice by Moa Correia: 15 mins
4. Presentations by selected CDR members: Shi Yuan (Graphic Design), Ann Xiao (Animation), Jiang Shan(Illustration) and Weiwei He (Product design). 30 mins
5. Discussion (Chaired by William Hailiang Chen)

The relationship between a designer’s ethnic background and creative work: Rethinking the current national design identity of China
by Dr. Wendy Siuyi Wong, 40 mins

This presentation will use Communication Arts, one of the oldest and foremost graphic design trade journals in the United States, with a worldwide circulation, to trace award-winning work by designers with Chinese names over the 10-year period from 1997 to 2006. The purpose of the survey is to invoke discussion of whether or not the ethnic background of each designer is reflected in his/her work, along with questions pertaining to the relationship between design and culture. Finally, this study is designed to advance the rethinking of China’s national design in the contemporary context, in light of the country’s growing exposure to influences from the rest of the world.

Dr Wendy Siuyi Wong is Associate Professor of Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, Canada. She was the Head of Design Department from 2005-2009, and Associate Director of the York Centre for Asian Research, 2004-2009. Her research interests are in Chinese and Hong Kong visual cultural history including graphic design, comics and advertising images. She is the author of Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua (2002) published by Princeton Architectural Press, 4 books for Chinese readers, and numerous articles in academic and trade journals. Dr. Wong served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 1999 to 2000, and was the 2000 Lubalin Curatorial Fellow at the Cooper Union School of Art, New York, USA. She also curated two major exhibits on Chinese Design held at the Cooper Union School of Art (entitled Chinese Graphic Design towards the International Sphere) in 2000, and Design Exchange (entitled Chinese Design. Everyday.) in Toronto in 2008. She has taught in the United States and Hong Kong before she moved to Canada. Currently, Dr Wong serves as a visiting research fellow at the Department of History of Design, Royal College of Art.

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China’s Creative Voice
By Moa Correia, 15mins

Creative Voice is a new series of publications by HuntHaggarty, which focuses on trendsetting, creative youth in fast-growing, developing economies. China’s Creative Voice, the first book in the series, reveals how Chinese youth are tired of mimicking the west and Japan, and are beginning to question their identities and are developing a unique creative language. The study provides inspiring insight, not only for global brands wanting to grow in the Chinese market, but also for those looking to learn from this remarkable group of people who are reinventing their cultural identity to shape the world’s most influential economy.

Moa Correia is brand strategy planner at HuntHaggarty and the author of China’s Creative Voice.
www.hunthaggarty.com

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驻英华人设计师联盟（CDR）将于本月11号晚在皇家艺术学院（RCA）举办《中国设计：探寻中的定义》主题讨论会。此次讨论会由CDR与加拿大多伦多约克大学驻皇家艺术学院的访问学者黄少仪博士(Dr. Wendy Siuyi Wong)联手策划。黄少仪博士会在讨论中带来她最新的研究课题——中国当代设计；来自伦敦独立创意公司HuntHuggarty的Moa Correia也会携其著作《中国创意之声》为大家介绍她对中国青年文化及市场的最新发现和体会。除此之外，现场还会有CDR设计师的最新作品展示及演讲。此次活动由皇家艺术学院亚洲设计史系提供场地赞助。

中国设计：探寻中的定义
时间：2009年11月11日晚6时45分至9时
地点：Humanities Seminar Room, Royal College of Art, Jay Mews Building
策划：皇家艺术学院亚洲设计史系 及 驻英华人设计师联盟 (CDR)
入场免费

因场地席位有限，请有意参加者事先预订您的席位。
预约联系：cdrsubscription@googlemail.com
更多信息请访问 www.cdregion.com
媒体联系：info@cdregion.com

Founder and creative director of CDR, Ann Xiao was invited to represent CDR to participate in the Asian Youth Animation & Comic Contest 2009 (AYACC www.ayacc.org ) in Guiyang, China. She presented the CDR Animation Showreel 2009 and gave a presentation about her work as well as a screening entitled “Scientific Practice in Animation”.

It is the 3rd year since AYACC was first launched in China in 2006. The event was hosted by The People’s Government of Guiyang and Guizhou Committee of Economy & Information Technology, with participants from 26 countries and regions.

The theme of AYACC 2009 is “joyful animation and comics in creative Guiyang”. Invited by the General Secretary of Jury of AYACC, Mr. Liuyi Wang, there were hundreds of animation professionals from all over the world who attended the 3 day program of exhibitions, presentations, screenings and forums.

The special events included:
International Scientific Animation Festival,
AYACC 2009 Forum,
Award Ceremony and Concert,
Copyright Trading
And Cosplay contest.

International speaks were:
Kexuan Ma, Chinese famous animation artist;
Wu Guanying, Chief designer of Fuwa, mascot of 2008 Olympic Games;
Junichi Kawamura, Producer of Japan CG-Arts Media Festival;
Jared Fong, Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studio;
Ann Xiao, Animation Director in London and co-founder of CDR;
Nigar Nazar, the first woman cartoonist of Pakistan;
Ming Chen, Vice President of Crystal Film & Animation;
David Bolinsky, Co-founder of XVIVO Scientific Animation,
And many more.

One of the most memorable highlights of the festival was the amazing venue of the Scientific Animation Forum. It was located at Xiaohe Diesel Factory in Guiyang which is an abandoned factory built in 1946 by Mao’s Communist China. You could feel the history from the propaganda remaining on the walls and the smell of the old machinery. Guiyang’s City Government is aiming to develop the old factory site into a new exciting animation comic centre to bring some colour to the regeneration of Xiaohe district. The enthusiastic international animators and professionals are looking forward to seeing Xiaohe Diesel Factory evolve into a “Guiyang Animation 798 Factory” in the near future.

CDR – Chinese Designers’ Region Animation Collection 09 DVD

List of works:
1. Brush, by Lei Chen 2005 2′17″mins
2. My Life Tomorrow, by Wang Zhe 2007 9′39″mins
3. KEG, by EB Hu 2003 3′45″mins
4. Waking Up Inside the Fish, by Ann Xiao 2006 2′57″mins
5. Minnawa, by Emie Lee 2009 2′26″mins
6. Penny’s Crossing, by Tian Qian 2005 9′07mins
7. A Letter from Mars, by Jingfei Lei 2007 3′03″mins
8. On Solitude, by Mike Chan 2009 4′21″mins
9. Got a Really Good Th1ng, by Oway Lau 2009 3′34mins
10. Plenilune, by Beidi Guo 2007 5‘34“mins
11. Between the Lines, by Ann Xiao 2008 5’16”mins
12. Finally We Have Someone, by Jingfei Li 2008 2’50”mins
13. This Is Fire This Is Ice, by Mike Chan 2007 4′34″mins

CDR – Rapid Urbanism in China: Shenzhen
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Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR) is delighted to invite you for talk/lecture by photographer Yu Haibo and CDR member Dr. Hua Li who both are coming to London from Shenzhen.

Time: 19:00 – 21:00pm, Wednesday 15th July 2009
Location: Baker Street, London

All welcome, advance booking is required. For more details and join us, please R.S.V.P to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com with your name and contact number.
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The remains of urban expansion
城市扩张中遗存的图像考察
— a photographic observation by Haibo YU, 45mins

The remains of urban expansion is a photographic observation by a Chinese well-known documentary photographer Haibo YU on China’s current urban development. Yu makes large-scale photographs (10cm*8cm positive film), trying to capture the memories remained in the disjuncture of time and space, as a result of the dramatic urban expansion. From the costal line to inland, cities have been gradually eating out the villages. His photos provide wildest imagination of any factors that may affect human being’s future living space.

The ‘New’ in ‘Translation’ Travelling of Architectural Concepts from the West into Modern China
“新”的转译：从西方到中国建筑概念的跨文化之旅
By Hua LI, 45mins

This presentation is part of Li’s PhD thesis, which concerns ‘conceptual translation’ of architectural discourses between the English-speaking context and the Chinese-speaking context. One of the arguments of the thesis is that the history of modern Chinese architecture in the twentieth century was a history of systematic ‘misreading’ of importations from Europe and the USA. The ‘new’ is one of the categories to decode this ‘misreading’, in regard to its association with the concept ‘western modern’.
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Haibo Yu is one of the most prominent documentary photographers in contemporary China. Born in Henan province and graduated from Wuhan University BA Photography, he is now the chief press photographer of Shenzhen Economic Daily and the director of Shenzhen Professional Photography Association.

Dr. Hua Li trained as an architect at Chongqing University in China. After graduating with a M. Arch (distinction), she started her practice in Shenzhen in 1993, and set up her own studio in 1996. She gained her PhD from Architectural Association School 2008 on the subject of Chinese contemporary architecture and urbanism.

CDR – Place Identity , 7-9pm 25th June 2009
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Chinese Designers’ Region(CDR) is delighted to invite you for a lecture by Fei Wang who is currently a visiting teacher at Architectural Association School. This lecture is the closing lecture he gave for Cincinnati Art Museum’s current exhibition – “China Design Now” moved from V&A Museum last year. Fei Wang is a Ph.D Candidate at McGill University and also teaching at University of Michigan, USA.

Three Studies on Heterogeneity in China, 45mins
(between the 18th Century and contemporary)

To encourage the conversation we will also broadcast two short films by CDR members :
Memory of Home, 10mins
Film directed by Kiki Tianqi Yu, sound design by Tiantian Zhu
The Uncertain City, 4:39mins
Film directed by Ann Xiao

Kiki’s documentary film is trying to explore the perception of place identity by combining documentary with fiction while Ann’s animation film brings us into an artistic imagination of an uncertain city. Both of them will bring out a discussion on representation of place identity.

All welcome, advance booking is required. For more details and join us, please R.S.V.P to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com .

CDR is having a relax catching up gathering – Picnic at Hyde Park on Sat 30th May. For more details and join us, please e-mail to cdrsubscription@googlemail.com . To see our last CDR-Picnic images, please see CDR Picnic at Hyde Park_080615