Chinese designers are carving a distinct niche in global creativity through interdisciplinary experimentation, proving innovation thrives where tradition and futurism intersect.
Often featuring minimal palettes of pastel colors, the introspective works meld relatable feelings of anxiety, hesitation, and fear with dreamlike inventions.
On the left side of the Hermès Maison in Shanghai parks a spaceship, which turns into a Christmas lighting installation to offer warmth in this winter.
In Büttner’s first major solo show at Hamburger Kunsthalle, his mostly monumental canvases and bizarre, cryptic collages fill an entire floor of the contemporary art wing.
Here, the wait is depicted as a metaphor for an “introspective” state, revealing tension that occurs between patience and impatience, ‘calm and frenzy’.