An exquisite collaboration with „taschengeist“ – a sophisticated bag label from Hamburg – leads to the Studio Wu 無 bag „Faye 菲“ from edition t. which is the union of German traditional leather craftsmanship and Chinese calligraphy art. 100% handmade in Germany and naturally tanned with plants.
The exhibition "UnBinding Bodies – Lotos Shoes & Corset" has successfully started in Museum MARKK in Hamburg. Please find here some impressions from the mise-en-scene – with exhibition graphics from Studio Wu 無 and spatial design by Caspar Pichner.
2021 is gonna be better, with perseverance, patience and power from the metal ox, which helps us to overcome the difficult times...
Many thanks to Silvan Hagenbrock – online editor, urbanist and film maker for Goethe Institute China – for the nice interview portrait feature in the Studio where I speak about design and bookmaking between China and Europe.
Studio Wu 無 is glad to be the design partner of this program funded by Robert Bosch Stiftung, lead by CONSTELLATIONS since 2015. Now, 5 years funding is coming to an end and we had two days of harvest insights and celebration in Berlin.
Northern lights are the motto of the cultural summer Rhineland-Pfalz 2020. 9 artists from Germany show their art sparring with 9 unknown Scandinavian works. Here you can see the creative dialogue with an oil painting by swedish artist Gunnar Nordström which resulted in a paper cut installation.
The second edition of the book "made in china" is out! We wanted you to like the book so much that the first edition is already sold out! Congratulations to the author Lea Schneider and our editor Verlagshaus.
Creative ladies from Asia, Europe, South America working in different fields gathered together at STUDIO WU 無 for a LADIES, WINE & DESIGN salon night and enjoyed an inspiring evening with great discussions on intercultural design and female empowerment.
I am very excited to bring back the story of „Yaotao’s Zeichen /里昂的汉字/ Les caractères vivants“ to the historical place where everything has begun – with a solo exhibition in Musée of Nouvel Institut Franco-Chinois in Lyon, France.
An Exhibition till November 11th, about „Heimat“ (engl.: Home) – an artistic sparring with artist Anja Roth in Atelier Rothpauser in beautiful wine village Sankt Martin (Rhineland-Palatinate) .
A Sino-German Picture Salon in Berlin Rudolf11 Space hosted by Dooogs Berlin & Berlin and Studio Wu 無 with books from illustration teachers from Nanjing Fine Arts Institute and artists from Berlin attracted many booklovers.
Surrounded by the sound of morning birds, a group of citymakers gathered around 7am in Drahnsdorf in April, ready for an artistic discovery with the help of a booklet called „Reading the Traces of Places“.
No worries about Christmas gifts this year: Check out the new Etsy Shop of Studio Wu 無 with wonderful handcrafted illustrated prints & artistic limited editions – 100% made in Berlin with love!
Now the results are out: Yaotao's Zeichen has been awarded with Bonze of Joseph Binder Award 2018 by Design Austria.
Studio Wu 無 is glad to be part of the "10 Hiii Illustration Winners Exhibition – Follow your Heart" from 17th till 30th of November which took place in Jiangsu Art Museum Nanjing.
“From Goa with Love” is an illustrated travel journal that was created during our recent to India, capturing the beauty of Goa and the touching impressions of school children at the Shanti Niketan School.
For all nature lovers, now there’s a sino-german urban garden place in Berlin- Mitte! The intercultural urban farming demo is located in Max-Pflanzen Garden as of „Urban Farming Incubator“ – a project realized in the frame of CITYMAKERS China-Germany.
It was a great honor to be invited by the Goethe Institute China and the Nanjing Fine Arts Institute for the sino-german book design exhibition: „Das schöne Buch “ at the AMNUA-museum of Fine Arts Nanjing.
What’s the future of the drawing in the digital age? How can it come to life on a screen? A contribution for the „Shanghai Visual Art & Design Exhibition“ in the section "moving posters" in Liu Haisu Art Museum Shanghai.
A creative stamp workshop at the handcraft marché de Noël (christmas market) of the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) in Berlin
Studio Wu 無 is honored to be commissioned by XIAOMING – a renown design platform and online magazine in China for the redesign of their visual identity.
After more than four years of preparation, my next marathon-like book project „Yaotaos Zeichen“(Yaotao’s Characters) will be finally published by kunstanstifter publishers in September!
As a member of the Citymakers Germany-China program, I felt greatly honored to be part of the cultural delegation of our foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on his 1 day journey to Beijing.
A sunny typographic day with the Design and Picture Editing Team of Confucius Magazine (Leipzig) in Berlin.
Illustration art for a bilingual anthology of 12 chinese contemporary poets with over 100 poems – translated and edited by Lea Schneider, published by Verlagshaus Berlin.
A drawing "walkshop" held in Studio Wu during the Sino-German Citymakers Meeting in September 2016 (by Robert-Bosch-Foundation).
A special exhibition place has been found for the mysterious Chinese and German objects at "Stiftung Warentest" Berlin.
It was a great honour to "represent" Germany with a multicultural perspective in "Taipei International Book Exihibition 2016".
Here are some impressions and creative outputs from a three hours "stamp book art"-workshop in Goethe Institute Taipei.
Happy Chinese New Year 2016 – the year of the ape!
Many thanks to the chinese design platform "gtn9/古田路9号" for the detailed interview and online presentation (in Chinese).
Bronze for Bojing! At the Hiii Typography Competition in the category Chinese Typeface:
A Chinese Typeface with a German touch... Read the presentation about "Bojing Font" on Slanted Typography Blog
It was an honour to interview 70 years old Master Cheng Qirui 陈其瑞 – together with shanghai designer and typography Researcher Li Zhiqian 厉致谦 Colorphilosphy.
Paris toujours is winner of the GERMAN DESIGN AWARD 2015 in the category "books & calendars".
Paris toujours has been awarded with "Bronze" at the JOSEPH-BINDER-AWARD in the category "Book Illustration". Here are some impressions from the exhibition at DESIGN AUSTRIA – MQ, Vienna.
Pretty posters designed by Chinese fans of Hanyi Fonts for Chinese Mid-autumn Moon Festival in September.
Impressions from the charming opening of the exhibition “German Things, Chinese Things” at the Confucius Institute Leipzig.
