![]() Justice describes and documents examples of Chinese design and innovation that range from ancient ceramics to communist propaganda posters. Influenced by Mao and Confucius, communism and capitalism, patriotism and cosmopolitanism, China’s third generation will drive the culture of design and innovation in China-and maybe the rest of the world. The goal is to stimulate economic growth-and to establish China as a global creative power. Justice explains that just as this “third generation” (post-Revolution, post–Cultural Revolution) reaches for self-expression, China’s government is making massive investments in design and innovation, supporting design and creative activities (including design education programs, innovation parks, and privatized companies) at the local and national levels. ![]() In China’s Design Revolution, Lorraine Justice maps the evolution of Chinese design and innovation. This generation, workers in their thirties and forties, has more freedom to create-and to consume-than their parents or grandparents. ![]() A “third generation” of the People’s Republic of China that came of age during China’s “opening up” period of the 1980s now strives for fame, fortune, and self expression. ![]() ![]() China is on the verge of a design revolution. ![]()
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