“In its three decades of existence as a metropolis, Shenzhen has not had much time to develop a cultural infrastructure. This southern Chinese city of 18 million people, nothing more than a fishing village prior to Deng Xiaoping’s launch of free-market reforms there in 1979, owes its recognition for being the iconic site of manufacturing of a country which produces and assembles as many as 90% of the planet’s electronics. At the same time, the city’s contribution to the international cultural debate is much more limited – at least at first sight”. Continue reading.
The Shekou Design Museum team will also partake in this year’s Urbanism/Architecture Bi-City Biennale in Shenzhen with a display called Unidentified Acts of Design. Keep an eye out for updates.
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