Yang liu, east meets west after all, the kind of culture shock liu illustrates can be hard to navigate and articulate. Cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms. Jan 7, 2015 yang liu has lived in both china and germany, and when she became a designer, she drew the differences in cultural assumptions. Jean posted about yang lius ost trifft west east meets west exhibit back in september. International chinese musician yang wei comes to jjc on. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An infographic portrait by yang liu submitted by rainer falle 271 comments 6,461 views the artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14. Unifying the cultures of the world, melding the east and the west to create a synergy of one people, one place. German punctuality, western ego and how to stand in line like a chinese. One of her projects, east meets west, consists of a series of comparisons of chinese vs.
Westerners are particularly and extremely focused on time while easterners are more relaxed in comparison. Yang is an assistant professor at department of pharmaceutical sciences and a member of the center for pharmacogenetics, university of pittsburgh school of pharmacy. Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience. East meets west cooking with ming tsai, simply ming, mings master recipes, simply ming onepot meals and simply ming in your kitchen. Graphic artist yang liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed. Its one of the most innovative, brilliant books put together as a comparison between the west and east cultures. In this third installment in her pictogram series for taschen, leading graphic designer yang liu brings the way we were face to face with the way we are. Very cleverly illustrated, it makes a fun subject of discussion. Xias phone number, address, insurance information, hospital affiliations and more. Together, we bring the best products to help restore energy, discover mindfulness, build community, and nourish the spirit. The postchristian west meets the nonwestern church greater. Being that i worked with yang at chermayeff and geismar when i first moved to new york, i offered to do an interview with her about the project. Academics tend to discuss cultural differences in words.
This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The artist and visual designer yang liu was born in china and lives in germany since she was 14. Yaqin xia, family medicine doctor in pittsburgh, pa. Liu yang astronaut born 1978, first chinese woman astronaut launched into space liu yang violinist, chinese classical violinist yang liu dancer, member of the royal new zealand ballet sportspeople. Yaqin xia is a family medicine doctor in pittsburgh, pa. Since 2010 yang liu is professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. The cultural differences between east and west, according to one. An infographic portrait by yang liu monochronic a rigid orientation to time, focus on schedules, punctuality, time as a resource, time is linear, time is money. Blue western culture red eastern culture way of life westerners assert a lot more independence and individualism. A personal reflection of approaches to preservice science teacher education in china and north america. Cultural differences between east and west, reduced to.
Wei, an extraordinary virtuoso of the pipa chinese lute, is a member of the worldrenowned silk road ensemble. View yang lius profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. She was years old when her family moved to europe. Chinese artist sums up the difference between eastern and.
Thats when she began appreciating the differences between her. Conceived and designed with perceptive wit and her signature graphic simplicity, yang lius pictograms convey the obvious and sometimes not so obvious discrepancies in life on opposite sides of the globe. Yang d, liu b, guo y, zheng h, li l, wang t, yu j, zhao y, niu r. Hot on the heels of its bestselling predecessors, today meets yesterday deploys the same vivid pictogram pairings to explore the.
East meets west, a series of infographics drawing on her personal bicultural experience has been exhibited worldwide, the corresponding book has become an instant bestseller. This soloshow east meets west by yang liu, which was placed at ministry of foreign affairs in germany, is poster art that compares german western culture with chinese culture in a way that humorously captures some societal differences. The cultural differences she witnessed inspired her to design a book of graphics titled east meets west. The cultural differences between east and west, according.
He completed an odyssey postdoctoral fellowship at the university of texas md anderson cancer center. The logo is made up of some key words from the book fair and printed like a traditional chinese seal. Crossing chinese and american borders chapter 10, pp. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover yangs connections. The activity uses the simple but startlingly canny imagery created by yang liu for her infographic book, east meets west. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. Already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang lius successful infographic series. Yang is a great graphic designer whose work has always been bold and iconographic, and. Drawing from her experiences of growing up in china and germany, lius east meets west. East meets west with ming tsai recipes east meets west. Conceived and designed with perceptive wit and her signature graphic simplicity, yang liu s pictograms convey the obvious and sometimes not so obvious discrepancies in life on opposite sides of the globe.
She won several prices and had a worldwide success with her first book. Born in china and currently living in germany artist yang liu illustrated a series of stereotypes under the title ost trifft west, or east meets west. Yang liu spent half of her life in china and half in germany. East meets west, a series of infographics drawing on her personal bicultural experience has been exhibited worldwide, the corresponding book has become an. This month, east meets west is being published in english like liu s second book, man meets woman, a pictogrambased shorthand answer to men are from mars, women are from venus, published last. Jeanjacques rousseau coined the term civil religion in chapter 8, book 4 of. Emperor ming of han 2875, personal name liu yang, emperor of the han dynasty. Naturally, were headoverheels with designer yang lius ingenious east meets west infographic series, tackling everything from differences in selfperception to evolution of transportation.
Killing time watching signs im waitin see on the other side of town ive seen the walls come t. In 1990, at the age of, she moved from beijing, to. Cao w, cui s, yang l, wu c, liu j, yang f, liu y, bin j, hou ff. Through visuals like the following one on expressing opinions, liu explores cultural differences between china, where shes from and germany, where she lives. Liu yang high jumper born 1986, chinese high jumper. Hayley comes home with a shocking announcement which stirs some powerful emotions in tanu. East meets west an intercultural competence activity. Brilliant book showing the cultural differences between east and west. The book is still finable online and an absolute delight. East meets west is now in perfect order thanks to her i understand now my chines wife.
Space is the tomb or the light, ying or yang, the north or south slope of a mountain. Polychronic a flexible, nonlinear orientation to time, a longterm perspective, time is elastic, toleration on long delays, importance on. Heres another article from anna corpron of substudio. This work was well received at the press conference. Liu, who was born in beijing and moved to berlin at, took on the challenge for east meets west taschen, a pocketsized book of pictographs showing how values respect for elders, treatment of.
On november 4, berlinbased artist and designer yang liu gave a presentation of her awardwinning cultural pictograms at nyu shanghai. Yang liu associate professor university of pittsburgh. An artist, who was raised in multiple cultures, decided to make a simple but interesting infographic playing on some of the unique differences between the east and the west. The joliet junior college musica viva series presents east meets west with international chinese musician yang wei on sunday, march 26 on the main campus, 1215 houbolt road in joliet. Urinary matrix metalloproteinase7 predicts severe aki and poor outcomes after cardiac surgery. There were countless times when i was variously confused, surprised. Lius book was originally published in german in 2007 and has only recently come. Yang liu has 65 books on goodreads with 754 ratings. Oven roasted beef tenderloin with citruschanterelle vinaigrette warm sesamespinach roulade and risotto cake. Born in china but living in germany since she was 14, liu has a unique grip of this cultural duality and she channels it with great wit and. Yang x, chen c, teng s, fu x, zha y, liu h, wang l, tian j, zhang x, liu y, nie j, and hou ff. East meets west by yang liu meet your next favorite book.
Yang liu grew up in china, but then moved to germany, becoming a designer. The fact is that each single illustration is my very personal experience in the past 17 years. East meets west bilingual by yang liu, yang liu isbn. An infographic portrait juxtaposes eyecatching infographics that cleverly distill her observations of the two cultures. This soloshow east meets west by yang liu, which was placed at. Its a small book about 5x5 inches and less than an inch thick that illustrates the cultural differences between east and west in a series of simple but sort of profound images.