China: design a “national priority.”
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Just as I thought QBN was just troll faces and Spam, a good debate.
Unsurprisingly, i'm pretty interested in this.
The japan argument has been made a couple of times, I think this is a great view point to look at, but not entirely useful. Even looking at Honk Kong and Taiwan, whos culture is much more similar to Mainland China, they have not ended up being as creative as Japan.
In the 70's everything had "made in Japan" in the 80's it was Taiwan, but i'm not seeing great things from there. Bear in mind also that Taiwan didn't have to go through the cultural revolution and have identity and cultural heritage stripped away and burnt.
For a population 4 to 5 times that of the US, there will be some amazing designers out there, but opportunity is low for the masses. Growing up with parents where design played no roll in their life, means only the generation being born now have the real chance to make a difference.
I think it's going to be a long long time before we see a collective of creativity like, you see in areas of London, LA, NY etc.