Chinese Girl Dilemma by Han Junwei
Photographer Han Junwei illustrates in his last serie shots of a modern Chinese girl’s dating dilemma…
If you were a Chinese girl, would you rather date :
The Migrant Worker
The Perv
The Gross
The Nerd
The Player
The Obsessive Compulsive
The Queen
The Matchmaking Parents
The "Perfect Guy" (who doesn't give a s)
Happy New Year !
To celebrate the new Year of Tiger, here is a little surprise from Craig Tracy, a renowned american bodypainting artist using alive models : the Last South China Tiger Painting is a mural made of three female bodies.
Enjoy (and save tigers!)..
Cookies Cream & Vanilla Buttercream by OMG Bakery
Shanghai is that kind of special city that attracts dreamers like a magnet, and these dreamers make our city even more amazing. Seriously, there isn’t a week going by without hearing about this “new cocktail bar” or the “latest shop“…
When I met Jenna – and her cupcakes, I immediately wanted to write about “Oh my Goodness“ organic bakery. Not only because I have a sweet tooth, but also because I love a good story topped with passion and sugar.
Jenna came to China from NYC with her husband for his job, but wasn’t going to be a “taitai” (understand a housewife). After looking around for a job, she came to terms with the fact that advertising – her field, was not where her heart was and China was the perfect opportunity to follow her passion and there she opened the bakery to do what she loves the most.
“I love when clients ask me to create something special for an event – baby showers, birthdays, weddings… The great thing about cupcakes is that you can have a personal piece of cake without having to destroy the decoration. ” she says.
I couldn’t agree more…
B.and the City Cupcakes !
On http://www.OmgBakery.com/, you can take your pick among classics Vanilla, Chocolate, Carrot cake or Red Velvet and your frosting too : Chocolate Fudge Glaze, Sweet Meringue Buttercream and many other flavours..They come by the dozen, delivered to your door in a pretty box and they just taste, well, sweet. And knowing they’re organic, besides the fact that it’s better for the world, is a pretty good reason to just eat’em. Guilt-free.
Andrew Rowat - Photographer
Andrew Rowat is a photographer. The relation between his background – trained as a marine biologist, and experience - coming to China on a Canadian government intership to work for a state-owned Chinese carpet company, is obvious. Only passion can give you enough mojo to finally do what you love – and make a living doing it.
BuzzandtheCity : Tell us about your work..
Andrew Rowat : My portraits have appeared in the New Yorker and Vanity Fair and my travel work regularly appears in Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure. My lifestyle and design work makes its way into Wallpaper*, Monocle, and Dwell. If you read (and by read I mean look at the pictures) Esquire or GQ you have also seen my work.
A number of years ago I was also identified as one of the Top 30 photographers in the world to watch (creepy I know – thinking that all of these people are peering at you from the shadows), and since then we have had a yearly heaping of 30 more – still it was gratifying to be acknowledged by your peers. [if you google my name + “rising star” or “PDN 30” you can also read some other bios]
Carol Potter, CEO of BBDO Asia
B.C : What is the most fascinating in Shanghai for a photographer?
A.R : Early morning vibrancy. Not many cities can match the hurly burly of early morning Shanghai. Whether it is parks filled with retirees doing tai-chi and ballroom dancing; or long queues of pajama-clad Shanghainese waiting for dumplings and fried pancakes in the cluttered streets of the old city. Early morning in North America means lone joggers, the occasional commuter, but not much else. The other thing that happens in Shanghai, and China generally, when you are photographing is that you tend to attract a crowd. Mind you, you could have a bike accident and the same thing would happen. The Chinese love a spectacle.
Yue-Sai Kan at her home in Shanghai on Wednesday March, 4, 2009. Yue-Sai Kan created China's first major cosmetics brand in 1992, and is a television celebrity, hosting the show 'Yue-Sai's World'.
B.C : You have left Shanghai – temporarily of course, and living in New York. Is it the only place to go after Shanghai?
AR : Hardly. I think New York is a very safe and pedestrian choice after Shanghai as world cities go. I think there are much more interesting, and dynamic choices – Bogota, Santiago, Istanbul, Beirut, Damascus, Sao Paolo, or maybe a nice small village by the ocean in Italy….. (agree on that last choice)
Zhang Yin, the founder of Nine Dragons Paper (ND Paper) at her office and on the floor of Assembly Line 11 on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Zhang Yin topped a list of richest Chinese in 2006, with an estimated wealth of USD 3.4 billion.
Happy 2010 to y’all !
What will be my next move, hmm?
The luckiest of us had nice holidays back home with the family, others searched for the sun under the tropics (hu-hu) and some just stayed in Shanghai enjoying the absence of the boss – unless of course they are the boss… Now it is time to get back to work and I have the feeling this year is going to be full of exciting challenges for us Shanghai and China digital marketing fellows.
So what to expect in 2010 from BuzzandtheCity ?
x More content dedicated to the media industry as this is my first love
x The luxury industry to be talked about, well, because I love beautiful things..
x More interviews, focusing on entrepreneur’s profiles, people who make a difference in our city and CEOs insights
x Focus on the buzz marketing potential in China
x Other suprises on the way, but overall, let’s have some fun in what we do…
What about you? What are your resolutions? What would you like to see on BuzzandtheCity?
Best wishes from B.andtheCity, and thank you for following me and supporting the blog !
The Chanel Pre-Fall 2010 Shanghai show released at the beginning of this month a short film called ‘Paris-Shanghai: Metiers d’Art.’ The film features a fantasy day-dreaming trip Coco Chanel would have made to Shanghai in the 60′s.
Controversy raised as instead of hiring Chinese models – or even Asians, Karl Lagerfeld chose European model’s faces painted as “Yellow Faces” to look Chinese – the racial make-up seems to be the latest trend in the fashion industry as recently seen with black painted models in French Vogue, V Magazine and America’s next Top Model.
According to Lagerfeld “It is an homage to Europeans trying to look Chinese… It is about the idea of China, not the reality…It has the spirit of, and is inspired by, but is unrelated to China. It is not authentic like a Peking Opera or something.”
No matter how many times I read that quote, I still don’t get the homage part. Isn’t a Chinese person the idea of China?
I wonder what is the Chinese reaction…Could Chinese people genuinely connect with Chanel beyond the labeled pretty clothes ?
Feel free to comment ..