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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. Liu yang astronaut born 1978, first chinese woman astronaut launched into space. This soloshow east meets west by yang liu, which was placed at. Yang liu has 58 books on goodreads with 714 ratings. Sep 20, 2014 the activity uses the simple but startlingly canny imagery created by yang liu for her infographic book, east meets west. Jan 06, 2017 cultural differences of east vs west in pictograms. 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. Blue western culture red eastern culture way of life westerners assert a lot more independence and individualism. This is not technically a book, but more of a collection of pictures, which are very interesting to look into.
She became an artist and made a series of pictures comparing german and chinese culture. Neat pictograms from yang liu explore the differences between east and west already an online phenomenon, east meets west is the first volume in designer yang liu s successful infographic series. Oct 29, 2009 naturally, were headoverheels with designer yang lius ingenious east meets west infographic series, tackling everything from differences in selfperception to evolution of transportation. The cultural differences between east and west, according. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Since 2010 yang liu is professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. Visual artist and designer yang liu, based in germany east meets west germany meets china. Yang liu is a berlinbased graphic artist, professor and the head of the department of communications design at the berlin technical art university. An infographic portrait juxtaposes eyecatching infographics that cleverly distill her observations of the two cultures.
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