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When Qingdao-born, London-based fashion designer
Zhang Huishan achieved major success on the
international catwalk recently, it signified the arrival of
Chinese tastemakers onto the world’s design stage. It also
helped put to rest the much-maligned “made in China” tag,
with its stereotypical connotations of poorly produced,
cheaply made products that fall apart as soon as you touch
them. Is China finally being accepted by Western design
gurus? We speak with three up-and-coming design talents
from Scoot’s Chinese destinations to find out.
DISCARDING THE STIGMAS
that undermine their country’s
manufacturing industry,
CREATIVE TRAILBLAZERS
from all
over
URBAN CHINA
are determined to place the
PRC
at the
FOREFRONT
of
INNOVATION
in
CRAFT
and
ARTISTRY.
FAN YIXUAN
hears of their
GRAND DESIGNS
