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Synopsis
- A showcase of 120 items in everyday use
- Features interviews with 10 local craftsmen
- Includes addresses for 24 handicraft shops and museums in Shanghai
- Text in English and Chinese
The numerous items of everyday material culture that we employ in housework, cleaning, office work and entertainment are more than mere disposable objects. In a sense, they represent one of the ways for us to understand the idiosyncratic lifestyles and traditions of various places and peoples. A great number of these household items and daily necessities come from the handiwork of anonymous craftsmen, who have learned their skills through family inheritance or apprenticeship.
This book presents 120 selected items of everyday use, currently available in Shanghai in one way or another. Alongside photographs and illustrations, the book also includes interviews with craftsmen living in Shanghai, who specialise in bamboo, wood, straw, iron, and cloth, to portray and share the endeavours of craftsmen as a whole, as well as the intimate details of their lives in Shanghai. Hopefully, this book will help to introduce the ideas of environmental friendliness and resource preservation to readers looking for novel concepts, and to people who care about the development of Shanghai.
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About the Author
Zhou Qi, a writer and designer. She plans, writes and designs books and publications on the theme of local Shanghai culture. In the past 20 years, her studio has cooperated with more than 30 art museums, galleries and publishing houses on more than 100 art, exhibition and publishing projects.
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The numerous items of everyday material culture that we employ in housework, cleaning, office work and entertainment are more than mere disposable objects. In a sense, they represent one of the ways for us to understand the idiosyncratic lifestyles and traditions of various places and peoples. A great number of these household items and daily necessities come from the handiwork of anonymous craftsmen, who have learned their skills through family inheritance or apprenticeship.
This book presents 120 selected items of everyday use, currently available in Shanghai in one way or another. Alongside photographs and illustrations, the book also includes interviews with craftsmen living in Shanghai, who specialise in bamboo, wood, straw, iron, and cloth, to portray and share the endeavors of craftsmen as a whole, as well as the intimate details of their lives in Shanghai. Hopefully, this book will help to introduce the ideas of environmental friendliness and resource preservation to readers looking for novel concepts, and to people who care about the development of Shanghai.
Text in English and Chinese.
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- PublisherTongji University Press
- Publication date2025
- ISBN 10 7560852408
- ISBN 13 9787560852409
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageChinese
- Edition number1
- Number of pages180
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paperback. Condition: New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date :2013-08-01 Pages: 144 Language: Chinese Publisher: Tongji University Press groceries. everywhere in life : housework. cooking . work. play - is that we understand the different areas of life and cultural traditions one of the ways . Grocery mostly from unknown craftsman . whose hand-made craft . from family or apprenticeship in part by early urban cluster production has become the basis for industrial and economic development . part of it still maintains individual handma.Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back. Seller Inventory # BR072038
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