《当代中国》是2008年9月Thames \u0026 Hudson出版的图书，作者是Michael Freeman、Xiao Dan Wang。

The first major survey of the new directions in style taken by the designers of Beijing, Shanghai, and other major Chinese centers.

Parallel to China's rapid economic growth is a boom in the decorative and fine arts, in interior design, and in 建筑 This book showcases some of the most exciting examples of the new wave of Chinese 设计 through the stunning photography of Michael Freeman and the perceptive commentaries and interviews of Chinese journalist Xiao Dan Wang.

The book is divided into four main sections:

1.Continuity: in the Green T House, Beijing, for example, the elegant lines of Ming Dynasty chairs have been lengthened and curved to create artifacts of a spectacular modernity.

2.Color focuses on the use of traditional color schemes in new materials, like the predominant subtle whites in the Beijing apartment of two graduates from the top art college in China, the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

3.Conversion shows the ways in which older buildings (factories and apartment blocks) of the Communist era are being refurbished in visually exciting ways.

4.Crossover explores the new China's willingness to embrace influences from other cultures, as in the spectacular Shanghai apartment of Pearl Lam, an internationally known art dealer.

A directory of locations completes this visually spectacular account of the most advanced and exciting projects in new Chinese 设计 304 color illustrations.

第一个非政府调查的新方向被设计风格的北京、上海市、及其他中国的主要中心。

平行于中国经济的快速增长是一个繁荣，在装饰、美术、室内设计、建筑。本书展示了一些最令人兴奋的新浪潮的例子中国设计通过惊人的摄影迈克尔·弗里曼和感知评论和访谈的中国记者小丹王建民。

本书共分为四个主要部分:

1.连续性：在这绿色的T的房子，北京，例如，精美线条的明代椅子已经延长、弯曲创造一个引人入胜的现代性的产物。

2.颜色集中在使用传统的色彩方案在新材料，如主要的微妙的白人在北京的住宅公寓从山顶上两个毕业生艺术学院在中国，中央美术学院。

3.转换显示方式，老建筑(工厂和公寓楼群)社会主义时期是在视觉刺激方式。翻新

4.交叉探索了新中国愿意接受其他文化的影响，在上海的住宅公寓壮观珍珠林,一个国际知名的艺术品经销商。

一个目录地点完成该视觉独特性考虑最先进和最令人兴奋的项目在中国新设计。304余幅插图，彩色印刷。