Lifestyle China

'Lifestyle China1(Simplified Chinese:中国式生活; Traditional Chinese:中國式生活)’ is a qualitative design research project ever organized in China by the Asian Lifestyle Design Research Lab2 of the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

In conjunction with the 10 institutes from the mainland, the project aims to establish a broad-brush understanding of five essential aspects of everyday life (dwelling, food, communication, leisure and clothing) and the related consumption in China, and how these practices of consumption reflect the material lifestyle and eco-awareness of affluent Chinese people in 10 cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Tianjin, Shenyang, and Zhengzhou.

Five areas of study:

‘Lifestyle China’ is a two-year project that commenced in November 2007 and will be completed by October 2009.

Collaboration Institutes

(in alphabetical order)

Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University

Art and design Institute, Wuhan University of Technology

College of design, The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Design Art College, Shenyang Jianzhu University

Department of Industrial Design, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

Department of Industrial Design, The Faculty of Engineering, Ningbo University

School of Arts, Southeast University

School of Art and Design, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry

School of Art Design, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts

School of Fine Arts, Sichuan University

External links

Lifestyle China Project Website3

Asian Lifestyle Design Research Lab4