Culture club
Ten years ago, Wallpaper* sent a team of its best people to survey modern China. Aptly named ‘Made in China’, the special issue explored the vast landscape of the country’s creativity, connected with its movers and shakers, and attempted to paint a picture of its future. In the past decade, we have witnessed China’s rapid development in its creative industries, surpassing itself in every way. What was seen as the world’s factory has evolved to become ‘China by Design’.
China’s fortunes have fluctuated vastly throughout its long history, but now, thanks to its colossal manufacturing industry, its meteoric economic rise since the late-20th century has generated a middle class that is reviving interest in the nation’s culture. The country that gave its name
