Luxo Jr. is Pixar's lamp mascot that you can see hopping around before your movie starts, has been made into a real life object. A replica of the Pixar lamp called Pinokio and was created by three students at Victoria University of ...
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Finnish retailer S Group has booked higher half-year profits on the back of improved sales. S Group today (16 August) reported a 2.9% increase in first-half profit to EUR80.6m (US$99.6m). Retail sales were up 5.8% to EUR5.84bn. The ...
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Psychological assets like optimism and positive emotion afford protection against cardiovascular disease. It also appears that these factors slow the progression of disease, says a study was published 2012 in Psychological Bulletin. ...
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Dragon Drum is popular in the countryside of Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang City. According to the historical records, it was called "Ya Drum" in the Yuan Dynasty. When it was performed, the drum is carried on the performer's waist, hanging ...
Chinese folk art is vastly different from Western traditional art in philosophy concept, art structure and form, and color composition. Philosophy concept — Chinese folk art, and the art of Chinese officialdom and professional ...
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The Cloth Tiger, which had been very popular in the ancient times of China, is a cloth-made toy. It is a folk handicraft with strong local color due to its varieties and popularity. The Chinese people think that there is a large ...
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By being aware of some of the differences you lessen the impact of culture shock and you make your life considerably easier. Here is a list of some of the more overt cultural differences of Western culture in relation to Chinese culture: ...
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Lapis lazuli is an age-old material in China, having a history of over 2400 years. It was used exclusively by the imperial family. As there were extremely high requirements on the hierarchy of the users, this material was hardly seen in the ...
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Holmes & Marchant has created new packaging design for Dutch coffee roaster Douwe Egberts’s range of flavored instant coffee, called ‘The Flavour Collective’ that targets women. Douwe Egberts gave a brief to Holmes & ...
China is a country with an ancient civilization, and the modern Chinese standards of beauty often mimic those from thousands of years ago. Garment The ancients had their own attitude towards beauty and fashion. "Beauties Wearing ...
Two years after opening its first store in Shanghai, Chinese contemporary craftsmanship brand Shangxia opened its second global boutique in Beijing. Designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the Beijing store pays homage to the ...
In the run up to its 20th Birthday celebrations in March 2013, high-street retailer Splash has launched its first brand TVC, titled 'Fashion Ball'. An extension of 'Fashion 365' that captures the essence of fashion in everyday life, the TVC ...
Shaoxing Pinghu tune,alias"Yuejun Nanci",is called"Shaoxing Pingdiao"for short.This folk art prevails in Shaoxing and the surrounding area,and it gets this name because its major tune is"Pinghu tune".It is said that Shaoxing Pinghu tune was ...
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"An evening of sorts it definitely was,when Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan stopped by the Splash&ICONIC stores in Dubai Mall,to take his entire crew of 60 people on a shopping spree.The gesture was a simple way of saying Thank You to the ...
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UK-Neatly summing up its mission to achieve"the utmost excellence in every part of its business",Sennheiser comes to PLASA 2012 with a bold statement of intent-The Pursuit Of Perfect Sound. Exhibiting on Stand 1-F6,the pursuit of ...
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