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Beijing is unlike any other city I have visited. The organizational layout of the city and its population are fascinating. I have visited many other European countries and somehow, perhaps because of the Roman language roots, I have felt understood and at ease. Here in Beijing, however, it’s a complete different story. I cannot imagine [...]

sooo.. when i first landed in beijing, i expected everything to be busy; the streets crowded with people making it literally impossible to maneuver. i guess what shocked me the most was how big the streets were! they’re so wide and completely different from the narrow winded streets i had in mind… almost all the [...]

Hi I am Cheng -Chi Chang, you can call me Max. I am form Taiwan, one of the incoming students of MFADT.  I moved to NYC in 2008. i have been effected a lot by the city, not only in the language or the living style, but also the people, the culture, and the energy. i [...]

hey. so the beijing robyn: an introduction. 

 
robyn is a mfadt 2nd year student at parsons the new school for design. parsons is located in new york city, and so is robyn (generally). robyn decides one day she wants to go to beijing for a great opportunity and *zoom* she’s there, along with fifty other parsons [...]

I honestly had no idea what to expect from china or from this program at all before coming. This was due party to the fact that I wasn’t able to go to all of the meetings last fall because I was in class, partly because the information (syllabus etc) I did receive was fairly ambiguous, [...]

Hi, My name is Eun Ji. I am from Korea and, just finished my foundation year I am going to major in communication design next semester..
I came here to work with new people and have meanungful summer vacation..I had really good time so far.. I can’t wait to meet Tsinghua students next week [...]

Hello Beijing!

 
 
I’m Jocelyn from Taiwan. I will be a junior in Design and Management next semester. I love the color orange, green tea and traveling! This is my first time in Beijing. It’s a very different experience for me. I look forward in meeting and working with all of you:) 

Hi! I’m Soo Jung from South Korea and I will be a junior in BFA Design Technology next semester! Before I came to NYC, I majored in music and traveled other countries such as New Zealand, Europe to experience different cultures. I love being in Beijing now and I’m excited to observe the differences and [...]

We also discussed as a group the context of parks/public spaces within Beijing in a direct correlation to New York. We wanted to study how the areas were used and by whom ( age, sex, appearance). In New York often parks are private or developed locally depending on the surrounding neighborhood and we wanted to [...]

This image illustrates the terror of Swine flu spreading throughout China in the same manner that SARS spread.  We wanted to do something with the pollution of health in China and the reactions of locals to us as Americans.  We want to take the mask idea in the direction of making a 3D model customized [...]