http://www.idasia.org/the-chin-family/ Showcasing Design and Designers from Asia and Beyond Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.idasia.org/the-chin-family/#comment-686 geraint Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:17:53 +0000 http://idasia.org/?p=85#comment-686 Just saw this and although is an old post, i think is quite a repulsive project. If alessi is trying to enter the asian/chinese market with this product that obviously stereotypes asian features into slanted slitty eyes, it has no chance. For the american or italian markets where they like kitschy portrayals of oriental culture and to invoke a laugh maybe this will sell, but for a design concscious or affluent chinese homeowner to buy this and put it in their house so that they can feel amused by these caricatures of their culture and features? Not in a million years. This is for tourists in cheap tourist shops, and unbefitting for the collection of alessi nor the taiwan national museum. Just saw this and although is an old post, i think is quite a repulsive project. If alessi is trying to enter the asian/chinese market with this product that obviously stereotypes asian features into slanted slitty eyes, it has no chance. For the american or italian markets where they like kitschy portrayals of oriental culture and to invoke a laugh maybe this will sell, but for a design concscious or affluent chinese homeowner to buy this and put it in their house so that they can feel amused by these caricatures of their culture and features? Not in a million years. This is for tourists in cheap tourist shops, and unbefitting for the collection of alessi nor the taiwan national museum.

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