Aric Chen

Curator / Architecture; Graphic Design; Product Design / China / M+, West Kowloon Cultural District

Objects of Design, Sources of Knowledge: Aric Chen’s Book List

Books are objects of design, sources of knowledge, excuses to procrastinate, absolutely essential, sometimes wonderfully pointless, and—yes—fantastic to hold.

 

设计之物,知识之源:陈伯康的书单

书是设计对象,是知识之源,拖延症的上好托辞,绝对的必需品,有时好得全无用处,同时——是的——拥有的感觉更棒。

Chinese translation by Lynn Zhang.

3 books
Cao Xueqin

An 18th-century Chinese literature classic. So narratively complex, it’s like excavating an entirely different worldview.

红楼梦

曹雪芹

18世纪中国文学名著之一。叙事精妙复杂,仿佛在挖掘一个全新的世界。

Orhan Pamuk

I haven’t been to the actual museum in Istanbul, but this book makes it a pilgrimage high on my list.

纯真博物馆

奥尔罕·帕慕克

我还没有亲自拜访伊斯坦布尔的实体博物馆。但这本书让它排在了我的朝圣榜首位。

Italo Calvino

One of the most profound and inspired literary examinations of the city: its possibilities and how we might read, understand and imagine it.

看不见的城市

伊塔洛·卡尔维诺

关于城市最深刻、最具启发的文学探索:城市的可能性,以及我们应从何开始解读、认识和想象它。

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