National Treasure Artist

Chapter 190 Daily life after returning to China (for subscription)

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-June, and Bai Gongtong led the team to complete the construction drawings and hand over the follow-up work to designers in Australia.

This day is the second week after returning home. In the afternoon, the weather is just right and the temperature is right.

In the garden and building where Baigongtong studio is located, everyone is busy, and many young faces shuttle among them, either observing or existing as assistants
Most of these young faces are students from Shuimu University, and they were recruited after a series of selections as interns.

And this back mountain, this garden, and this house have long been longed for by the students of Shuimu University and even the entire capital city.

There are rumors among design and art students:

This is the birthplace of many novel ideas, and every theory that comes out will cause a sensation.

This is the place to let your talents shine, and it will never restrict your ideas, even if it may not seem practical!
This is the gathering place for masters and future masters!

Here is the utopia of dreams!
In the garden, the eyes of the interns who passed by could not help but drift to a certain corner, with fanaticism and admiration shining in their eyes.

All they saw was a bench made of pure handmade wood at the place where their eyes looked intentionally or unintentionally.

Davidia Davidson was wearing a white shirt and light blue casual trousers, exuding a lazy temperament all over his body. He even didn't forget to cover his face with a moderately large book to cover up the glare of the sun.

At this time, a handsome young man approached. The young man was dressed meticulously, with an elegant and calm demeanor. He walked to Bai Gongtong's side, showing some helplessness on his face.

I saw the young man shouting loudly:

"Designer Bai Gongtong, designer Bai Gongtong."

"Wake up, wake up"

Bai Gongtong was awakened, and immediately frowned, muttering: "Yazhi, it's not a good habit to disturb people's dreams."

"Designer Bai Gongtong, it's time for you to go to class."

The young man bowed slightly, and answered again.

The voice fell, and the two fell into a brief silence.

But immediately afterwards, Bai Gongtong seemed to remember something, and sat up with a huff.

"Broken! Broken!"

"I'm going to be late, Yazhi, why didn't you call me earlier."

Gongtong looked at her watch, put the book in the creaking nest, and patted her clothes again: "Let's go quickly."

Although he said so in his mouth, it didn't show in his actions at all.

It may be that when rushing to design, we often race against time. This time, when we return to daily life, the comfortable and lazy is especially obvious.

Gongtong paced lightly, her eyes seemed to be open but not open.

The young man behind him, Masayuki Kurokawa, the leader of the young designers of the island country, was a step behind and followed closely.

Masayuki Kurokawa publicly announced that he was following Bai Gongtong, which caused quite a stir at the time.

Especially in the design circle of the island country, all designers are in an uproar!
In their view, Masayuki Kurokawa is the future leader of the design industry in the island country, but now he voluntarily follows a young Chinese designer.

They can't accept such a thing anyway.

Many people repeatedly protested, denounced, and even cursed, but even so, it still did not change Kurokawa Masayuki's decision.

Kurokawa Masayuki's eyes were very calm and calm, and his whole person had a calm and gentle temperament. He looked at Bai Gongtong without regret or even in his heart.

In the past few months, he has made great progress, and he has seen a kind of astonishment from Bai Gongtong.

He noticed that Bai Gongtong was standing at a height that no one else had ever stood, overlooking all living beings.

Masayuki Kurokawa didn't know why he felt this way, but he was sure that it belonged to the insurmountable distance between the two!
Soon, the two walked to the architecture department building of Shuimu University, and walked to the largest lecture hall in the department building.

"Professor Bai, good afternoon."

"Assistant Professor Kurokawa, good afternoon."

"Professor Bai"

"Professor Bai"

"Assistant Kurokawa."

Many students saw the two from a distance and trotted over, shouting respectfully.

He didn't leave after greeting, and walked forward together surrounded by Bai Gongtong.

The amphitheater in the department building was full of students, many of whom even had to stand to attend lectures.

"Good afternoon everyone, nice to see you all again."

Gong Tong stood in front of the podium, smiling, scanning the eyes of the students in the classroom.

Kurokawa Masayuki stood on one side, waiting for orders.

"I found that everyone likes Muji's products very much recently."

Davidia involucrata said again.

I saw that in the classroom, the students were wearing MUJI clothes, there were MUJI water cups, or many other small objects.

This is the result of Feng Jingmo and Bai Gongtong's studio subsidiary business within half a year.

Among them, MUJI has become popular among young people at a very fast speed with a minimalist aesthetic.

Masayuki Kurokawa's attention is also falling on this design, which is mostly white, beige, blue or black.

He had seen it before, but he was still amazed.

He secretly thought that if this kind of design is developed to the island country, it will definitely arouse even more frenzied pursuit.

"Then, in today's class, we will talk about the aesthetics of MUJI!"

As he spoke, Bai Gongtong wrote the words MUJI on the whiteboard behind him.

As soon as his words fell, all the students concentrated and concentrated a lot.

Students like the simple design and aesthetics of MUJI, but they really don't know why.

Next to him, Masayuki Kurokawa stood upright and listened carefully.

"MUJI has removed the trademark, omitted all unnecessary designs, removed all unnecessary processing and colors, and was even so simple that only the materials and functions were left."

Bai Gongtong rested her hands on the podium and said in a deep voice, "I call this concept minimalism, and it is also a philosophy of life."

"Delete redundant things, don't need redundant things to complicate the design, this is the design concept pursued by MUJI."

"Less-is-more, less is more."

"Without any artistic exaggeration and exaggeration, the colors are mostly shown in their true colors, and the form is concise, basically adopting regular and common forms."

Outside the window, the afternoon sun was shining, and Baitongtong inside the house looked calm and talked freely.

Through MUJI, he spreads rich design thinking and aesthetics to students.

This has a huge impact on the students who are new to the design path, and they may even embark on the path of masters in the near future through Bai Gongtong's teaching.

Decades later, someone calculated the statistics and found out in shock that the ten years of Bai Gongtong designer at Shuimu University were the golden period of Shuimu University master blowout!

Dove Tong took a sip of hot tea to moisten her throat, and then said: "This kind of form that is close to 'nothing' is actually the reflection of Zen's 'emptiness' consciousness."

"It is close to our hearts with its pure, simple design style that restores the essence of the product. It shows the quiet and elegant abyssal taste, and makes us realize the simple and honest design spirit."

"Pursue the design elements with the least number of design elements, and metaphorically rich design connotations."

"I think a passage from my ancestors would be perfect."

"The hibiscus comes out of the clear water, and the carvings are naturally removed."

The lecture continued, and the students didn't know how much they had learned, but Masayuki Kurokawa's face was extremely solemn.

Shocked in his heart, he found that this MUJI product seemed to engrave his path.

"Okay, that's all for today's lesson."

The bell rang outside the classroom, Gongtong put down the pen in her hand, looked at the students and said loudly.

After saying that, he clapped his hands and left gracefully.

"Professor Bai!"

Just as he was about to walk out of the classroom door, there was a voice behind him, and his footsteps stopped immediately.

Turning around and looking at the place where the sound came from, it was a young boy. When the boy saw Bai Gongtong looking over, his face flushed and he became a little nervous.

The students in the room also looked at the boy with surprise on their faces, because they were surprised by his courage.

"what's up?"

Bai Gongtong asked with a smile.

"Professor Bai, I want to ask you whether you will attend the gala of the China Architecture Art Forum tonight."

The boy took a deep breath, then gritted his teeth and said repeatedly.

After he finished speaking, he looked expectantly at Bai Gongtong.

The rest of the students in the classroom also showed curiosity and speculation after hearing the words.

In recent months, round after round of forums and lectures have been initiated by the architectural and art circles, as well as famous experts and scholars, with a time period of two months.

The topics of the lectures are:

"Development Direction of Chinese Contemporary Architectural Art"

"Contemporary Architecture and Urban Memory"

"Globalization and localization of planning and design"

"Protection and Development of Historical and Cultural Ancient City"

Etc., etc
From these topics, it can be seen that this vigorous discussion is actually held by domestic architects and artists who are eager to make changes and want to explore and open up a future path for Chinese architectural art.

Tonight's gala is a grand feast for the conclusion of this discussion. It is highly valued in the industry and has a high standard. The participants are old-timers in various fields.

Gains and losses will be summarized in the evening, and corresponding awards will be presented.

Before that, although Gongtong was the most well-known young designer in China, she had never held any forums or lectures, nor participated in such a feast of discussions.

Therefore, the students did not know whether he was eligible to be invited.

Gong Tong raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, put her hands in her pockets carelessly, and responded with a smile:
"It's a secret."

(End of this chapter)