{"product_id":"yang-liu-europe-meets-usa-9783836592123","title":"Yang Liu. Europe Meets Usa 9783836592123","description":"\u003cp class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eCulture Shock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eEurope and the USA—Yang Liu draws comparisons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYang Liu uses her wonderfully apt pictograms to \u003cstrong\u003edisplay the discordances between American and European customs\u003c\/strong\u003e with wit and wisdom. In\u003cem\u003e Europe meets USA\u003c\/em\u003e she captures her own experiences of living on both sides of the Atlantic, twinkling a fresh light onto the more obvious confusions. She also reveals the less conscious prejudices that exist between the denizens of the small continent of Europe and those of the giant United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the usual view of our divergences is full of clichés in which there are grains of truth, the same is true in reverse. From shopping to commuting, from going to school to romance, from working to annual leave, from football to heros—with \u003cstrong\u003e128 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e, this \u003cstrong\u003elinen-bound booklet\u003c\/strong\u003e invites each side to appreciate the anomalies, \u003cstrong\u003echange perspective and look at the world through the other’s eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe artist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYang Liu\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1976 in Beijing. After studying at the University of Arts Berlin (UdK), she worked as a designer in Singapore, London, Berlin, and New York. In 2004 she founded her own design studio, which she continues to run today. In addition to holding workshops and lectures at international conferences, she has taught at numerous universities in Germany and abroad. In 2010 she was appointed a professor at the BTK University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Her works have won numerous prizes in international competitions and can be found in museums and collections all over the world\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 128\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edwards Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55662731395397,"sku":"9783836592123","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/yang_liu_europe_usa_va_int_3d_08006_2205201057_id_1387260.jpg?v=1758024620","url":"https:\/\/elcol.com\/products\/yang-liu-europe-meets-usa-9783836592123","provider":"Edwards Lowell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}