Email:

com.hang@qq.com

Title

Professor

Academic (Part-time) Services

Honorary Curator, Art Museum of China Academy of Art

Deputy Director, Teaching Steering Committee for Art Theory in Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education

Vice Chairman, and Director, Theory Committee, China National Arts & Crafts Society

Deputy Director of the Theory Committee, China Artists Association

Vice President, China Folk Literature and Art Association

Research Interests

Design history and theory, research on ancient Chinese material culture, art museum management

Academic Claims

Design is a way to spark new ways of thinking in life, and building an independent system for Chinese design art is key to guiding design toward more democratic, service-oriented, and thoughtful development.

Academic Achievements

His major works include A History of Chinese Arts and Crafts Aesthetics, The Philosophy of Craftsmanship, The Tao of Design: Fundamental Issues of Chinese Design, The Kindness of Design, Design from the Homeland, and Design Meditations. He is the chief curator of the 1st Beijing International Design Triennial, Aesthetic City: Shanghai Design Exhibition, the 1st to 4th China Design Exhibition and Public Art Thematic Exhibitions, the 1st and 2nd Three Paths - Academic Nomination Exhibition of China’s Contemporary Crafts, and the Mexico Contemporary Art Exhibition, among others.

In addition, he is the chief expert of “The Contemporary Value of Traditional Chinese Crafts,” a major project of the National Social Science Fund of China.

Teaching

Undergraduate course: Design Criticism