In addition to new technologies and manufacturing technologies, design must face the issue of social responsibility. My first concern is the news censorship system.I am a Chinese who grew up in Paris. When I back to my hometown,the difference of the censorship system between China and France interested me a lot.
I visited Ai Weiwei’s exhibition.He is one of China’s most prolific and provocative contemporary artists（Sorace, 2014）. In 2014, Ai Weiwei hosted the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibition in Miami, Florida, USA. According to the museum’s official website, Ai Weiwei’s exhibition aims to reveal its constant questioning of Chinese society, politics and culture.
He makes me think of that as a design major, learning related skills is necessary. At the same time, design students must pay attention to new technologies. On the other hand, The expression of design must focus on social issues.
According to the 2019 Press Freedom Index, China’s press freedom ranking is the fifth lowest in the world. Even in today’s world when something does not go in favor of the Chinese government and their fear unrest among their populations they simply lock down those information on the internet to avoid distribution of those information.Chinese people nowadays seems get used to it and no one doubts is it real good thing for their sociality, but in 30 years ago ,in 80s China, a lot of people parade through streets and ask for the freedom of press.
Why do they change?What Covered their mouth ?.In my mind the worst thing is that no people can talk about the truth,and a normal society allows people to express their different views rather than only eulogizing.That’s why after these research I chose freedom of the press is the matter of my design concern this time
References
Sorace, C. (2014). China’s Last Communist: Ai Weiwei. Critical Inquiry, 40(2), 396-419.
“2019 World Press Freedom Index”. Reporters Without Borders. 2019.