ALAN CHAN: COLLECTING INSPIRATION FOR DESIGN
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Source of Inspiration
Private collectors are an important part of the art world, cultural history, and wealth management. Alan Chan is an internationally renowned designer, with an extensive, idiosyncratic body of work that flows across disciplines, through graphics and products to interiors and fine art, greatly inspired by his lifelong passion for collecting.
A Rare Insight
Published by Rizzoli, Milan, and written by Catherine Shaw, Alan Chan: Collecting Inspiration for Design presents the first comprehensive look into the influences and inspirations that have driven his successful designs. Chan has amassed an extensive collection of fine art, antiques, curiosities and collectables from flea markets, art fairs, galleries, and auction houses worldwide - from nineteenth-century export silverware to chinoiserie hand fans, and vintage Louis Vuitton trunks from Paris to lacquer bento boxes from Kyoto, as well as from 100-year-old books and prints to contemporary art by Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn, the Chapman Brothers, Zao Wou-Ki, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhu Ming, and Inoue Yoichii.
Collecting is essential to him in his role as a creative polymath, and has shaped his signature design philosophy “Oriental Passion Western Harmony”, which seamlessly blends art and culture across East and West in a deliberate sublimation of traditional views.
An Archive Album of Alan Chan’s Major Works
This book is a culmination and reflection of Alan’s understanding of design and Asian aesthetics through many of his own photographs of the extraordinary pieces he has collected, as well as a select few of his designs that they have inspired. Some notable projects include visual identity for the Seibu Japan HELLO! HONG KONG project (1987), packaging for The Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop (1989 and 2006), the timeless Seiko clock design (1998), the Chinese logotype for Coca-Cola (2003), the limited edition Louis Vuitton tea trunks (2016 and 2018), and the interior and art programme for the exclusive Genting Rouge VIP casino lounge in Kuala Lumpur (2015).
At the Crossroads
“I see my life as a book, a journey of creation and collection, of give and take across East and West,” writes Alan Chan as he characterises his body of work. The Hong Kong-based collector and designer could not have lived in a better place or at a better time. Building on its success as a burgeoning trading port and industrial base, Hong Kong also welcomed the opening up of China and subsequent globalisation. Alan Chan was able to add to his collection aesthetically and historically significant treasures at a major cultural crossroads in the age of global exchange. This book documents the flow of objects that have shaped who we are today.
