Beauty in China: Impressions from ReD Associates’ research in China
This short video presents a glimpse into what it means to be a woman in today's China.
A Postcard from the Field: China
While China is ever more in the spotlight and speculation grows around how the pandemic will shift our world order, we are interested in how behaviors and values are evolving and mutating. How have, for example, habits and social interactions changed – and which changes are likely to persist?
Riding with Heidegger: A New Perspective on the Premium Vehicle
How Heidegger’s notion of dwelling helps understand problems with the vehicle space.
Observing China Through Real People: An Ethnographer's Notes from the Field
A ReD partner recounts his meeting with a man who has lived through China’s enormous transformation.
Suzhi Kids
With China’s modernization, parents are caught between new and traditional ways of parenting, and the truism that Chinese children don’t play or have fun is being challenged.
Chinese Women’s Obsession With Beauty
A look at the norms and practices behind Chinese women’s attitudes toward outward beauty and skincare.
Are Women Stuck In A Men’s Club In China?
ReD explores the culture around Chinese business banquets from a career-driven woman’s perspective.
Quartz: There's A Culture Clash Occurring Across Urban China And It's Benefiting Women
Charlotte Vangsgaard argues that the Chinese film “Tiny Times” reveals that modern women are closing the country’s gender gap, not vice versa.
Function And Change In China: Reviving Mauss’ “Total Social Fact” To Gain Knowledge Of Changing Markets
This case study of alcohol in China revives Mauss’s concept of the total social fact as a means of understanding new markets.