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Item number: 2491

The City on a Plate - Shanghai by notNeutral

One of eight featured cities chosen by the notNeutral design team for their reputations as gateways, and for the way each is dealing with the effects of agglomeration as its population begins to reach critical mass. These porcelain plates measure 12” across, with each city’s downtown core printed on a black background. Key buildings are represented with orange icons, while rivers and public spaces are shown in blue and green.

The plates’ designs portray a bold, graphic representation of eight distinctly fascinating cities. Shanghai is one of the most commercially and financially powerful cities in China. Its central location on the Pacific coast has made the city a major gateway between China and the Western world. The city center has a unique organic form, dramatically bisected by the wide curve of the Huangpu River. The areas allotted to foreign powers after the Opium Wars reflect the grid-form of traditional Western city planning.