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Design Grids: The Chinese Army training for the National Day Parade

ChinaSMACK has some interesting pictures of the Chinese Army using grids to train for the National Day Parade (bringing the idea of “standing still” to a whole new level!)

ChinaSMACK has some interesting pictures of the Chinese Army using grids to train for the National Day Parade (bringing the idea of “standing still” to a whole new level!)

Here are some photographs of the Chinese military training for the upcoming October 1st National Day parade. This holiday will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the new China. As you can see, they are using string to create lines that will help make sure that the troop formations are uniform. The five lines are: head, chest, gun, hand, and foot…

The Chinese Army training for the National Day Parade, by ChinaSMACK
The Chinese Army training for the National Day Parade, by ChinaSMACK

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By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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