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#THEUNREASONABLEWOMAN


The reasonable woman adapts herself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to herself. And we believe they are ones who can change the world, and they've been changing themselves while shifting the world.  And we see these changes are evolutions. We've

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Biotech Artist


During the last 100 years, there has been exponential growth in technology and in every aspect of our lives. As we’ve developed technology, especially electronic devices, we’ve actually changed our environment vastly. But we’ve never been able to sense that layer of reality. If you can have

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The Unreasonable Live | Home-cook – A Taste of Home


On the Christmas Eve of 2016, we invited three excellent home cooks from Home-cook platform to share their cookings with 30 readers of us. During the first part of the event, one of the staff from Home-cook App introduced and explained the concept of Home-cook. After that, here comes the

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Future Travel Explorer


In 2013, Elon Musk of SpaceX released the preliminary paper and name for the Hyperloop. What is the Hyperloop? Imagine being able to go from Amsterdam to Paris in 30 minutes. Imagine being able to go from Shanghai to Chengdu in less than 5 hours. A way to travel that is faster than a plane, but

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Founder of Home-Cook


Have you ever wonder why we only eat at home or restaurants? Why couldn’t we eat at our neighbours'? Why don’t we ask our neighbours to cook for us? Here, a man has broken the boundary of neighbourhood and created a brand new food delivery platform——Home-Cook. From the preparation of

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Highland Brewer


In light of the steady rise in China's craft beer consumption, Shangri-La Beer has emerged as a leader in the current craft beer revolution, boasting sustainable beer with premium ingredients while offering six palette-exciting brews and counting.  The motivation behind the founding of

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The Unreasonable Live|Super Monkey – Midnight Gym Party


Normally young people who live in cities would choose to go partying or drinking during weekends, but here near Jing'an Temple in Shanghai city centre, a midnight gym party is about to start. Different from the Unreasonable salon before, this time we choose to hold a group class at this

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MOBILE SPACE DESIGNERS


 This is a story about two women “hatching” an egg of creativity.  ‘ We eventually sketched an egg on paper after drawing many squares and diamond shapes. Then we decided to create an egg shape because metaphorically all the possibilities came from an egg.’ said Joyce Cheng, who was an

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The Unreasonable Live | Shangguan Zhe – Rap, Graffiti & Fashion


Gathering together a group of unreasonable people to create something beyond reasonable, this is what we learned from Sankuanz episode. For the Unreasonable Live this time, we’ve invited Shangguan Zhe from Xia Men to Shanghai , and also invited two unexpected friends of him: MC PQ and

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FITNESS LIFE PIONEER


It all started with an unintentional joke: “what if there’s a gym I can go whenever I want, it’s like a vending machine always being there. ” Because of this joke made by Tiao Tiao (Liu Shuting), Gua Gua and Ke Qi, her two other partners decided to join her and create Super Monkey, a

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FASHION DESIGNER


Three years and six fashion seasons span between the first collection and today, in which Sankuanz moved from the brand that shook Shanghai Fashion Week to one that incessantly causes turmoil on European Menswear catwalks. From London to Paris, industry circles are churning the hot topic of

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The Unreasonable x YiHAUS – The Randomness of Design


Anomaly has partnered with the recently opened Shanghai Village to create the Unreasonable Atelier. The Unreasonable Atelier is part of YiHAUS, an exciting cultural platform within the Village that selects the most important innovations emerging from the dynamic convergence of

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The Unreasonable Salon | Zhang Quan – Serving Noodles at Gallery


Zhang Quan has given us an unforgettable afternoon at the Unreasonable Salon with his great sense of humor. “First of all, I want to prove that I am a real artist.” Zhang Quan announced seriously, “I’d like to share my work with you.” In order to clarify that he is an artist who opens

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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST


Nowadays, too much attention is paid to how fancy or cool technology is. As people become absorbed in these superficial values, they also tend not to notice how they’ve become estranged to other people because of it. Eddie believes that technology can be used in a more meaningful way. For him,

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GRASSROOTS ARTIST


He says: “A lot of the contemporary art we see today doesn’t cater to children at all. They walk out of a museum with a foggy head, not having understood anything.” He says: “I want to make art that can be understood by anyone - even children. Only then I am truly happy. It’s like

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FOUNDER OF MODERN SKY


“It’s actually not that difficult to live a contented life. All of us could choose an easy way of living, one without struggle. But that path wasn’t for me. Instead, I chose a more challenging, riskier path — similar to that of a gambler. Just like organising a music festival is always a

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The Unreasonable Salon | Daini Xu- A breath of independence


Having worked in the Internet industry for several years, Daini Xu finally created her own “Oxygen” app in 2014. “Oxygen” has more than a hundred international and domestic designer lingerie brands, some of which proved incredibly inspirational to Daini and her team. The lingerie itself

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The Unreasonable Salon | Zhang Fan - The pedigree of a start-up


Zhang Fan opened up by telling us about his unique work and life experiences, from becoming a college drop-out at age 19 to setting up LiuLiu. Having studied design, he decided to start his own graffiti studio after leaving college — a move that rattled his family and ultimately set him out on

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DESIGN SHANGHAI – MAKE IT HAPPEN


The Unreasonable is invited to Design Shanghai 2016 to give a talk at seminar, to share the secrets of being unreasonable. How does one achieve a phenomenal career? How does one create value for oneself and society? How does one jump from the reasonable and into the unreasonable? “The

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UNDERWEAR CULTURE INNOVATOR


“There are people who see a “goddess” as a woman with big breasts. And if she shows a lot of cleavage, they call that sexy. Personally, I think that being sexy is about an entire person’s beauty, and not just about physical attractiveness.” Daini Xu In the last twenty years, China’s

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Pet Network Creator


“You got a pet to cure loneliness, but now you’re just raising a lonely pet” - Zhang Fan China’s one-child policy and rapid urbanisation have made loneliness an eminent part in the lives of many Chinese. As a result, more and more people have started to keep pets as an antidote to

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The Unreasonable Salon | Li Qi – Free Ride and Craftsmanship


In December, we interviewed Wang Qiumin and Zong Boyu for a customized motorcycle craftsmen story. For the subsequent The Unreasonable Salon at baseCo, we invited Li Qi, a renowned fashion photographer to join our talk. Li Qi started painting at a young age. Later, he switched to photography

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Urban Co-op Farmer


“I always have this dream where I can’t find my way home. Always searching, always trying, but I can’t ”, says Ben. “I probably still find it difficult to put my heart into the city.” Ben was born in Huang Gang, a small village in Wuhan. He left home and attended university when

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THE UNREASONABLE SALON SERIES COMMENCES


The first in what will be an ongoing series of unreasonable talks began this weekend, giving people the opportunity to meet and discuss face to face with the people featured on The Unreasonable platform. The inaugural salon was hosted by Steve Ge, founder of Xin Wei Cook and subject of

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Master Craftsman


“When everybody is doing the same thing, you should never follow along. Because the successful ones are the minority, they do things differently”- Harley Wang Harley Wang, the godfather of the custom motorcycle industry in China, has been working in this industry for more than ten years. In

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Food Fundamentalist


Fish from Iceland, beef and lamb from Australia, vegetables from local organic farms, carefully prepared by the most professional cooks, all wrapped in an exquisite package that allows you to cook it at home in 30 minutes for a fine dining experience with your loved ones. This is a rare picture

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Community Creator


Though life and work are intertwined, the relationship between the two has changed drastically in recent years. Today, with the advent of new technologies, people are able to have more freedom to chose their work and do what they love. The boundaries between passion, work, and life have also

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Co-founder of M.Y lab


Xu Guangju is the co-founder of M.Y lab, which is a woodworking studio where one can be taught to make one’s own wood products. People old and young come here to spend time ranging from a day to a week working on their choice of project such as fruit plate, chair, or toy car.  Previous students

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Rural Revivalist


While most people living in the rural area leave for big cities, curator Ou Ning has left his home in Beijing and moved to the Bishan village in Yi County, Huang Mountain. He resides here with his whole family,  working towards revitalizing the rural community as we know it the Bishan Project.

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Eco Organizer


With all the environment issues in China, it will be easy for architect Sherry Poon and her family to just move back to Canada. But they chose to live in Shanghai. Sherry saw that there are actually a lot of companies in China who are moving towards becoming more sustainable, but there is no

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