China’s Ancient Blind Box: The Story of Mi-se Porcelain | Michelle Jialin Cen | TEDxYuehai St Studio

Do you know labu or those blind box figurines that instantly sell out once they hit the shelf. In fact, this craze for scarcitydriven hype, something that is rare, has a story and make people chase after it is not new at all. Over a thousand years ago, the Chinese had their own version of a limited edition trendy item.It was miso porcelain or called secret color porcelain. So today my talk is about how we can use the inspiration of blind box culture to think about ways of bringing miso porcelain this ancien ...