About Author

Christopher Crouch is Professor of Visual Arts at Southwest University in Chongqing, China, and holds honorary professorships in universities in Beijing, Luoyang, and Zhengzhou. He holds a PhD and an MA from Liverpool University and a BA from the University of Leeds. He is the author of Modernism in Art, Design and Architecture (also published in a Chinese-language edition) and Design Culture in Liverpool 1880–1914, the coauthor of Doing Research in Design, and the editor of Subjectivity, Creativity and the Institution. Dr. Crouch is also part of the editorial team for the award-winning Chinese-language publication New Encyclopedia of Chinese Cultures.