Chinese Takeaway

Minion Dee

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SOCIETY & CULTURE
UPDATED BIWEEKLY

Your Chinese cultural insights ready to go. This biweekly show is brought to you by Dee, a Chinese architect and London urbanite, along with the traveled guests from the West and the East. We will provide you with lived experience in China: what life is like, what is the latest in trend, and what do people aspire to on the 'other side' of the world?

3D AGO

Igea Troiani - Neoliberalism, Femina Domestica, WLB

Igea is Professor and Head of the School of Architecture and Planning at LSBU. She is an architect and academic with nearly 30 years of experience, gained in the UK, China, Germany, and Australia. Igea’s key areas of research include the social production of the architect, architecture and media, and architectural labour, neoliberalism and sustainable ecologies. Her books include the Politics of Making, Architecture Filmmaking, Spaces of Tolerance and the most recent, Work-Life Balance in Architecture. She has supervised 100s of dissertations at the undergrad and post-grad level and also welcomes potential PhD students reaching out to her.

50 min
FEB 13

#13 Vicky Richardson - writing, journalism, curation

Vicky Richardson is a curator, writer and educator. She is the former Head of Architecture and Drue Heinz Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts. She is launching a new curatorial office, Pick Up Architecture, which is working on exhibitions internationally. She is also Director of Grymsdyke Farm,a maker-space and design school just outside London, and teaches at the Bartlett School of Architecture. In this episode, Vicky shares her journey of exploring her interest in journalism, writing, exploring the arts and immersing herself in the cultural life centred around Camden in London. Check out Pick Up Architecture https://pickuparchitecture.com/hello@pickuparchitecture.com@vcky_rchrdsn

55 min
FEB 1

#12 Jackie Wu - Climbing, Motion and Game

Jackie Wu is a motion designer and game developer. More importantly, he is a climbing enthusiast who practices weekly with Dee. This episode rambles through many topics, including climbing in London, queer community, the pride parade in Taiwan, language barriers, tattoos, Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, motion design and game development.

42 min
11/05/2025

#11 Listening to Audiobooks at work

Chinese Takeaway makes a comeback after a 6-month break. In this episode, I discussed my experience of listening to Audiobooks, how it fits into work, and some of the highlights and reviews of the books I listened to lately.

24 min
05/18/2025

MONOLOGUE - Chinese Takeaway and I

In this episode, Dee delivers a reflective monologue on the origins of the Chinese Takeaway podcast and her journey so far. The conversation with Dee herself stretches from her professional background as an architect in London, the cross-cultural lived experience in her twenties, and her current outlook on life. This is also an open invitation to listeners and podcast enthusiasts to join her in exploring, questioning, and unpacking the myths of Chinese identity and global modern culture.

19 min
04/19/2025

Nico Boccadoro - Spirituality, Meditation, Architecture

Nico Boccadoro is an Italian architect and follower of Japanese Buddhism. He currently lives and works in a London. As part of his busy daily life, Nico practices Daimoku and various meditations. He enjoys cultural diversity as a way for personal growth. Stemming from a Catholic background and his personal pursuit of spirituality in life and in architecture, Nico offers a very unique perspective in beliefs and trans-cultural lifestyle.

49 min
03/17/2025

Rand Ghobril - Well-being, Balance, Architecture

Rand is a practising architect who lives in London. Having worked in Lebanon, Romania and London, she adapts her view on well-being to the changing environment of the practice. What is it like to work in a cross-cultural architectural Corporation? How do we address well-being with our personal development? What kind of resilience do we need to live in a cosmopolitan city?

39 min
02/04/2025

Jess Yu - Art, Education, AI in Architecture

Jess Yu is from Tianjin, China. She has studied and practised architecture in New York City, Copenhagen, London and Shanghai. Jess returned before the pandemic to Shanghai, where she started to teach Western architectural history and design studio in XJTLU. Since her return, she also founded Jess Yu Design Studio, where she takes on projects in diverse scale and format. Jess is now a resident artist for Swatch, at Shanghai’s Peace Hotel. In this episode, we discussed her reverse cultural shock, her experience in teaching and practising, both abroad and in China, the role of AI in current-day architectural education, the architectural market, and some hopeful notes for a new generation of designers.

58 min

Your Chinese cultural insights ready to go. This biweekly show is brought to you by Dee, a Chinese architect and London urbanite, along with the traveled guests from the West and the East. We will provide you with lived experience in China: what life is like, what is the latest in trend, and what do people aspire to on the 'other side' of the world?

Creator

Minion Dee
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

14
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© Minion Dee
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