Abstract

As an emerging global city, Shanghai has experienced significant growth in its creative economy over the past two decades. By reconstructing a large number of old constructions into creative industry clusters, Shanghai has attracted a significant number of creative talents from across the globe. Informed by the theoretical discourse on the social network- based understanding of the production of creative spaces, this paper engages in a semi-structured interview analysis to shed light on the formation mechanism of place-anchored networks in Shanghai’s design industries. Creative spaces for the design industry in Shanghai are largely concentrated in inner-city areas and consist of six functional types: design enterprises or studios, arts and creative parks, educational institutions, exhibition centres, social networking spaces, and cultural and business areas. These multi-layered creative spaces are formed through intensive social interactions, knowledge spillovers, and functional complementation among creative designers and institutions. Finally, the implications of place-anchored networks for creative industries are discussed within the context of the planning and design of creative cities.

摘要

作为新兴的国际化城市，上海在过去二十年的创意经济发展迅猛。上海通过将大量旧建筑改造为创意产业集群，吸引了来自世界各地的大量创意人才。基于社交网络对创意空间生产理解的理论论述，本文采用半结构化访谈分析，以阐明上海设计行业中地方锚定网络的形成机制。上海设计产业的创意空间主要集中在市中心区域，包括六大功能类型：设计企业或工作室、艺术创意园区、教育机构、展览中心、社交空间、以及文化和商业领域。这些多层次的创意空间是通过创意设计师和机构之间密集的社会互动、知识溢出和功能互补而形成的。最后，在创意城市的规划和设计背景下讨论了以地点为锚定的网络对创意产业的影响。