In Shanghai, Gallery All and GDD have opened a solo exhibition of newly produced Clay Series works by the always charming Dutch designer Maarten Baas. The title, What’s New?, captures Baas’s wry sense of humor, since the series was first launched 15 years ago—a long time to maintain an aura of newness, but also a very short time to achieve the iconic, 21st-century classic status already bestowed upon Baas’ Clay. The show is on view through September 12th.

“Maarten Baas has been considered an enfant terrible of design ever since he first set fire to a chair and chandelier and made the charred results a finished product—thus challenging notions of beauty, perfection, and authorship… That was in 2002, and ever since, the Dutch designer has continued to question, provoke and amuse. Baas expands the boundaries of design, creating works that embed narratives within the making of objects while transcending the object itself.” —Aric Chen, outgoing Design Miami/ Curatorial Director