China QR Codes FU × AR ෱ Four Trends From WeChat embeds QR code reader as the most In the spring festival just passed, 1 billion Chinese A Designer CEO’s frictionless means for offline interaction. Offline mobile users scan the Chinese character "෱ interactions let you easily LATER scan QR code (good fortune)" that appears in offline scenes Viewpoint for payment, visiting a site, adding a friend, etc. to collect "෱" in Alipay. Voice Transportation WeChat lets people leave up to 60 second voice Hub-less bicycle sharing has become app- messages. People are holding the speak button on enabled so you can pick up a bicycle anywhere. WeChat and speak to the cell phone everywhere. the app unlocks the bike with its built-in chip, It’s leading to micro classes, and micro Q&A apps. solid tires, and is chain-less. “… software makers in China are far from being mere hawkers of pale, tasteless knockoffs forced onto the unsuspecting public living behind the Firewall.” DAN GROVER, IN MORE CHINESE MOBILE UI TRENDS Haibo Lei / Co-founder+CEO at Taihuoniao, Ling Fan / Founder+CEO of Tezign, Professor Min Wang / CAFA Section 2: Design → De$ign 23