Berlin, December 1948: With German cities in ruins after World War II and the country's male population decimated, it fell to the women to clean up the rubble.

He paid for 30 days of music lessons for a woman who did not play any instrument before and then invited her from Beijing to a little solo concert at a gallery in Berlin.

A new book from Taschen titled man Meets Woman, features simple green and pink pictograms by Beijing-born, Berlin-based designer Yang Liu that examine modern gender roles.