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Designer: Yuchen Chen Work: Book Design Tag: Print

Time Capsule

The book is about the history of graphic design. Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. In order to hold audience's interest, adding interactiveness to the book, designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics, this book attempt to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience's actions and also to be handled and experienced.

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Designer: Jurga Rakauskaite-Larkin Work: Academic Book Tag: Print

Vicereines of Ireland

Vicereines of Ireland is an academic book about a group of overlooked women in Irish history. The design captures the rich material world of these women and also reflects the humanity of their actions. The colour palette was taken from blush pink paints that survive on the paint palette of one of the women. The end papers were inspired by an old Italian marbled notebook and were made with a traditional spot marbling technique that was then digitally adapted. A gold foil frame is blocked on the hardcover behind the cover image, so the woman shown comes forward.

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Designer: Liao Jin-Zhi Work: Communicative Visual Book Tag: Print

Defy

Defy is a book cover design created for a published title about anarchism. A pair of glasses forms the main visual element and is coated with spot varnish to make the texture look more realistic. The cover and the belly band show common objects that people in Taiwan often use to build barricades, such as traffic cones, barrels and benches. Industrial packaging paper is used as the printing material. The color scheme of red, black and white suggests rebellion and revolution. The familiar objects link an abstract idea to daily life.

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Designer: DONG QI Work: Book Tag: Print

Xicang Market

Xicang Market is a book that documents a weekly street market in Xi'an, China. The book records the objects used as stalls, the ways of displaying goods, the handwritten signs and the relationship between people and objects. The design is kept minimal so that the material is simply presented. The book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors. Each chapter is independent and restores part of the market scene. Paper similar to the advertising flyers found at the market was chosen for one chapter.

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Designer: Paul Robb Work: Typographic Book Tag: Print

Light Luce

After the devastating earthquake of 2016, the Umbria Region of Italy required a reposition of its communications. This catalog is that journey displaying the cultural riches of unknown areas of the territory. Each of the section index pages was designed focusing on communicating that storytelling. Although mainly a photography journey of light and unseen culture, the textual part of the catalog has been treated to balance the visual story.

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Designer: Junheng Li Work: Books Design Tag: Print

The Classic of Tea

The Classic of Tea is a book design based on the earliest known written record of tea. The book and its packaging are made entirely of beech wood. The central title is carved in red copper. Each page is a wooden panel that can be removed and viewed separately. The lid opens from the middle towards both sides, so the complete book can be lifted out. The pages are produced with a laser engraving machine and paint. The choice of materials refers to ancient Chinese culture, which was recorded on bamboo, wood and bronze, the same materials linked to early tea culture.

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Designer: Anna Kravchenko Work: ArtBook Tag: Print

Lada 2050

Lada 2050 is an art book that presents the results of an international student competition on future mobility. The book has 264 pages and a format of 265 by 235 millimetres, with inside flaps, and the cover has matte lamination. A sign system based on three sides of a cube, standing for three design schools, guides the reader through the content. Bookmark half-titles separate the six teams. Sketches, illustrations and modelling stages are shown in order. The colour scheme follows the colour of the finalist vehicle model.

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Designer: Kaori Hamura Long Work: Book Illustration Tag: Print

Young Yogi

Young Yogi and the Mind Monsters is a set of illustrations created for a children's picture book about the classic Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The illustrations present ancient yoga philosophy through a child's eye, with vivid colors and simple compositions inspired by Indian folk art. Dreamlike scenes show how the mind shapes reality and how perception can change. Each drawing was made in pencil on paper and then colored with digital software. The printed book measures 205 by 205 millimeters and contains 101 pages.

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Designer: Xue Jiang Work: Book Design Tag: Print

ZD Collection

ZDCollections is a book that presents the annual design works of twenty-three students. The fourth edition of the collection divides the selected works into fonts, graphics, RGB and other elements, which are then rearranged and combined. The layout moves away from the regular frame grid in order to reveal the meaning of each work. The cover is made with a laser material that blurs the boundary between color and graphic form, so that attention is drawn to the content. The book measures 150 by 252 millimeters and contains 430 pages.

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Designer: Aleksandra Toborowicz Work: Exhibition Catalogue Tag: Print

Krakowski Salon Sztuki

Krakowski Salon Sztuki is an exhibition catalogue presenting artists and their artworks shown during the first edition of the Krakow Art Salon 2018 in Cracow, Poland. Each spread has a slightly different layout, adapted to the form and the number of the presented works. The design is inspired by the way the artworks were displayed at the exhibition, by diversity and by minimalism. The book has 288 pages in a format of 210 by 265 millimetres. The hardcover is bound in canvas and finished with blind stamping and screen printing.

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Designer: Paweł Krzywdziak Work: Scientific Monograph Tag: Print

Didactics of Typography

"Didactics of Typography. Teaching the Letter / Teaching with the Letter" presents the methods and outcomes of teaching lettering and typography in selected polish art schools. The book covers various syllabuses, as well as presentations and discussions of teaching results based on specific student projects. The design process involved organising diverse, bilingual content and providing clear textual and visual narration of the publication. Orange accents in the design's monochromatic colour palette lead the reader's attention through the fascinating world of typography.

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Designer: Na An Work: Book Tag: Print

Everything

Everything is a set of two books about traditional Chinese culture. The twelve earthly branches form the main content, combined with the seasons, the solar terms and the Chinese zodiac. Each book measures 170 by 300 by 25 millimetres and is made of wood and special paper. The binding follows the folding form of ancient Chinese books, so the pages turn easily and can be opened in part or in full. Production includes laser engraving, laser printing, creasing and hot stamping. The layout uses hand-drawn graphics, texture art and high grey tones.

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