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ZhuZi Art Book

ZhuZi Art

A series of book editions for the collected works of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting is published by Nanjing Zhuzi Art Museum. With its long history and elegant technique, the traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy are treasured for their highly artistic and practical appeal. When designing the collection, abstract shapes, colors, and lines were used to create a consistent sensuality and highlight the blank space in the sketch. The effortless coincides with artists in traditional painting and calligraphy styles.

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Hui House Limited Edition Artbook

Hui House

This art book depicts Hui-style architecture, the only architectural school that combined southern and northern Chinese design principles, now a vanishing yet important part of China's cultural heritage. Through innovative page design featuring windows that offer a transition from 2D illustrations to an immersive 3D Hui-style culture landscape, revealing architectural details with spatial reference, acting as a visual plea attracting boarder audiences for the conservation of Hui-style architecture.

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The Galimberti Exhibition Catalogue

The Galimberti

The graphic world of the exhibition catalogue was inspired by the closely intertwined lives of the painting couple (Valeria Denes and Sandor Galimberti) who died young in 1915. The use of individual ligatures in the typography subtly illustrates the strong human connection that made the work of this tragic couple a shared oeuvre. The book was published in two separate volumes, in English and Hungarian. The cloth bound covers are protected by a dust jacket that can be opened into a poster, the Hungarian edition featuring a painting by Valeria Denes, the English edition by Sandor Galimberti.

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Rebel Type Magazine

Rebel Type

Rebel Type is a monthly magazine about typography and its role in cultural change. The design is influenced by punk aesthetics and protest art. Bold layouts, unconventional type choices and a raw visual style challenge traditional print norms. Pop-ups and fold-out pages invite readers to explore each issue by hand. The interior pages are printed on textured paper with a recycled look, while the cover uses a metallic finish. The magazine presents typography as an artistic and cultural force for creative readers.

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Seven Days and Nights Love Is Daylight Book

Seven Days and Nights Love Is Daylight

Seven Days and Nights Love is Daylight is an illustrated novel about international business and romance. The book uses seven kinds of paper, one for each of the seven days described in the story, so touch, light and shade change as the pages turn. The pages are cut with a 360 degree gradation, and quick forward turning shows daylight rising while turning back shows moonlight falling. The cover is washed kraft paper with orange and silver printing, gold and silver stamping and pressed relief. A fluorescent acrylic box with laser engraved text matches the fluorescent colors inside.

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87MM Brand Story Book Design

87MM Brand Story

87MM is a representative fashion brand in Korea that creates everyday culture through sense and wit. Since its launch in 2011, it has been designed to tell the story of the past decade to the 87MM-loving public through Moment by Moment, We Say No Concept But Good Sense, a brand with 10 years of records. This will serve to communicate more closely with the young Korean public who like 87MM and are enthusiastic about it through the story of two founders as well as the 87MM brand story.

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Afterimages Magazine

Afterimages

The graphic design concept and visual communication for the Afterimages art magazine is coherent: from logo, identity to the layout. The main goal of the project was to tackle with the legacy of the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz and create a modern version of it that stems from the avant-garde tradition. Rough quality paper, dry-stamping technique, the printing colour (Pantone) applied to the cover, corresponds to the topic of each issue. The magazine is richly illustrated, filled with quality photos, and in this respect it resembles life style magazine.

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History of Chinese Character Design Book

History of Chinese Character Design

History of Chinese Character Design is a book that explains the history of Chinese character design from the viewpoint of design studies. The seven Chinese characters in the title are set in seven fonts that show an evolutionary relationship. Black and white illustrations open each chapter, combining symbols drawn from the text and design examples of that chapter. Many information visualization diagrams support the content. A black hardcover book slides into a white and gold hard box in a drawer structure.

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The Tridea Project Book

The Tridea Project

This book, The Tridea Project: Culturally Diverse Co-Creation, documents the brand's conception and its subsequent evolution. The content consists of three chapters, first an overview of the project and its creator. Second a detailed brand guidelines and thirdly a visual essay, discussing the brand values of inclusion and diversity, both of which have been pivotal factors to this 4 year research project. The book design has been crafted with materiality in mind and each aspect has been considered and contemplated to metaphorically represent the project values.

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Stock and Financial Instruments Designers Guide

Stock and Financial Instruments

Stock and Financial Instruments is a printed guide book about designing visual information for stock markets and financial instruments. The book combines data visualization methods with the basics of financial markets. The content is prepared for designers who begin working for financial companies and need a quick understanding of both fields. Terminology was gathered and reviewed with an economics specialist. The book has a black textile hardcover with screen printing and a jacket with an abstract image. The pages use smooth 120 gram paper to prevent show-through.

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LPCP 5th Anniversary Newspaper Design

LPCP 5th Anniversary

Purpose: Introduce Les Petites Choses Production (LPCP) in a quick and interactive way. Highlights LPCP's core values, achievements, 14 dancers, and five main chapters. Unique design with interactive folding and creative ingenuity presents at least six different views. Provides a deeper understanding of LPCP's identity and values, engaging readers with new perspectives and insights into their work. Makes it easier for the audience to connect with LPCP and appreciate their unique approach to contemporary dance.

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Museum Hanmi Exhibition Book Design

Museum Hanmi Exhibition

He designed a photo collection of "Inside Out, A History of Korean Photography 1929-1982", which is the opening exhibition of the Museum Hanmi Exhibition. As a historical exhibition that looks back on the past 50 years of Korean photography, he follows in the footsteps of what institutional conditions Korean photography made history from 1929 to 1982. Along with the exhibition, the book will help follow the footsteps of Korean photography under what institutional conditions it has made history and will be a valuable opportunity to establish Korea's photography history.

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