DESIGN NAME: China Says
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Book
INSPIRATION: Jingdezhen is a culture city which has more than two thousand years ceramic history. The book "China Says" talks about Jingdezhen's cultural, environmental, social in my eyes. Since 2007, I work in Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute as a teacher. I have deep emotional for the city. In this book, there are many contents from my discovered and accumulated in these years, I want showing Jingdezhen in my eyes to audience from graphic design, photography, illustration, typographic.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Through co-operative interaction with the staff members in the university workshops (woodwork, metalwork, screen-printing, book-binding, photography), he was able to successfully realise his book, “China says”. The book is content-wise extremely intricately designed, very well constructed and, in its contemporary form and appearance, clearly surpasses other publications relating to the topic.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Through co-operative interaction with the staff members in the university workshops (woodwork, metalwork, screen-printing, book-binding, photography), he was able to successfully realise his book, “China says”. The book is content-wise extremely intricately designed, very well constructed and, in its contemporary form and appearance, clearly surpasses other publications relating to the topic.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in February 2013 in Germany and finished in September 2013 in Germany, and was exhibited in Germany in September 2013
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The use of wood in the process of screen printing on the cover, in the wood. This can be a very good display of this book. In addition, it uses the sewing process, showing a "CHINA", meaning China and ceramics. It is not only a book, but also a work of art.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 36 CM * 36 CM
TAGS: Jingdezhen, Book Design, Yang Chao Design, Yang Chao Jingdezhen Image, Book Jingdezhen
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Through co-operative interaction with the staff members in the university workshops (woodwork, metalwork, screen-printing, book-binding, photography), he was able to successfully realise his book, “China says”. The book is content-wise extremely intricately designed, very well constructed and, in its contemporary form and appearance, clearly surpasses other publications relating to the topic.
CHALLENGE: It is difficult to make use of wood technology, and the use of screen printing process on the wood for printing, this is very difficult. In addition, the use of sewing technology to bind this book, showing the word "CHINA", is also very challenging.
ADDED DATE: 2016-04-09 03:25:14
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Yang Chao
IMAGE CREDITS: #1 is Image overall photo
#2 Image, local feature
#3 Image, inside the book
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Chao Yang, 2013
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