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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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World Vision Organization Overview

World Vision Organization Overview is a book that presents the seventy-year history and the projects of an international aid organization. The design concept is Belief, Unity, Integration, Life and Dream, summarized as BUILD. On the cover, typography stacks these letters into a clear graphic element, applied with orange hot foil stamping. Transparent film printed by silk screen and perforated pages between the chapters reveal the faces of children. The book measures 210 by 210 millimeters, has a matte-coated cover and contains 112 pages.

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Art and Us

Art and Us is a book that presents selected works from the collection of an art foundation. The main part shows only images of the works, while a separate small booklet, held in a pocket at the back, describes each work by page number. Every page carries original hand drawn textures, so the book recalls an artist sketchbook. The soft cover is made of transparent PVC with silk-screen printing, and kettle stitching leaves the binding visible. Three papers are used, including translucent sheets and rough sheets for exhibition documentation.

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Inside Muses

Inside Muses is a book created for K11 Musea, a retail and dining space in Hong Kong that promotes contemporary art and design. The publication features works from the four muses of the retail concept: Architecture, Furniture, Nature and Art. Storytelling, illustration and photography present each theme, and the unconventional format invites readers to explore new perspectives. Circle graphics on the cover represent the spheres of the four muses. The regular edition is hand sewn, while the hardcover edition is encased in a clear acrylic box similar to a display vitrine.

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The Seeds Of Faith

The Seeds of Faith is a university admission letter set created for Beijing Forestry University. The set includes an admission letter, a notebook and an enrollment guide. Four versions of the letter show stages of plant growth: breeding, germinating, growing and flourishing. The letter is dark green and carries silver and golden dots that represent seeds. The main material is grey cardboard made from recycled waste paper. Surface patterns are applied by hot gold and silver stamping, which reduces the use of printing ink. The design reflects the culture of the university.

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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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