There鈥檚 beauty in these books and it is by design
There were 25 winners in China鈥檚 Beauty of Books awards this year, including eight from local publishers, the city鈥檚 press and publication bureau announced yesterday.
The books, selected from 342 submitted by 106 Chinese publishers, will now be sent to Leipzig in Germany to vie for the 2020 Best Book Design From All Over The World competition.
鈥淭hree Chapters of Gardening鈥 by Chen Congzhou, published by Tongji University Press, integrates the garden design into the design of book. The front cover has a hole shaped as a 鈥渕oon gate,鈥 a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway in Chinese gardens. 鈥淚t makes me feel that it鈥檚 inviting me to explore this 鈥榞arden,鈥欌 said Li Jin, one of the judges and a designer from Shaanxi Province. 鈥淭he inside pages of pictures are in different shapes and sizes to form the environment of a traditional Chinese garden.鈥
鈥淢inor Orthopedic Operation,鈥 from Beijing鈥檚 Chemical Industry Press, is a medical textbook with artistic designs. The spine uses red strings to connect front and back covers looking like sutures. Inside are small X-ray films that allow the reader to see problems clearly. The colors in the book are mainly red and white 鈥 the hues of muscle and bone.
鈥淭he design of science books is always a weak part of domestic book design,鈥 said judge Zhou Chen, a Jiangsu Province designer. 鈥淏ut this book is one made by heart. Its designs, such as the spine and the hue, all respond to the theme 鈥榦peration.鈥 And the placing X-ray films as inserts is also very creative and relevant to its theme.鈥
鈥淪hang Hai Tu Hua鈥 (Shanghai Illustration Story), from the Shanghai People鈥檚 Fine Arts Publishing House, is a book about the city鈥檚 illustration art history which uses a plicated cover to give a sense of old times. Some pages and gatefolds use old-style paper to simulate old posters and pictures to make readers recall the city鈥檚 past stories.
鈥淚t鈥檚 designed by Shanghainese designer Jiang Qinggong, whose previous work 鈥淪hang Hai Zi Ji鈥 (Shanghai Character Record) won the 2015 Beauty of Books award in China,鈥 said Zhou. 鈥淭his time he collected old materials of the city鈥檚 illustrations in the past century, sorting and compiling them to make this book.鈥
Another book from the same publisher, 鈥淥uyang Chun: The Mortals,鈥 is a collection of the artist鈥檚 works which combine people鈥檚 old and waste household items and gives them new life. There was an exhibition of the works at a local gallery in March and April this year.
Ouyang collected waste furniture and old household items, grouping them together to create artistic works with different themes. These works are recorded in the book, which has its papers 鈥 all recycled newsprint 鈥 cut irregularly.
The book doesn鈥檛 have page numbers and the chapters are scattered in it, breaking the general cataloging form.
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