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A 120-page coil graphic design book on the introduction of collectible stamps in China's history from 2001 - 2010, documenting important events, personal experiences, and significance in the ‘art of stamps’ during important periods in China.
Graphic Book / 2022 The 2021 International Design Awards Honorable Mention
In order to make my every year meaningful, my mother will buy an annual collection of Chinese stamps from China Post every year. In this book, you will see what happened in China during the year and also see the development of China. Counting from the year I was born, I chose ten collections from 2001 to 2010. This is a decade of rapid development in China, and also a decade of rapid growth for me. In the events of the past ten years, I have extracted some significant events or stamps with treasures. Most stamps appear through a series.
At the same time, I am keen to spread Chinese culture with my own ability, so that everyone knows the breadth and depth of Chinese culture. Chinese stamps are also a niche collection in China, so this will be a very meaningful thing for me.
Book Cover
I chose a softer faux leather for the book cover, and the title of the book was inscribed in ancient Chinese seal script and mimicked the cut of a postage stamp. And the buttons of the same color palette are used as the connection point to fix the book, so that the person reading can feel the age of the content.
Inside Formats
In the inside of the book, I chose to use different forms to make the book more playable. One of the most important forms is the choice of a more weighty paper as a page marker. At the junction of each year of the book, I used such a page marker to separate the content of each year, so that people can easily flip through to the year they want to know. For some of the content I used simple postcards, for others I used paper that could be pushed out to show more content, and for some of the larger stamps I chose to print them as posters and intersperse them throughout the book.
