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Plastic Book

Lu Zhao Book Print Friday, 13 September 2024

Plastic

Plastic is a handmade book made from waste plastic instead of paper. Discarded plastic bags and other used plastics are collected and cut by hand into pages. The text and the stickers imitate children's brushstrokes, giving the pages a simple and innocent character. Ordinary glue does not bond plastic, so the pages are fixed with hot-melt plastic. The book measures 225 mm in width, 325 mm in depth and 10 mm in height. The intent is to reuse waste material and to raise awareness of plastic pollution.

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Save Calendar Illustration

Mengjia Li Illustration Graphic Thursday, 12 September 2024

Save Calendar

Save Calendar is a series of illustrations created for a calendar on the theme of saving food. The illustrations show a farm field through the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Colors change with each season, so the four periods are easy to tell apart. A symmetrical composition in a Chinese style gives the images a modern look. Month and season information is placed at the top of each sheet. The drawings were made with computer software and printed at 800 by 800 millimeters. The series shows the hard work of farmers and reminds people to value food.

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Jinsha Sauce Liquor Packaging

Xiaoma Hu Packaging Packaging Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Jinsha Sauce Liquor

Jinsha Sauce Liquor is a packaging design created for a Chinese liquor brand. The design presents the historical origins, the geographic background and the quality of the product through illustration. Ancient brewing skills and the distinctive place of production are combined and shown in the mural art style of the Han Dynasty. The front of the box is abstract and recalls Chinese ink and wash painting. Patterns of the ethnic minorities of Guizhou are also included. When the box is opened, the illustration unfolds like a picture scroll.

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Fenyangwang Liquor Packaging

Neptune Team Liquor Packaging Packaging Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Fenyangwang

Fenyangwang is a liquor packaging created for the thirtieth anniversary of a Chinese distillery. The design is based on the Chinese calendar, a common tool used to record time in daily life and work. A page is torn off each day to mark the arrival of a new day. On this package, calendar pages from thirty years ago are kept in place, showing the brewing date in a retro style. The box is made of cardboard and finished with printing technology. The size is 145 by 90 by 235 millimeters. The aim is to express thirty years of experience.

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Mar Mediterraneo 34 Housing Units

Inca Hernandez Housing Units Cultural Heritage Monday, 9 September 2024

Mar Mediterraneo 34

Mar Mediterraneo 34 is the restoration of a historic house in the Tacuba neighborhood of Mexico City. The house was built in 1910 in an eclectic French style and was in advanced deterioration. Artistic and handcrafted elements of the main facade were recovered, including the carved quarry stone of the lintels and balconies, the iron railings and the glass roof tiles. The main patio was rebuilt as a reinterpretation of the past, with openings in double height that rise from a volcanic stone baseboard. The restored building has three levels and seven apartments.

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Memories of Mukden Book

Na An Book Print Sunday, 8 September 2024

Memories of Mukden

These are books on the city's history and regional culture. The books consists of eight volumes, which respectively introduce eight places of interest in Mukden. Mukden is the birthplace of Qing culture and an important Chinese cultural heritage. Books are bound by folding, materials are metal, rice paper, brocade and so on. The shape of the book is an octagonal palace lantern, which expresses the meaning that the palace lantern carries the memory of the old times and lights illuminate the history and culture. The content of the book uses digital illustration to depict the scene.

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