Book Design - The windows in Chinese Garden

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The Windows In Chinese Gardens

The white wall and black roof of Chinese garden are painted on the soft ARCHES/300G water-color paper of the book cover

The styles and origins of window in Chinese traditional garden are depicted in the book《The Windows In Chinese Gardens》. Different from others in the world, Chinese garden is well-known for its unique temperament and structure. An inimitable atmosphere with mysterious and unutterable feeling by window in a garden sketching, intrigued the author’s great curiosity and interest, which was later taken as an opportunity to create this book.

The white wall and black roof of Chinese garden are painted on the soft water-color paper of the book cover, leaving a tactile impression. Various traditional beautiful window designs are carved by cardboard inside pages. One picture, folded by hand-painted landscape, appears on one side of the multi-layer parchment paper while the other by Chinese characters on the very back of this page when flipping over. These two alternate throughout this book, which is thus ascended into a fine piece of art.

Through this unique expression technique and visual communication, I hope that when picking up the book every reader from different nationalities and regions could notice and feel Chinese philosophy of life, tender and tensile, simple and artistic.

   《中国园林－窗》这本书主要展示了中国传统园林中的花窗形式和其渊源。中国园林以其独特于世界其它花园的气质和构造方式而闻名于世。在一次的园林写生中对花窗似通非通、似透非透的独特气氛产生了兴趣，并由此为契机创作了这本书。
       封面是使用柔软的水彩纸来展现出中国园林白墙黑瓦的质感。内页通过卡纸上雕出各式传统花窗图案，一面露出的是由多层硫酸纸上手绘而成的景观透叠而成的“景”当读者翻页过去露出的则是由汉字组成的“景”。这两种景共同交替组成了这本书。由此这本书同时也成为了一件精美的艺术品。
        通过独特的表现手法和视觉传达我希望每一个来自不同地域不同民族的读者，每当拿起这本书就可以从视觉、触觉来感受到中华民族纤细却富有张力，纯净却富有情感的生活哲学。