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Designer: Toby Ng Design Work: Book Classification: Print

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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Designer: Vilius Dringelis Work: Book Design Classification: Print

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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Designer: Xianming Hu Work: Admission Letter For BFU 2018 Classification: Print

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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Designer: Ying Han Work: Publication Design Classification: Print

Brooklyn Academy of Music

This concept design for BAM’s New Wave event captures the dynamic energy of theater through die-cut typography and stage-inspired lighting patterns. Drawing from the movement of drapes and the interplay of light and shadow, the design creates a layered, immersive experience. Each chapter features distinct patterns blended with imagery, forming a cohesive visual narrative that reflects the event’s diverse themes while maintaining a unified identity.

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Designer: Yitong Isabelle Tan Work: Book Classification: Print

Voice Print

Voice Print is a book about speech disfluencies, the interruptions and irregularities that occur when people speak. The book uses typographic scores, visual patterns that map speech over time, to show that fluency exists on a spectrum rather than as a simple division into two states. The scores are printed on translucent paper with strong show-through. Essays set in white on black, on glossy and opaque paper, give context and guide the reader. The book measures 9 by 12 inches, the same size as sheet music.

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Designer: Bealuz Villavicencio Work: Silent Book Classification: Print

Nella Pancia Della Balena

Nella Pancia Della Balena is a silent book that explores marine pollution through the story of a whale affected by waste in the ocean. The narrative highlights themes of friendship, teamwork, and care for the environment, presenting young readers with an accessible entry point to reflect on ecological responsibility. Created digitally with Procreate, the work combines humor with meaningful storytelling to encourage awareness of marine conservation.

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Designer: Kazune Watanabe Work: Guidebook Classification: Print

Kuwasawa Design School 2022

School guide for Kuwasawa Design School, the first design school in Japan. In recent years, online communication has been increasing, and the line between reality and virtual is becoming blurry. In such a situation, The design team pursued the possibility of design by expressing what was recognized as digital with analog (paper and print). At first glance, it looks like an ordinary book, but the animation works when it is pulled out. The guidebook is divided into separate volumes so that people can enjoy it in various ways. They aimed for a digital expression using typography.

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Designer: Christina Ullman Work: Historical Coffee Table Book Classification: Print

Discovering Vienna

Tales of exploration, discovery, conflict, and the trials of an enduring pioneer spirit fill the narrative of the visual history book, the first documentation of the heritage of the two primary families who settled in and founded the City of Vienna in West Virginia in the late 1700s. From Viking warriors and the English monarchy to the American gentry and colonial generals, the publication features archival documents, maps, as well as other artifacts that provide insight on the history and ancestry of the families, providing context in light of world events.

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Designer: ALICE XI ZONG Work: Book Classification: Print

ZhuZi Art

A series of book editions for the collected works of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting is published by Nanjing Zhuzi Art Museum. With its long history and elegant technique, the traditional Chinese paintings and calligraphy are treasured for their highly artistic and practical appeal. When designing the collection, abstract shapes, colors, and lines were used to create a consistent sensuality and highlight the blank space in the sketch. The effortless coincides with artists in traditional painting and calligraphy styles.

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Designer: Urszula Gireń Work: Scientific Publication Classification: Print

The Birth of a Book

The Birth of a Book is a printed publication about book design in 16th century Poland. The book presents old prints at real size, so readers can see the original formats. The dust jacket shows the imposition method used for the old octavo format. A ribbon bookmark marks the heights of folio, quarto and octavo books. Woodcuts on the title pages are printed in color inversion, recalling matrices covered with black ink. The format is 256 by 320 millimeters, with 560 pages and about 1200 illustrations. The aim is to explain Renaissance printing methods to a wide readership.

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Designer: ILSA YUMENG LI Work: Limited Edition Artbook Classification: Print

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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Designer: Yunsik Son Work: Book Design Classification: Print

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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