YANZHEN DAI
10 Chinese Nations
Publication Design
2018.1
A book about the characteristic architectures of different nations in China.
I am a person who likes to travel, and I will go to new cities or new countries during the holidays to experience different regional customs. Once I went to Fujian, saw the local folk house, Tulou. They were grand, and built mainly by wood and soil. They have a history of hundreds of years, protect all previous dynasties people who live in them, they let me can’t help myself to commend the greatness of ancient people’s wisdom and the building themselves. So I was inspired, and get to know the other Chinese minorities, found their different characteristics, so I want to let more people know the beauty of Chinese national architectures through my book.
I chose the top ten ethnic groups in China. Some ethnic groups are famous for their distinctive architectural appearance, while others are famous for their local costumes. So in the following survey, I searchded in different ways.
The overall colour is composed of yellow, white, grey and brown, yellow and white represent the soil and wood. Coffee represents the color of the land. Grey in the whole works, appear plain soft.
After I did a lot of pop-up experiments, I finally got these finished products. These three-dimensional models have made a lot of simplifications in the actual building appearance, which is not as complicated as cutting. The strong architectural features that have been preserved are also visible at a glance. The simple design is more in line with the temperament of the whole book.
There are two reasons why I choose this form of book.The first one is that it makes the book more interesting, so that readers have enough interest to read the whole book. The second reason is that such arrangement conforms to the position of various nationalities on the map of China, combining the geographical location with the shape of the building, so that the information can be visualized.