YANZHEN DAI
Mahjong Culture
Publication Design
2018.4
This is a set of publications about Mahjong. It consists of four books. Their names are History, Legend, Rules and Tiles. The four books are bound in four different ways.
#1
Book of Tiles
The style of each book varies according to its content. There are some pop-up designs in this book, such as a three-dimensional mahjong pile and mahjong table. The purpose of this book is to let more people know about Mahjong Oriental folk games. So I also designed a set of English-style mahjong cards in order to make it more acceptable to Westerners.
#2
Book of Legend
Overview of the book
Book of legends uses Japanese binding, which is printed on a thinner paper and folded in half so that the printed graphics on the inner page can be vaguely seen on the page. The pictures on the inner pages are all portraits of characters in Mahjong legends.
Overview of the book
#3
Book of History
Overview of the book
Each theme corresponds to a different colour. There is a table of contents on the edge of the book so that readers can find the content quickly.
#4
Book of Rules
This binding method allows the entire book to be read to the greatest extent, and the information on different pages can also be expressed more smoothly. Readers can read two or four pages or more at the same time.
Overview of the book
Mahjong Cards Design
What's more, I also designed a set of English-style mahjong cards in order to make it more acceptable to Westerners.