Special Feature: Book Design in China Today / Works of Lu Jingren / Chinese Book Design in Bloom – Collected works of 13 contemporary designers / [dialogue] Kohei Sugiura x Lu Jingren / The new blood of Chinese design / Study on the Historical Development of Graphic Design and Typography in China 1805-1949 Text: Sun Mingyuan / TDC BCCKS The 20th Anniversary Exhibition / Typefaces of Past and Present (1) “Dwiggins Revisited” Text: Sibylle Hagmann / The current state and future of Japanese Gothic Typefaces Text: Hiroshi Komiyama / Kallos-graphe Selection of Works by Brody Neuenschwander / Film Kunst Grafik – German Film Poster from the 1960s

Special Feature: Book Design in China Today
“Chinese book design is becoming more and more well known as design industries outside China realize its potential as an alternative model for areas like graphic design and book design that have been at an impasse in the face of industrial restructuring and globalization. It’s not just the look of Chinese books, but their actual fighting spirit that inspires.” (from the introduction)While being “globalized” with the rapid economic grouth, Chinese book design is developing its unique language. This issue features this most exciting scene of design to explorer possibilities between information and materials.Cooperation: Kohei Sugiura pluseyes, Piao ShiDesign: Shirai Design Studio
Works of Lu Jingren
Lu Jingren has produced excellent book designs with contemporary interpretation of art of traditional chinese book making and lead the publishing and book design industry. He has been also very active in education to bottom up the cultural standard of Chinese design. His lecture, program and personal quality have largely influenced the young generation.This featured article presents Lu Jingren’s book design work. [Dialogue] Kohei Sugiura x Lu JingrenThe state of book design in ChinaDesign: Kohei Sugiura plus eyes

Chinese Book Design in Bloom
Collected works of 13 contemporary designersSu Taixi, Wu Yong, Fu Xiaodi, Han Jiping, He & She, Luk Chi Cheong, Huang Yongson, Esther Liu, Yuan Yinchang, Han Jianying, Zhu Yingchun, Han Zhanning and Wang Xu

The new blood of Chinese design
Xiao Mage + Chengzi, MEWE Design Alliance, He Ming, Les Suen

TDC BCCKS
The 20th Anniversary Exhibition

Dwiggins Revisited
Text by Sibylle Hagmann

The current state and future of Japanese Gothic Typefaces
Text by Hiroshi Komiyama

Film Kunst Grafik
German Film Poster from the 1960sProject by Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, Fachbereich Design