Sister and Sister Editorial / Book Design by Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song |
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| DESIGN NAME: Sister and Sister PRIMARY FUNCTION: Editorial / Book Design INSPIRATION: Designers are born in China’s generation that most families have only child. They felt the particularity of twins, taking themself as an example of twins, in order to inspire this generation to think about identity and social relations. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Sister and Sister aims to explore the identity, uniqueness and relationship of the twin group. It has drawn its materials from the diaries and photos of the twins "Da Da" and "Xiao Xiao" from childhood to adulthood. Red part is about the older sister, green part is about the younger. The same page is the same event at the same time. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Readers can read both sides separately as an independent story, or they can read both sides together as a complete story. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in 2017 and finished in August 2020 in Shanghai, China and was exhibited in Chengdu in September 2020. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Hand binding up two booklets into one volume; Using closed clips commonly used in China in the 90s, to blind single pages and special colored paper to print content，to create a special sense of time. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Package: 260*380mm Book: 210*230mm Poster: 420*297mm, 367*297mm TAGS: Identity, Twins, Difference in similarity, Growth, Memory, Intimacy RESEARCH ABSTRACT: In the process of research, the project used secondary research on many scientific documentaries about twins' genes, twin festivals and interviews in this field, gimmick news about twins. It also observed the performing arts group of Chinese twins, then summarized the characteristics of this special group: they got special treatment of the group as a result of the same appearance due to extremely similar genes. But the emotional connection between the twins was closer than normal people. Moreover, the primary survey observed the family and growth environment of one twins, and collected their diaries over the past 10 years to observe the subtle differences such as disparate points of view on the same thing, behavioral habits in the house which led to information graphic. CHALLENGE: The first challenge encountered by the project was the production possibilities, that is, the sample size is insufficient. Twins were extremely rare in daily life through china, so it was difficult to conduct field research to discover their group characteristics. The second obstacle overcomed was information availability. Fortunately, there were one pair of twins who had the same educational experience and had maintained the habit of writing diaries from childhood to adulthood. From the text content, the subtle differences in close intimacy could be discovered by means of reviewing their almost similar growth experience. ADDED DATE: 2021-02-27 07:32:39 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Designer: Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song IMAGE CREDITS: Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song, 2020. |
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NAME: 2xlab PROFILE: 2xlab is an innovative design studio that thinks multidimensionally in China. It focus on visual communication and experience, such as graphic, illustrations, and product experiences, to break boundaries and to explore accessible and interesting work. |
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Sister and Sister Editorial/Book Design by Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song is Runner-up for A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category, 2020 - 2021.· Read the interview with designer Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song for design Sister and Sister here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Xinyi Liu and Xuemin Song. |
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