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The book is divided into three chapters, including typography, the history of women's script, and the modern social value of women's books today.The typography is based on a grid system in the shape of leaves from the Jiangyong region, and the overall content is laid out in large letters and museum archives.
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Expanded pages of the book
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Women's script were also embroidered on cloth tapes in the Gangyong area, so the book plates are long and the pages are woven with threads between them in a way that mimics the weaving of cloth.
NvShu is a "herbaceous plant" that grows naturally in Jiangyong. When the user of the women's script passes away, all the women's works written during her lifetime will be burned and buried with her, thus, the women's script possesses a certain botanical nature. In the tears and bitterness, individual life reaches a certain balance. In the death of the book, the women's script is also a declaration of the present and freedom.
The work is born out of women's script, a Chinese non-heritage culture, and explores new values and energies from the dissemination of traditional culture in today's society. Women's script should not only be used as a symbol and fashion trend nowadays, but also widely spread the story behind women's script and the power of women. Modern people are intoxicated by the "coolness" of women's script, which is a shallow form of conformity and propaganda, and do not truly appreciate the power of women. This project aims to emphasize the situation of modern women and explore the development and energy of women behind the women's script.
Media and Communication Design, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
