Collection of Research on Chinese Typography

As the earliest and leading research & culture project about typography & graphic design culture in the Chinese speaking world, The Type has pioneered reports, dialogues and research since 2007. It is now launching its first bilingual publication (English & Chinese), Collection of Research on Chinese Typography, a three-volume bundle that aims to introduce the international audience into Chinese typography from the insider’s perspective.

Titled Shanghai Type: a slice of modern Chinese type history, the first booklet provides a historic overview of state-sponsored type-founding practices in Shanghai since the 1940s. Calling for a re-establishment of the Chinese aesthetic standard in typography, the second booklet Kongquè Project: restoring the mindset of Chinese typesetting excavates Chinese typographic traditions that had been forgotten in recent decades and brings them to the digital era. The third booklet Transcultural type: a dialogue from China records a panel discussion between typographers and designers, both domestic and overseas, about design contexts and strategies in an increasingly multicultural world.

Collection of Research on Chinese Typography

Publisher: The Type
Design: Atmosphere Office, Shanghai
Release: April 2020
Languages: English & Chinese
Size: 105 × 145 mm
Pages: 116, 106, and 122 pages in 3-volume bundle
Paper: Munken Lynx + Munken Print White
ISBN 978-1-9162848-0-7
Price: 23.– Euro
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