LEGACY BEYOND ASIA - Traces of life

Traces of life

Communication

Regions

China Macau

Year

2026

Award

WINNER

Affiliation

Macau University of Science and Technology

Designer

HU YI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iXsivEEltU

English

My design is inspired by Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Orchid Pavilion. I transformed lines expressing five emotions—joy, sentiment, reflection, awe, and freedom—into simple symbols and tried two bindings: accordion-fold and hand-stitched. I also designed a custom illustration of the “floating wine cup” table based on the text’s historical setting. The work originates from Wang Xizhi’s context, which captures both a joyful gathering and his thoughts. I am especially drawn to the line “Gazing upward at the vast cosmos, looking down at the richness of life,” so I modeled every character in 3D and made an accordion-fold book.

Native

我的设计灵感来自王羲之的《兰亭集序》。我的创作思路，就是把文字变成画面。我从这篇序里挑出了与五个关键情绪：愉悦、感慨、思考、敬畏，自由相关的诗句，翻译成了简单的符号尝试了两种不同的装帧方式——经折装和手工线装；依据作者的创作背景，自己绘图定制了一张曲水流觞桌。这个作品的灵感，其实是从王羲之的创作背景开始的。这篇文章不光记录了王羲之与友人聚会的热闹，还描绘了他对人生无常的感慨和对宇宙的敬畏。正值毕业季，我读的时候特别有感触，就想用自己的方式把表达出来。我特别喜欢“仰观宇宙之大，俯视品类之盛”这句诗，临写的时候就会有一种心境开阔的感觉，所以我对这句诗每个字进行3D建模拆解分析行笔步骤，并做成经折装的书籍。希望大家能通过我的设计，理解王羲之当年的心境。不光是看懂文字，还能体会到生命像水一样流动，像墨一样留下痕迹。这部作品是我对生命与艺术的思考，也是对《兰亭集序》的致敬。

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