Communication

XICANG MARKET

Extra Form
Country	China
Year	2019
Award	Winner
Affiliation	Local bendi
Designer	DONG QI, LOCAL BENDI
English	The choice of the objects to be used as stalls, the way of displaying, the “daily design” of the handwritten signs and the relationship between people and objects, are the most prominent features the book want to show. The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace by every independent chapter. The design of the book also well conformed to the creator’s intention- “simply a presentation”.
Native	从日渐消失的城市集市，窥见变迁的中国。西安，这个中国最古老的城市，同样也在经历巨变。西仓集市，在这个古老城市中，以特定地点及特定时间出现，这种集市方式本身，已极为罕见。西仓集市，并无可容身的固定建筑物，对场所，只是借用，人行道上，屋檐下，树下，廊下，凡可容纳摊档之处，都是容身之地；摊档所用之物，也多为挪用，或改用，三轮车、行军床、纸箱木箱，都是方便搬运且材质低廉；招牌因陋就简，瓦楞纸箱板、卡纸，随手拿来，随意书写。西仓集市中的人，更是异常生动，充满市井烟火味道。《市井西仓》的内容，包含了大量视觉元素，例如照片、手绘、插图，以各种方式呈现了西仓摊贩们对摊具的选择、铺货方式、手写招牌的设计，因此在设计中，尽量保持视觉内容本身的呈现，才是这本书要传达的。设计过程中，尽量“去设计化”，表现西仓集市本身的丰富，并避免过度设计影响对内容的关注度，力求设计语言的简洁，尽量做到“只是呈现”。