The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት by Xu Tang

The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት by Xu Tang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ሕትመትን ዝተሓትመ ሚዲያን Competition Category.

ብሩርሕትመት· 2025

The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት

by Xu Tang

Client: Biejing Lab

ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ሕትመት Category

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The Design

About The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት

እቶም ኣርባዕተ ዓበይቲ ክላሲካዊ ልብ-ወለዳት ብሰፊሑ ከም ዝለዓለ ውክልና ናይ ባህላዊ ቻይናዊ ስነ-ጽሑፍን ባህልን ይቑጸሩ። እዚ ንድፊ ልሙድ ኣገባባት ገዲፉ፡ ናይ ገምጋሚ ኣረኣእያ ተቐቢሉ ናይዞም ዘይሓልፉ ስርሓት ሓድሽ ትርጉም የቕርብ። እቲ ስብስብ ናይ ምክፍፋል ክልተ-መኽዘን ንድፊ ዘለዎ ኮይኑ፡ ሓደ ሰንቲሜተር ክፍተት ዘለዎ እዩ፡ እዚ ድማ ንሓደ ትርኢት ናይቲ ውሽጣዊ ሽፋን ስነ-ጥበባዊ ስራሕ የርኢ፡ ብንእሽቶ ዝተኸፈተ ማዕዳ ብምጥማት ዝመጽእ ስምዒት የልዕል፡ ንኣንበብቲ ድማ ነቶም ውሽጢ ዘለዉ ምስጢራት ንኽእክቡ የተባብዕ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award

The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። The Four Great Chinese Novels ንድፊ ህትመት ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: If One Set of Books were to Represent Traditional Chinese literature and culture, it would be the Four Great Classical Novels.
In the design, Broke from traditional approaches by incorporating a critic's perspective, allowing a fresh view of these
classics. The set features a split double bookcase design with a one-centimeter gap revealing part of the inner cover's design.
It's like opening a crack in the door, waiting for you to explore the mystery inside.
Dimensions & Packaging: 262x185x65 mm x 4
Tags: China's Four Great Classical Novels Publication design innovate
Production Technology: Paper: Specialty paper Pantone spot color printing
Packaging: Paper mounting grey board hardcover
Craftsmanship: Partial hot stamping
Design Challenge: This set of the Four Great Classical Novels are characterized as a version with critiques from famous scholars. This means that in addition to the complete traditional stories, it includes comments and critiques from notable critics of the time, enriching the content and making it more complex. For the content layout design, Adopted a grid system and a two-color dual printing method to address reading issues and enhance the reading experience. In the design of the outer packaging, Incorporated the perspective of critics, viewing the book from a higher and more objective standpoint. Thus, The two outer boxes resemble doors or mist, revealing a small gap that invites you to open them and discover more exciting stories.
Research: China's Four Great Classical Novels are the most renowned native novels, and many people around the world have heard of them, such as the stories of Sun Wukong and Zhuge Liang, which originate from these novels. This indicates that these four books have spawned countless versions and designs over time. In designing this new edition of the Four Great Classical Novels, Researched hundreds of design versions from the Qing Dynasty to modern times over a span of 100 years, ultimately discovering a new concept that blends tradition with modernity, simplicity with depth, inviting readers to explore more.
Inspiration: Four Series of Ideas
Dream of the Red Chamber: The bookcase mimics a red lion-headed door, slightly opened to reveal the mysterious life of the
Jia family.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Inspired by the "Borrowing Arrows" scene, the case depicts flying arrows, while inside, Zhuge
Liang smiles calmly on the straw boat.
Journey to the West: Draws from the "Havoc in Heaven" scene among the clouds.
Water Margin: Reflects the "Outlaws of the Marsh" theme with waving flags of rebellion.
Project Duration: The project starts in January 2023 in Beijing, China and ends in April 2023 in Beijing, China, Officially published in April 2023 and available for sale
Operation Flow: Through the unique design, it brings readers a more valuable sense of collection and a better reading experience.
With the opening of the book box, the story relates to the readers step by step, just like the curtain of a play slowly pulls open, which is fascinating.