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Final outcome for Stitch Notebook, cooperated  with Liyi Zhang. 

This notebook is called Stitch Notebook, it is a notebook use for doodling stitch, people can draw their idea on the tracing paper which included in the notebook first, then start stitching out their ideas on the holly paper. Thread and needle holder is include in the notebook, loose and specifically chosen book binding can help the user use this notebook more comfort and effectively during their stitching. 

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Final outcome for Notebook Pockets.

This notebook is called Notebook Pockets. It is designed into a small-scale size that can easily fit into clothes’ pockets. There are two notebooks of this pack, one is filled with 6 empty pockets and another is a notepaper notebook which people can tear small piece paper off that for short notes. Pockets can use for collecting small stuff like scrap paper and stamps.

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Process for Notebook Pockets

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Material need for stitch notebook

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dyeing elastics, does not come out successfully.

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Other mock up for stitch notebook

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First mock up for stitch notebook

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Ideas,sketches

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Print is not dead. final outcome

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Final outcome, shot form video.

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Filming process

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Experinment

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experiment&development

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Research

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Final outcome for the Welcoming Spring Calendar.

Welcoming Spring Calendar is a special wintertime calendar which is designed to comfort people to go through the long hush winter to enter the spring. It inspired by one Chinese traditional calendar called Nine Nine Xiao Han (九九消寒图). In Taoism believe, number nine is the highest and hottest in the number system of Yin-Yang. So with nine Chinese characters, and each of them have nine stokes. 9 × 9 = 81 days, which start from the winter solstice. 

Practically, by paint one stroke per day and the calendar would end by early springtime. Also those chosen characters are always formed with wishful and strong poetic sense, in this case,“柔柳轻盈香茗贺春临 (Rou Liu Qing Ying Xiang Ming He Chun Lin)”which means ‘When the tender willows softly start germinating, let us enjoy the fragrant tea to greeting the arriving of spring.’

HOW TO USE

Date of this calendar is start from 22.12.2013. Everyday, using Chinese brush paint only one stork, storks’ order are listed on the packaging. After 81 days, you will get a poetic poster with Chinese calligraphy.

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Second time improved screen-printing, stay with simple white and black color. 

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First vision of screen printing, chosen green tracing paper as background, but white paint is too out-stand from the background . I created a sticky strokes package for people to use at this stage. But more people prefer to use Chinese brush to refer to the canlendar's traditional background.