New York Downtown Style: Chinese version vs. Taiwanese version The old Egyptians drew the head in profile but rendered the eye as if it were on a front view – the body is more recognizable from front than side. However, arms and legs are more clearly described from the side.
Cubism combined glances taken from different angles at different moments into a single composition. A picture that wasn’t meant to look like anything but itself.
My first book New York Downtown Style (bilingual), first introduced to the reader in 2006, is now released in China with a new design by the Hong Kong born graphic designer Lu Zhi-Chang (Simplified Chinese: 陆智昌). Looking back and forth between the first and second covers, I could sense the difference from each other in composition, temperament, and tempo. In Lu's work (the left image), forms are more solid, enigmatic, and cooler. And to Lou Hsin-Mei (Traditional Chinese: 羅心梅), her approaches are more joyful , funkier and sweeter.
Different cultures, different times, different designers – different points of view.
both are very appealing to me :-)
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Obrigada. I am happy that both of them are well-received internationally. hooray.
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