Books from the Library of packaging to the overall design - Art of Book Binding Changing Ideas

Paper Keywords: book binding and the overall design
Abstract: China's traditional Art of book binding and has a very rich cultural heritage, but the last hundred years has lagged behind some of the world advanced countries. In addition to learning their advanced science and technology aside, we need more rational thinking and change the concept of book design. the traditional "just to make a packaging for the books" to emphasize the concept of editing, layout rational, regarded as a three-dimensional, the overall plastic Arts up, the level of binding of books will have a qualitative leap.

We are in a highly information-oriented era, an era of fierce competition, whether economic, scientific, cultural, educational and other areas are facing serious challenges, binding and Arts also faces a new era and the impact of ideas impact. Today's bookstore, post mounted array of fine books, but the cynical view, the majority or not just for books from the packaging of the stereotypes.

Books are thinking, the carrier of Culture, a good book, it should reflect the content and form, functionality and Artistic beauty of the harmonious contrast. The future of the book binding and will go from here? Book binding as a worker, I feel should be in Chinese books Art on the basis of a long historical tradition, to learn and comprehend the essence of foreign modern binding, binding only for the books to change the concept of packaging, from the outside to establish the overall design concept of the inner can fundamentally change the overall backwardness of Book Binding situation.

First, learn from China's traditional arts rich nutrition binding
Binding art in China has a long history and tradition, its profound admiration for the world cultural heritage. Japan, South Korea, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Asian countries are affected by the Chinese history and Culture. Westerners also draw from the essence of Oriental Art, incorporated into Western art.

As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun invented papermaking. To the Tang Dynasty, woodblock printing has been widely used, it and the Northern Song Bi Sheng invented movable type combine to make a number of ancient literature to a large number of prints, as our cultural accumulation and made a significant contribution to the development. Ming Dynasty, book art of woodblock illustrations of unprecedented prosperity, reached its peak. can be said that the paper from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song of the engraving, woodcut illustration of movable type and then to the Ming and Qing, is a history of the development of book binding, forming a wire-bound, the basic pattern of vertical. It now appears that this basic model is at the time of printing materials and printing technology limitations gradually, with the dual function of beauty and utility.

As the successor of modern printing, to the dynasty, dynasty, lithography, letterpress printing technology has been very popular, book binding began to break the traditional ancient forms, but the pace of development is slow. Guangxu twenty-three years (1897), Shanghai Commercial Press marks the establishment of modern book publishing technology into a new period. But it is still not out of the early publications of old books in the form of wire-bound, but discarded the title of the book signed on the clothing section, change the Lead character, or inscribed with calligraphy title only. to the early 20th century, some began to decorate the cover of the book and lace border, change the cover of a different color of paper, and some people try to draw colorful pictures decorated the cover of .20 century, 30 years, Lu Xun and the Japanese book binding Europe's book illustrations introduced into China. above all, for the establishment of the modern art of book binding for the conditions. but, in general, since the May Fourth New Culture Movement, 80 years until the 20th century, our modern art of book binding and not with the the progress of printing technology to form a new situation.

Within the publishing industry at that time, the almost split between the working procedures and independent division of labor as the natural and the rules: edited by providing content, editing manuscripts, designers play a packaging, printing is responsible for printing, a book done so. Yes, we should remember to use pen ink painting in the draft on coated paper with a ruler, a compass to find structure, even with a ruler and carefully hand-written calligraphy pen hard, at least it has trained We are meticulous professionalism. but our thinking in the very limited range of difficult to maximize the one hand, rigid division of labor system, on the one hand is the traditional process of slow speed, so the designer paper and is difficult to involve print quality requirements, so it can not nurture the ideal, beautiful and practical, fun in the cultural life of the body. This brings us to the last finishing works of art left a lot of regret.

Second, the wide spread of computer graphics and blind use of
90 years into the 20th century, we have come to understand this is a hot computer popular, binding the hands of artists down draft dry ink production, the creation tools have already placed on the mouse and keyboard. With an excitement, a kinds of ecstasy, the computer appears to improve the efficiency of our work, it's accurate, fast is handmade difficult to achieve. reposted elsewhere in the Research Papers Download http://www.hi138.com face high-tech tools, some temporary some loss. People can not wait to use computers, dependent on its effects. Depend on it fast. However, many book covers, from the book, become irrelevant to the pattern piece as irresponsible computer graphics display, to an extreme. We binding in the bookstore and watch exhibition When distributing the computers everywhere can feel the flavor of the times the special effects, mysterious, mechanical, computer graphics, occupied the icy book market, the occupation of the commodity market, and even occupied the streets of the advertising market. part of the workers do not Graphic Design true master of modern design language, some publishers artistic taste of the lower decision-makers, leading the blind as part of a pile of book cover graphics, colors brighter, harsh, words chaotic, as the visual garbage. In fact, these people in the process to meet the market does not really study the market, they do not understand the perception of consumers is changing, the ability to continuously improve the aesthetic. future, with the whole community to improve the general level of education, the development of a variety of information will lead to a more open horizon. These Culture a new generation to become the main consumer group, the blindly, succumbed to the market book design and not popular.

Improves the efficiency of the design, but people began to feel kind of helpless, began to enter a cooling off period. Because the computer is a tool, after all, the human brain is the subject of art produced. Designers have to keep their focus on the art of personal accomplishment, on the binding Art has a comprehensive understanding of the design computers to make our even more powerful.

The 20th century, 90's cover design is dynamic, lively computer graphics during the Big Bang, which is binding and abnormal development of the arts, it is not normal, is not sustainable. Binding the books in this period, or the painting style of the cover , rigid body, still remains at the level of book packaging. We are also the majority of the book designer with a problem in the hard thinking, we and where is the difference between foreign countries?
Third, from books to books of the three-dimensional packaging design
After a vigorous computer graphics, after the Big Bang, book binding force were deeply impressed by the times, have to update the traditional concept of the start of the full range of book binding and the three-dimensional thinking. Call it the full three-dimensional, because the surface, we designed the content of at least three different planes combined (cover, back cover, spine), from the contents, text illustrations, paper, binding and layout of the structure are the range of art, art is not only binding the design, a combination of art painting, art design and materials is the result of combining materials. focus only on certain aspects of the art form can not be binding on behalf of all the arts, if not appropriate font and layout, the title page and cover, materials and with the process, it is not a complete and attractive binding works of art.

As early as I9 century, the British designer William Morris binding to strongly promote the beauty of books to reflect the fusion of life and art design principles, the early 20th century, the Italian Marxist appeared mechanical power and speed of the pursuit of a sense of futuristic book design style, the Russian rise of the innovative meaning and become a modern book design art of starting point of constructivism, to the 20th century, 60 years, European and American designers stressed the books language concerned about real life, and strengthen the content of elements, book design is not just content carrier, but rather as a plastic art.

China's reform and opening up 20 years, the publishing house, step by step to deepen reform, different models of emerging design studio. All of these design ideas, books in China have gradually been accepted by designers. Specifically, the cover and dust jacket areas are arts and crafts, with the role of protection and promotion of books, and illustrations are essentially plastic arts, in order to increase the reader's interest in reading, playing the role of finishing touch, the design layout can be said that the combination of technology and art, The fonts, paper, printing and binding each other with, reasonable use of a complete binding to complete work of art.

In this sense, binding the plastic arts art, craftsmanship, and the product of some combination of technology, is a multi-faceted, three-dimensional art form, every aspect can not be ignored, go hand in hand to promote the binding and artistic development. Can not be ignored , in the cover of the first visual attention, we also should pay attention to the spine of the visual effects. on the shelf, to convey the most information is the spine, in a sense, as important as the cover spine. In summary past experience, to rethink the direction of the art binding, we believe binding art of the future direction should be three-dimensional art, each piece should have a unique personality and style, the emphasis is its complete form of artistic expression.

Books books from the packaging to the overall design, the concept of change is also changed as society changes. Only the design of today's science, technology, editing, publishing, psychology, sociology and many other theories more in-depth study and discussion, not rigidly adhere to old patterns of development constraints, with an open mind to the world's outstanding cultural learning and to explore the inheritance and innovation, national and global, traditional art and modern technology, the dialectical relationship between, artistic talents of the books from a single binding to the overall design, into a variety of brilliant era. Links http://www.hi138.com Research Papers Download