Like ants, they cluster together and are negligibly small.
They suggest the humble existence, the weak gasps for breath and the struggles of writing amid today's flood of information.
They lie there so low, low, low that they are one with the dust, where the fundamental truth of the world is concealed: "In essence, human beings and ants are the same."
AFTER
AFTER, designed by Geng Geng and Wang Chengfu, is adorned with an “octopus,” Jiang Nan, editor in charge of the book said. The book, with an octopus with a white background on its cover, has an attached garnet slipcase. On first sight, the book the result is visually impacting and special, he said.
AFTER is an expressive book, and combines various factors like words, pictures, and paper arts all together. According to organizers, the beauty of books lies in the fact that they surpass two-dimensional constraints in their cover, design concept, paper, printing and binding. Stiftung Buchkunst demonstrated this in an exhibition featuring titles that have won at the "Most Beautiful Books in the World" competition over the past years.
Editor: Ding Yujie
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