[似人似鬼] Zine 01
A6 size / 10 pages / 8 postcards / 6 talisman charms / 8 cut out stickers
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[似人似鬼] is the first illustrated zine produced by Rising Formula design team. Using the Ghost Festival in Chinese culture as the main theme, we designed 8 different ghost characters with different personalities and names.
Although they were ghosts but indirectly describe the "ghost-like" people we met in real life.
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Zine cover is inspired by the traditional Chinese Lunar calendar, which will often includes the luck for selecting auspicious days.【宜】means "suitable" while【忌】means "not suitable".
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We created a short Chinese poetry for each of the ghosts, and use Chinese calligraphy as our typeface.
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Each of the ghosts have their own postcard design.
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【胆小鬼】means "scaredy-cat", which is why it looks tough on the outside but actually the real ghost is hiding inside the stomach.
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【假开心鬼】means "fake happiness", forced to look happy on the outside by wearing a fake smiling mask.
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Each of the ghosts has their own cut out sticker.
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In Chinese culture, talisman has the ability to expel ghost or brings luck like a charm. Therefore we wrote blessings such as prosperity, world peace, love, fortune, hoping that in this world full of "ghost-like" people, readers can receive some good luck.
THANK YOU
Designed by Rising Formula
Year 2020