YUNG YUNG
PB.20220901.RNGYLo Yu 盧妤
The title uses handwriting by the protagonist Yung Yung herself. The characters look correct at first glance but are misspelled. Familiar on the surface, misaligned underneath, echoing her displaced identity. At the center of the cover is an empty ceramic bowl, pointing to both the protagonist's profession as a ceramicist and the emotional void at the heart of the story. It echoes the author's chosen cover line: "What I swallow might be your absence; what fills my stomach is also your absence."
The interior typography follows the author's unconventional prose. Some passages are written as lists, requiring careful spatial arrangement to preserve their rhythm without leaving a trace of design. Most of my effort went into making the reading feel effortless. Every decision stays plain and serves the text, drawing no extra attention. The writing is the protagonist.
這是為作家盧妤的首本小說《蓉蓉》的書籍設計。故事跟隨一位法越混血女子穿梭倫敦、巴黎、香港、台北，在情慾、離散與身份之間摸索。書寫以碎片構成：日記、書信、備忘錄，在中文、英文、法文、廣東話之間切換。
標題選用主角本人蓉蓉親手寫的字，乍看正確，其實寫錯了。表面熟悉，底層錯位，呼應離散的身份。封面中心是一只空碗，同時指向主角的職業：陶瓷家，以及故事核心的情感空缺。它呼應作者選的封面句：「我吃下的，可能是你的缺席；果腹的，也是你的缺席。」
內頁排版配合作者非典型的文體。有些段落以列表形式寫成，需要仔細安排空間來保留文字的節奏，同時不留下設計的痕跡。我設計的時候力氣主要花在讓閱讀感覺毫不費力，每個決定都平實並且服務文字本身，不引起多餘注意，文字才是主角。
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PUBLISHERClean Press (1st edition, HK)
Squirrel Culture 松鼠文化 (2nd edition, TW)
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