Design Basics and Applications: Basic Application of Design

Author: Yang Shuntai, Wang Weiping
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book collects a large number of classic international design works, graduation projects, and exercises. It adopts a format of illustrations and text, with detailed explanations next to each image to help readers understand the author's design concepts. Each section of text is a summary of the author's long-term creative and teaching experience, making this book a systematic textbook on art design and theoretical foundations. The book is divided into four parts: I. Overview, II. Graphic Composition, III. Color Composition, IV. Typography. The layout of the book is innovative, the examples are refreshing, and the content is both profound and accessible. It can serve as a higher education textbook and is also an excellent guide for amateur enthusiasts.
Author Introduction: Yang Shuntai was born in Shanghai in 1947. He is a member of the China Artists Association and graduated from the Graduate Program at the Shanghai University of Fine Arts. He is currently the Director of the Art and Design Department and a Professor at the School of Art and Design at Shanghai University of Technology.
In 1965, he began publishing artworks. In 1972, his watercolor painting Cannot Let Him Miss Class was purchased by former U.S. President Richard Nixon. In 1989, his comic strip A Happy Day was selected for the 7th National Art Exhibition of China. In 1991, his propaganda poster Offering Love to You won third prize in the 1991 National Propaganda Poster Exhibition. In 1993, the Yang Shuntai Painting Exhibition was jointly held by the Jiefang Daily and the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, with Chen Zhili attending. In 1993, he created the oil painting Commemorating the 100th Birthday of Song Qingling, which was issued by the China Post and Telecommunications Ministry, with a personal handwritten signature by General Secretary Jiang Zemin. In 1994, his watercolor painting Surrounded was selected for the 8th National Art Exhibition and won the Shanghai Excellence Award. In 1996, he designed the stamps and miniature sheet Shanghai Pudong, which were issued by the China Post and Telecommunications Ministry and won the 1996 National Best Stamp Award.
On February 7, 1998, his watercolor painting Rainy Town was selected for the Shanghai Contemporary Watercolor Artists Selection Exhibition in Nagano, Japan. In 1999, he held an exhibition and gave lectures in the UK. In 1999, his watercolor painting Spring was selected for the 9th National Art Exhibition. In 2000, he was featured in the television special Seeking the Notes of Painting – Painter Yang Shuntai, produced by the Shanghai Xinhua Branch. In 2000, he won the bronze award at the 5th National Watercolor and Pastel Exhibition. In 2001, he traveled with the Shanghai Artists Delegation to Russia and Egypt. In 2001, his historical oil painting Sun Yat-sen Meets Li Dazhao was permanently collected by the Shanghai Sun Yat-sen. Over the past decade, his works have been purchased by collectors in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Canada, and the regions of Hong Kong and Taiwan.