Directed Gaze

「公路隐藏植物档案」

Booklet Design
书籍设计

2023

Directed Gaze is a publication project in the form of a botanical map disguised as an archive. Drawing from the structure of a plant encyclopedia, this project reinterprets urban greenery through the lens of sightlines and perception, documenting the unnoticed plant life that thrives along public roads.

The book is constructed with layered materials, separating two modes of understanding: scientific classification and everyday recognition. Plants are categorized by their positions in our natural gaze—high (overhead), medium (eye-level), and low (ground-level/microscopic)—revealing how visibility shapes memory and meaning. Through printmaking, typography, and sequential folds, the project invites readers to look closer at the quiet life that coexists with us in overlooked corners of the city.
《公路隐藏植物档案》是一本以“植物图鉴”形式制作的植物地图,却以“档案”的方式呈现。项目从视觉路径与感知角度出发,重新诠释城市中潜藏的绿色生命,记录那些在公路一侧悄然生长、常被忽视的植物。

书籍以双层材料结构制作,区分两种认知方式:植物学上的学术判定与日常生活中的感知印象。植物根据人类自然视线中的位置被分类为高位(仰视)、中位(平视)、低位(地面/微观),呈现出“看见”与“忽略”之间的视觉规律。结合版画、字体设计与折页结构,本项目希望引导读者重新发现那些潜藏在城市缝隙中的静谧生命






How to Read




To see,
To find.

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Ivan Liu

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