Collage of city sidewalk elements including storm drains, a bollard, curb markings, pavement textures, and signs in Chinese and English.

My Culture by Jiajun Wu

Graphic Design April 15 2024

Intro

“我做的设计很多其实来自于对身边的观察，因为我个人不是科班出身,所以很多的设计来自我的’突发奇想’。

我在多数情况下会采用基础图形，例如圆，矩形，三角形，大色块之类再加以身边熟悉的事物，我最为信仰的就是大自然，自然才是最好的艺术家，再与相对于主题做一个结合。我认为我们现在有了一定经济实力，但是对自己的文化了解不够，甚至不认同、厌弃；因此我想让更多身边的朋友、陌生人、志同道合的人甚至是外国友人了解认识我们的文化。”

“A lot of my designs actually come from the observation around me, because I don't have a professional background, so a lot of my designs come from my "sudden ideas". In most cases, I will use basic graphics, such as circles, rectangles, triangles, and large color blocks, and mix them with the familiar things to me. What I believe the most is nature, nature is always the best artist. And then do a combination relative to the theme with nature.

I think we now have a certain level of resources, but we do not know enough about our own culture, even do not agree with or hate them; Therefore, I want to let more friends, strangers, like-minded people and even foreign friends know about our culture.”

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Names in the order of left to right

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Collage of various street and sidewalk textures, manhole covers, traffic markings, signs, and a green down arrow sign.

“‘开放’一词我觉得就是“包容，平等”对所有人都是一样，在城市里每个人都是在不同的方形‘盒子里’陈设都是不同的，也无法看出来包容，真正包容的应该就是‘道路’，因为它对每个人都是一样的，不会因为你的性别，信仰，收入就歧视你,这才是最大的‘open’最大的‘开放城市’这就是我的创作理念。”

"The word 'open' I think is 'inclusive, equal'，for all people is the same, in the city everyone is in different square 'boxes' furnishings are different, can not see the inclusion, the actual inclusive should be the 'road', because it is the same for everyone, not because of your gender, faith,

This is the biggest 'open city'. That’s my creative concept."