DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
YL : This is a exploration of a picture book project. I used mostly line for this project.
DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
YL : I want to use different lines to express the emotion in the story.
DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
YL : I want to publish this story in the future.
DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
YL : The idea generate slowly. I had this idea for a year. Then came up with illustrations as a side project.
DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
YL : I was thinking of doing something different than what I have done. It is a self-exploration.
DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
YL : I want to finish rest of the pictures. Then publish this story in the future.
DI: What made you design this particular type of work?
YL : The idea of doing something different than what I have done, and my own understanding of lines.
DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
YL : Marshall Arisman, the magazine New Yorker and Design Annuals.
DI: Who is the target customer for his design?
YL : Marshall Arisman is more of an artist than a designer. His works are dark(He has lots of works about death), but very sweet in person.
DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
YL : lines domain picture