A Brief Introduction to Slow Snail

Zhu Yingchun, a designer who lives in a corner of Nanjing, was awarded the title of "the most beautiful book in the world" twice in a row, and more than ten works were awarded the title of "the most beautiful book in China". However, as a designer, Zhu Yingchun really didn't spend much time at work. He spent a lot of time drinking tea, playing the piano, staring blankly, observing ants, butterflies, gray mice and other small animals. This seemingly leisurely or useless time has brought a lot of inspiration to designers. He believes that life should be "slow down", just from the perspective of designers looking for inspiration: "Stay there for five minutes and inspiration will come out."

This book is Zhu Yingchun's latest work, a light ink painting style picture book, the protagonist is the snail he adopted for many years. Getting along with small animals such as snails day and night not only makes him closer to nature, but also gives him a lot of inspiration in life. Although the snail's life is fragile and the pace of life is slow, every moment of their life is so real and every step is so practical. This book is an observation note that records the life course of snails, and it is also a fable full of Zen. Perhaps we can learn some secrets of life in the quiet and beautiful picture and the snail's slow step by step.

The design of this book is ingenious, adopting the way of virtual double cover. Plastic seal replaces the function of waist seal. When the plastic seal with the slogan is opened, it is a pure and clean white cover. At the beginning, the slow-motion protagonist, snail, is introduced in five consecutive slow motions, and its unhurried pace is also the only rhythm of this book.