Gender-Fluid Principles of Design

DREAM LABOR PRESS

Dream Labor Press is a self-publishing collective founded by a group of Chinese female graphic designer-authors who are based in the United States and China. Our work focuses on storytelling and fiction-making in the liminal space between places and identities.

By means of zines, artist books and other small publications, we play with objects, symbols and memories. We endeavor to communicate layered narratives that resonate with different walks of audiences and to push the boundaries of design.

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Doris Liu
Zia Qian
Lexi Xu
Lihao Zhu
Zhenyu Zhou

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GENDER-FLUID PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

Lihao Zhu
2023

4.4 x 10.25 inchPerfect binding, french folds
74 pages

A book manifests a new design paradigm that celebrates a fluid and non-binary way of thinking and making.

The book is a critical rewrite of Universal Principles of Design, which defines design through a generic and heteropatriarchal lens. For now, six gender-fluid design principles respond to six selected universal design principles included in folds within the book.

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