Slow It Down — Dream Labor Press

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.

CURRENT MEMBERS

Doris Liu
Zia Qian
Lexi Xu
Lihao Zhu
Zhenyu Zhou

FAIRS & EVENTS
Brooklyn Art Book Fair, 2024
Other Islands Book Fair, 2024
打开——Open M Art Fair by abC, 2024
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair, 2024
Press Play by Pioneer Works, 2023
Detroit Art Book Fair, 2023

STOCKISTS
Accent Sisters Studio
MCBA Online Shop

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SLOW IT DOWN: IN PRAISE OF WONDERING, A MANIFESTO

Zhenyu Zhou
2022

5.5 x 8.5 inch
Accordion binding, hard cover

We live in an age where attention is being plundered, and we are getting busier but have less time for ourselves. This project advocates a new way of life from a designer’s perspective by slowing down the pace to free ourselves from such distractions, enjoy life and bring new possibilities to design.

The designer compiled a year’s observations and designs through walking, inviting people to slow down, live in the present moment, and become focused.

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