Tone And Texture

Chinese designer Sun Xiaoxi wins Red Dot award for book design. Xing Yi reports.

When Sun Xiaoxi bought a collection of poems in high school, he didn't like the book cover at all - the title was in regular typeface atop a portrait of the poet. He found the cover "stiff and dull".

It is a collection of poems by Zha Haisheng, or Hai Zi as known by his pen name. The renowned modern poet committed suicide at age 25.