YING SUN

ciao ciao Italy

2010-04-06T13:56:00.004+01:00

"Everyone is dragging a world that is composed of all the things he has seen and loved,
even if he appears travel or live in a different world,
and he still keep back to the world which is dragged by him."

Chateaubriand

"每一个人身上都拖带着一个世界，由他所见过，爱过的一切所组成的世界，

即使他看起来是在另一个不同的世界里旅行、生活，

他仍然不停地回到他身上所拖带着的那个世界里去。"

夏多布里昂

《意大利旅行》

从意大利疯回来，又过了两日阴雨连绵的糟心日子，easter假期，天瞬间蓝了起来，我又见到了伦敦了我最喜爱的云朵连绵。Jo说他申请了消防员的工作，每周只要工作两天，余下的时间便可安心画画，还说周末要去red cross当志愿者，说不定伦敦奥运的时候就能去当个急救人员。昨晚我们看了个白雪皑皑，夕阳融化在热浪中的小片子，那些长腿哥哥们在巅峰中坠落，飞腾，张开翅膀滑下去，带着我的心，渐变成个小黑点消失在屏幕中远方。Jo说他又开始skateboarding了，我说那你应该试试fixgear，它们可真都是一回事。我说你知道么，在我逐渐接近三十这年纪的时候，我突然想做很多我年轻时候没有做过的事情，譬如到处流浪，无所事事，在海边跟语言不通的爷爷互相借烟抽然后瞎聊天，挣钱，然后花掉。可是我与Jo不同，我需要在这里留下来，就不能那么肆无忌惮疯下去，我妈说就照着你喜欢的生活去过吧，不要管其他的，可是我怎么能不管呢。

只是忽然觉得生活不应该是这样子，在感慨这样或那样生活的同时，其实自己也可以去争取，我想到处去旅行，去拍照，工作，这心便能自由起来，我说我需要想明白什么才是自己最想要的生活然后再开始，或者可以先开始，然后再去看合不合适，恩恩，这冬天格外的长，我们轮着番逃走又逃回来，来伦敦已经1年又7 个月了，前天我忽然想不起来下个月我是要奔向26还是27，很符合现在糊里糊涂的状态，我挺爱这状态，因为以前没有过，可能以后也不允许我有，好好享受吧。

2010

2010-01-02T03:58:00.003Z

从爱丁堡一直喝到伦敦的圣诞至新年，日日头晕目眩的，不喝也醉。好像是圣诞前几日的那个夜晚，我在st.paul等公车去会小三他们一起看wicked，然后妖妖娆娆的雪花就大片飞舞下来，衬着那大教堂的灯光格外迷人。伦敦第一场雪那天，我正巧收工出门，欣喜间只想发个短信给谁，却发现所有的人，都不对。

当我已经渐渐熟悉了这个城市，了解了一些规则，我便无法回到老地方去，回不去的太原，也许回不去的北京，也许留不下的伦敦，只是我安全感严重缺失，仍然无法确认到底哪里才是我的家，如何做才不会后悔，实在太挑剔怕不完美怕后悔怕这一生就风一样吹过去。当我独自走在路上才发现自己需要那双实实在在的手，那双实用温暖的手，其他都是瞎扯淡，让人觉得没盼头。

其实这个年尾过的格外温馨，圣诞夜友人们低声弹唱着，我们跳了只很美的舞，我还唱了又见炊烟。去下着雪的森林中漫步，迷雾笼罩着苏格兰的村庄，还看到了一只小鹿。临别之前的夜晚，从12点到5点喝过四间 pub+club，在爱丁堡缓上缓下的小道上蹦来蹦去，我说Saro我好喜欢你啊，她说我高跟鞋好硌脚呢。晕晕乎乎中，觉得好自由。因为感冒，躺到床上右眼流了很多泪，好像自己真得哭了一般。

新的一年，新的十年，和Q妮Makita看着新年烟花尖叫，被路人滋了一脸香槟，我朦胧中走了很久才走回家。我还记得十年前的元旦我也吐了，是因为吃了太多旺旺米饼后和韩刚一阵用力跳舞然后到胃抽筋，那年过去后，我们一群人都去到了不同的学校。我去了北京，开始了那一个十年，人人事事，我依旧什么都记得清楚明白。十年后我就奔36，是不是也该？

有朋友，真好。我爱你们。

About furniture imagination

2009-10-19T23:43:00.002+01:00

Three stories:

A man broke up with his girl friend, after work he arrived a empty home in the silent night he talked to everything in his room, he asked why the towel was crying, and the soap didn’t have appetite got to be thinner and thinner, the drain was blocked and water flooded onto the floor, he said: you can do something when a people is crying, but it’s very difficult to do anything when a house is crying”. -----[Chongqing Forest]

A women who is a sex worker owed huge debt from the others, and one day her creditors carried all her furniture from the house to sold her up, she cried: “could you please leave my bed to me, I spent my first time on this bed, I grew up on this bed, I was working on this bed…”-----[Jinji]

My friend’s big brother likes twist the pillow corner when he was sleeping since he was a kid, many years later the pillow corner have already be twisted to broken, he asked his grandma put his old pillow into a new pillowcase, and cut a hole in the pillow case that he can still twist the pillow corner secretly.

In this world where relationships between people are often utilitarian and fair weather friends abound. Your room is the one who know you most.

When I’m growing up there is a fact I Inevitably meet that I have left my parents and my friends also my familiar environment gradually, so the lonely feeling always accompany me since I was 18, everyday I arrived home only all the furniture and my cat stayed with me, at that time, my cat is my most intimate friend, but when I left China I have to say goodbye to my cat and came to a strange country, I had a strong desire to keep a new cat but I cannot do that for if someday I will leave UK I will left my cat again, so here I don’t have family, friends, boyfriend and even a pet, the only friends in my room became to my furniture, my bed embraced me every night and my light warmed me each hard working night, the door is first guy know me arrived home and last guy say goodbye to me every morning.

I love animal and wild landscape, when the sunny days I always went to zoo to meet those animals, there is a big tree in front of my window, everyday I was staying at home and doing my works, when I was looking through the window I can see many small animals appearing on the tree, a yellow mouth bird, several pigeons, two cats, many unnamed birds, I want to invite them into my house, sometimes I imaged my room is a forest and the lively creatures surround me.

How furniture with an identity of basic daily function to have intersection with emotional world? Here, furniture is neither only container or supporter nor the decoration. But also an participator in the room. So how to combine the animal element to furniture, and how to make the furniture more humanization as they are also the family members in the house?

Oh, such a big problem, go to bed and go on thinkng.

Sunday morning

2009-10-18T12:30:00.004+01:00

It takes a while escaping from the swamp, like each time before.

"I don't need a man needs me, I need a man loves me." Celine [Before Sunset]

endless silent lonely journey.

Walking after Camberwell

2009-09-02T22:48:00.005+01:00

The most beautiful thing is walking with U everywhere..

一年

2009-09-01T01:44:00.006+01:00

对于七月8号之后戛然而止的Camberwell MA生活，我已没了感觉，搬家时候丢掉很多迟迟舍不得扔的型录，草稿，边角料。那学校仿佛这辈子再也不去也没什么关系了，完成的那些书，从上一个展览刚取回来，就便要送去下一个展览，然而我却不想看它们，厌烦了，厌烦了这类无休止的话题。

伦敦的夏天不是很炎热，也喜欢上了外面下着雨，自个独坐在屋子里慢慢度日的状态，U回去之后，把房子找妥之后，行李寄放完毕之后，也许要等到真正搬入新的住所之后，这伦敦的第一年，才算真正过去。我现在只是什么都不愿意去想，只想着：啊，一切都结束了，真好，让这颗脑袋暂时歇息一下吧，从大学毕业就一直神经紧张的大脑，打仗一般的4年，都来不及想，来不及消化那些过去的日子，Camberwell的一年，的确是3年工作所得一个良好的释放，然而这个陌生的环境，还是结结实实累了人一把。

也想努力的找一份正经差事，却又怕万一真的要我去上班的话怎么办，犹豫着便也就歇下来了，让斗志也溜去歇假，懒散得要命。歇歇吧，一份咖啡店的工作，稍微辛苦一下就可以勉强的让自己生存下去，不去冲着设计师的office job努力，我却很满足，对于自己而言，这是多么轻松的生活，只是卖咖啡，卖体力，卖笑，剩下的就可以不去管了，回家之后可以尽情的看电影赖着，一部，十部，百部，多好。

休息，休息一下再出发吧^_^。心里有数便是好，总会来的。

Final works

2009-07-15T13:04:00.000+01:00

MA Book Arts Final Works is coming soon...:)

Thanks for everyone, specially 4 u.

Finished? no, not yet.

Final project MA Book Arts Camberwell College of Arts

2009-07-15T00:47:00.024+01:00

QUEUING DREAMS

.1.

Fragment

I see my hands get up
take my clothes, put them on
then they wear my flat shoes
ti-ta-ti-ta, get out the door

I see my eyes, my eyes
in the dark
struggling get up
as if they want to catch up with my hands
They turn over, staring me
then
They walk toward me straightway

Jiangnan Yi

In this book I am more interested in telling story that is surreal and absurd, I broke the images in my dream into pieces then personate them to remix a new creature, You open a door then get into another door to see this strange creation, also I want to show the personal private world that is the dream only can be read by the dreamer himself, so I put these stories happening in a personal imaginary world.

My first table in life

2009-07-15T00:39:00.003+01:00

OK, I think I can build the world now. ^_^

B & W

2009-06-28T17:46:00.005+01:00

by Flor Garduno

by Jed Devine

Enough ^_^

2009-06-24T19:41:00.005+01:00

I am so nervous, so nervous, when you asked me to show you the works I've done this year, after I send them to you, I am so nervous, I'm afraid of you'll be disappointed with me, like before every time I showed you my work, standing behind you and waiting for your response like a timid rabbit, I don't fear my mum but I fear you. So many times "take it back and do it again", so many times stayed at office till next morning, doing~ amending~ doing~ amending, even after 3 years I still can't catch up with yous, today I suddenly miss yous so much when I after work on the way home, miss those so harsh standard days and clever modest people, by that time I really hate that weak myself. Thanks for you never abandoned me when I was on the so shit level, teaching and influencing that silly and bad temper me by my growing days, how r u, guys, wait me~~

Enough, for the comment finally you gave me.

My little airport - 浪漫九龍塘+北歐是我們的死亡終站

2009-06-21T20:17:00.002+01:00

這個抑鬱的星期天
我們在討論自殺的方法
你說嗑藥不錯
我說萬一死不去還要洗胃很辛苦
割脈也太痛不能接受
燒炭　你我都認同最舒適的方法　但未免太消極可悲
你說不如凍死　穿汗衣在北極凍死
我滿心歡喜提議先到芬蘭旅遊然後穿汗衣凍死
你說其實可以先環遊世界然後到芬蘭凍死
好主意我說北歐是我們的死亡終站
很浪漫的想法
你問打算何時進行不如就29歲活在永遠的29歲
我說時間無多要開始儲錢為了我們的計劃
你說你有積蓄，可以資助我
我感動地　幻想　29歲　我們一起到北歐去

Yep!

2009-06-04T17:53:00.004+01:00

I got the interview from edinburgh college of arts today and Andy said he'll send me the unconditional offer asap, im jumping in the air:D but soon after i felt a little bit upset that maybe i'll leave London and my friends... to be honest said, i dont wanna leave here, one year is too short and i still dont know much about this city, another thing is i don't have enough confidence to do product design for i don't have any sense of 3D making process, Andy said im the most interesting student they've met in this applying period, so high pressure, anyway, depend on the scholaship, so poor now...T_T

continue...

got 2000 pound scholarship, hesitated then refused the offer, just not enough for 13,400 tuition fee. T_T

Sometimes, have to disguise in this fake world

2009-05-29T22:49:00.003+01:00

He said:" people like book, you need choose a good book to read".

2009-05-28T19:25:00.002+01:00

i know, i know, one day i will fall asleep forever...but i still don't wanna wake up now.

2009-05-27T21:01:00.003+01:00

inside-out

2009-05-27T02:12:00.001+01:00

And maybe the sea ... ?

2009-05-27T02:02:00.002+01:00

Does the sun have sad days ?

2009-05-27T01:34:00.001+01:00

ISLAND ESTATE NEWSLETTER

2009-05-15T17:00:00.003+01:00

25 LATITUDE VILLA ACTIVITY AD

2009-05-15T16:48:00.004+01:00

25 LATITUDE VILLA BROCHURE

2009-05-15T16:41:00.004+01:00

YUS!

2009-04-19T23:04:00.005+01:00

im here and a little bit happy, cos i think i finally have found what i wanna do exactly, i mean, in future, yus, i found it, so i know where should i walk towards, maybe it's more easier for some intelligent guys, but for me, a full of questions and a stubborn me, it's really tough to figue it out, ive spend almost 3 years to ask myself, u know, 3 years ago my dream was just i can get into in a 4A agency, now, for me, it's just a job but not my career.

cos i really wanna know myself, i wanna make everything clear, why came London, why stay here, what should i gonna do, or i cannot smile with those questions without get rid of them.

nice weather, right? have watched so many brilliant films during easter, fruitful and cheap, lalala~~:)

转载老色之转载

2009-04-13T22:22:00.001+01:00

历史走了100年，整个中国知识界完成了一个理论上的大轮回。两次鸦片战争，给中国带来了深重的灾难，有识之士得出结论：只有资本主义才能救中国，于是开始搞洋务运动。直到日本发动侵华战争，经过八年抗战，有识之士又得出结论：资本主义救不了中国，只有社会主义才能救中国。这个口号一直喊到19-89年，东欧剧变，苏联解体，这时，有识之士大声疾呼：只有中国才能救社会主义。整个世界不知不觉进入二十一世纪，资本主义世界的老大美国爆发次贷危机，引发全球资本主义国家的经济危机，进而影响到整个世界经济大萧条，全世界都在疾呼：只有中国才能救资本主义。

Desiring a good weather

2009-04-12T19:45:00.003+01:00

I need sunshine, ORZ...

Passing by London

2009-04-12T18:48:00.002+01:00

by C 350D+50mm/1.4L, 2009, London

2009-04-12T14:54:00.004+01:00

When the 80s ladies like us are qestioning about is there a good man existing in this world, my 90s friends are already confusing about that do they love man or woman, I know, I'm old...
今天给我娘视频，老娘说怎么去了英国以后你老愁眉不展的一幅样子，是啊是啊，我能笑得起来么。学业，马泥，狗屁爱情，没一样顺心的，对不起，我又抱怨了。伦敦的天那，可不可以放晴一点，你比我还死人脸呢。

Final Project Catalog Design

2009-04-10T23:34:00.004+01:00

I like black also fancy color dots, my dreams are appeaing in dark night also accompanying by fantastic colors, dream is a balloon that desiring fly but never can be away from reality, I don't know where is I, where is me, where is myself.

Ying's name card

2009-04-10T18:06:00.003+01:00

I did some name cards for the Bristol Book Fair, bad sewing, haha, finally this lazy Ying has her own name card:) r they sweet enough?

I need one excellent friend!

2009-04-10T17:24:00.004+01:00

Today I found a last year student's website from our course, really good jobs, a little bit jealous, kk, um, I hope there would be a excellent people study or stay around me, it will arouse my enthusiasm and fighting spirit, I am too lazy now, ZZZzzz.

Wedding booklet

2009-04-10T17:17:00.004+01:00

For my colleague's friends

Scotland~~

2009-04-09T01:14:00.006+01:00

Should I apply for ECA to continue my study? I am not sure, I really want to learn something new, and also I don't want to put myself into a office so quickly, what else, I have fancied Edinburgh for a long time, London is too massive, I cannot feel any romantic here, maybe...um... I don't know, depents on the scholarship...

SEEKING FOR BRIGHTNESS

2009-04-08T16:04:00.000+01:00

the dark night gave me dark eyes
I'm using my dark eyes to find brightness.

黑夜给了我黑色的眼睛
我用黑色的眼睛去寻找光明

顾城

INSIDE-OUT

2009-04-08T15:43:00.000+01:00

ME, OTHERS AND...

2009-04-08T15:30:00.000+01:00

Spring

2009-04-07T21:43:00.003+01:00

Three days didn't at home, this morning I suddenly noticed that my tree beginning to leaf:) more small animals appeared on the tree, a yellow mouth bird, several pigeons, two cats, many unnamed birds, um, it's time to take some pics outside~

BIKE-INN EMOTION ICONS

2009-04-07T21:19:00.003+01:00

These icons are for our cycling BBS in Beijing, still in process~:)

HIDE & PLAY

2009-04-07T16:50:00.006+01:00

It seems that when I was very young I used to play by myself, after class I was always lingering aimlessly in some construction sites to find interesting things or climbed to our school's roof and hiding there but didn't go home, when I look back my childhood I finally understand that ,yes, that is me, i love people but cannot stay with them, i enjoy play by myself but still need people to love me.

HOW TO TOUCH THE CLOUD

2009-04-07T00:34:00.000+01:00

I accept that I have a strong fancy of cloud, although there are already tremendouse people love them too, it's seemed a little bit out hobbie, I still can't control my self thinking about do something of the cloud, here's France airway's old advertisement vedio which inspirated me many times, and my little idea about how to touch the cloud. I swear I'll make it true someday in my life. The material I wanna use PVC or something plastic, and the shadow square I didn't think it out yet, anyway it should be soft and clean.

CATTY AROUND ME

2009-04-07T00:17:00.002+01:00

THOSE LOVELY FAIRY

2009-04-06T23:55:00.000+01:00

BRISTOL BOOK FAIR

2009-04-06T22:06:00.000+01:00

Two day's book fair were finished in a massive packing environment in a sunny afternoon, people were chatting outside of ALOFINI gallery, posing, shooting, laughing, a black cat was light on its feet wondering along the riverside, the sun was dipping down and left us a long long shadow, um, it's time to leave Bristol, I like this small peaceful place, maybe just because I didn't know much about it so everything was so perfect to me, those steep stairs quite like Lijiang's lovely alleys, few people, fresh air and a lonely ying was lost again in the morning.

In the book fair I met Otto and Colin Sackett again, it was pure chance that Colin's table next to our table so I can peep him through the gap of my classmatesp;D, I bought two of his books again, you know, I even didn't understand the meaning of his books, just like touch them, I told him I am a big fan of his books, then he smiled and gave me a small discount, ummm~happy:) so many lovely books, it's really a good chance to drive me thinking about why people buy books? Which kind of books could grasp people's attention and pay for them, I noticed that most people fancy buy some small and lovely things such as postcard and single sheet drawing, um, maybe I should make some small things next time, no body bought my books, so upset T_T, although many people appreciated my books, they just like, you know, they didn't buy it, but when I saw some kids were looking fixedly at my book and a small guy lead his mother to see my book again, I was really moved, en, enough for me.
For many year I’ve thought about that, how many year will cost me to be a real artist, nobody could give me a answer, I like everything in arts form, I like illustration photography ceramic jewelry display even fashion, I've done so many works before, but till now I still unhappy, cos standing behind my works, I don't know what is my style exactly, I like sweet things but not too feminine style, I cannot find myself, this is also the question I told my tutor Susan at the beginning of my MA course. Also, there is another question finally occurred I've worried a little bit before: if I still do sth abstract, how can I earn money to afford my life, or should I back to those design engaged in for enjoyment and commercial, I am so full about advertisement company...

People all are too pride, till now I don't dare to say I am a artist, "artist" is a so important word, too much thing need to learn to think, why u already thought u r a artist?

Too tired, need have a good rest.

BEYOND CLOUD

2009-04-06T19:52:00.001+01:00

LOVE IN MY LIITTLE HEART PLANET

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LAKE IN BEIJING

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DISPLAY DESIGN

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CHINESE ZODIZAC

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RAINBOW CD

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SHIMAOTIANJIE SHOPPING MALL VISUAL IDENTITY

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ISLAND VISUAL IDENTITY

2009-04-06T17:23:00.001+01:00

ISLAND ESTATE INTRODUCTION BOOK

2009-04-06T16:53:00.001+01:00

RMBBOX NEWSLETTER

2009-04-06T16:43:00.002+01:00

25 LATITUDE VILLA INTRODUCTION BOOK

2009-04-06T16:12:00.001+01:00

BEYOND THE CLOUD

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FISH EYE

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SORRY

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AHHHH~Something wrong with this blog, I need to update it soon maybe need 2 days, if u can read Chinese, pls go to www://innnnnnnnn.blogbus.com~~~~~

AD I'VE DONE

2009-04-02T03:21:00.000+01:00

ANNOUNCEMENT

2009-02-01T01:55:00.000Z

All the works here without special introduction are original designed by YingSun, please don't quote or repost. thanks.

ABOUT YING

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2008-2009.MA Degree. Camberwell Book Arts, University of Arts London.
2005-2008. Designer. Look&Listen Advertisement . Company. Beijing.
2005. Designer. Action. Ogilvy. Beijing.
2001-2005. BA Degree. Graphic Design. Renmin University of China.

Ying Sun is an always-curious Chinese graphic designer, display designer and book artist. There are too many puzzles and uncertainties in her young life, she always strive to find answer. She once tried to define herself, but found it is too hard. There are too many things for her to discover to experience and art is a continuous struggle process to her. Conflict contradiction is her life style, finding out problems and overcoming them let she goes on.

After graduated with distinction score from one of the most famous university in Renmin University of China, she began her career at Ogilvy, solved the commissions of Motorola and Microsoft, working with the high-standard clients supplied the good opportunities to forge her overall thinking ability. Soon after, she joined Look&Listen which is the one of the top3 design Agency in Beijing as a graphic designer. There, she helped the high-end real estates to achieve real perfect sales performance in the real estate boom era. During that period, Ying began to find a balance point between art design and commercial design; she mixed much contemporary design trend into her commercial design and got successful effect of her client’s commission.

After experiencing the busy and fruitful office working life, Ying needed some changes to gain more vivid inspirations. So she relocated in 2008 to London for her MA course in Camberwell College of Arts of University of Arts London. Combine with her graphic design background, She more focus on exploring variety of book structures; She creatively transformed the pages of book with an identity of two-dimensional form to have intersection with three-dimensional world. Additionally, many experiments formed her a good understanding of different materials.

In between graphic design and book design stints, Ying enjoys photography, illustration and traveling. During her traveling by bicycle she have taken lots of amazing landscape pictures, she loves life and lives. Now Ying is steadily standing on the solid land under foot, begin to outlook the next peak, she is ready to continue climb. From display design to graphic design to book arts, different subjects formed her a wide insight to treat design commissions. She wishes to understand more combination different design forms and and her target of design is to help people’s life get more warmer and lively.