《别》
Farewell

开本：112mm×155mm×45mm
重量：238g
时间：2020年
客户：字在

Size: 112mm × 155mm × 45mm
Weight: 238g
Year: 2020
Client: Zizai

2020年疫情爆发后，至亲好友相隔两地，无法见面，所有人经历与目睹了更多离别的情景，有些可挽回，有些再无缘。如同离别让诗人创作了无数佳作一般，作为设计者，似乎也有了新的感悟，并运用在此次与活字印刷机构“字在”合作的《别》一书中。生命中究竟有多少种离别？作家彭程在书中掷地有声地发问着，向自己，或者向天地。

In 2020, as the pandemic swept across the globe, beloved family members and close friends were separated by distances, unable to meet in person. Everyone experienced and witnessed more scenes of separation, some recoverable, others final. Just as poets have been inspired by separation to create countless masterpieces, the designer seemed to have gained new insights and applied them in the book Farewell created in collaboration with the movable type printing institute ZiZai. How many types of farewells do we encounter in life? Author Peng Cheng poses this question emphatically in the book, addressing it to himself or perhaps to the universe.

这是一本全白的小方块书，白色的壳套，白色的封面，白色的内页，离别的颜色就是白色。在分别的一瞬间，我们感受世界寂静是一片空白，也如同电影里的闪回，镜头与镜头间快速切换的白，或是记忆消散时刺眼的光晕白，然后彼此从白色重新开始。

This is a small, square book entirely in white: a white slipcase, a white cover, and white interior pages. The color of farewells is white. In the moment of parting, we feel the world goes silent and becomes a void, like a flashback in a film where scenes rapidly cut to white, or the blinding white light as memories fade, before starting anew from that blankness.

当然，离别牵扯拉回，白色也并不单一。随着离别氛围的递进，情绪细腻到一分一秒都有不同感受。所以，书中的“白”也被设定了多种层级，对应不同质感的白，触感由硬壳封面到柔软内页，让每一位翻阅《别》的人都可以在“别”的文字里充分调动起自己别时的情感。

Of course, as the concept of farewell is complex, white is not a monolithic hue. As the atmosphere of farewell deepens, emotions become so nuanced that they vary from second to second. Therefore, the “white” in this book is also layered, corresponding to different textures of white. The tactile experience transitions from the hardcover to the soft inner pages, allowing each reader to fully engage with their own emotions through the words of Farewell.

白色的封面外盒，代表每一位个体所展现出的情感武装，它看似坚硬，却又极易被水溶解。而内页是将文字通过活字印刷的方式印制在被揉皱的纸张上，力透纸背，如同被反复拿起翻阅、紧紧攥在手中的信。而绵柔纸巾，是我们特地嵌入盒内的小心思，用来装盛我们分别的哀伤和相逢的喜悦。

The white outer slipcase represents the emotional armor each individual shows to the world. It seems sturdy yet is easily dissolved by water. Inside, the text is printed onto crumpled paper using movable type printing, pressing the ink deeply into the paper, as if it had been repeatedly picked up, read, and tightly clenched like a letter. Soft tissue paper, a thoughtful addition specially placed inside the box, serves to capture the sorrow of parting and the joy of reunion.