Zhu Yingchun (朱赢椿)
Book designer, artist and book planner
Director of Nanjing Normal University Research Centre of Book Culture

Book designer, artist and book planner, Zhu Yingchun is also Director of Nanjing Normal University Research Centre of Book Culture, and Director of the Jiangsu Province Publishers Association Design and Binding Arts Committee. He was named a Leading Talent of the News and Publishing Industry of China, and has won the “Chinese Government Award for Publishing” Outstanding Editor Award. He is also the recipient of the international award, “The Most Beautiful Books in the World”.

Zhu Yingchun has independently designed, planned and created books, which have attracted widespread attention. In particular, Stitching Up won the “World’s Most Beautiful Book” award in 2007 and Ant won the UNESCO German Committee “Special Award for the Most Beautiful Books in the World”. Two picture books, The Slowpoke Snail and Next to Bugs, have seen numerous reprints and their copyrights exported, while the pioneer experimental text, The Designing Wordsmith, and concept photography book Kong Du attract readers in their unique perspectives.

Language of Bugs was many years in the making. The book, devoid of words, was independently created by the bugs themselves, triggering widespread controversy in mass media. Mr Zhu’s collaboration with bugs in the making of contemporary art has led to exhibitions globally including the UK, Germany and Taiwan. The book also became part of the permanent collection of the British Library and won the silver medal for “Most Beautiful Books in the World”. Language of Bugs and Cacaform Birds are published in the UK by ACC Art Books. In 2019, Zhu Yingchun’s latest work Bug’s Notebook once again challenges conventional thinking, finding intrigue in the ordinary.