As for the vision of 2023, many people hope to return to normal life and return to concrete, vivid and real daily life. People will pay more attention to their own needs and build a personal paradise for themselves.
Japanese-Chinese writer Shinobu Yoshii’s residence in Tokyo is only eight square meters and has no bathroom, refrigerator, or washing machine. However, she enjoys the cultural atmosphere of “nearby” and big cities, and lives a “healthy and cultured life” level of life”. This cabin is undoubtedly her "peach blossom garden".
As Shinobu Yoshii writes in his new book "Eight Square Meters in Tokyo", everyone has his or her own "Eight Square Meters". It may be a place or a person, where you don't have to pretend. You can face yourself well and enjoy the moment as much as possible.
Visiting the Art Book Fair in Guangzhou in Winter
From December 22nd to 25th, the first inD Guangzhou Art Book Fair was held at Guangzhou Future Society. With the theme of "Borders of Art Books", this year's book fair invites more than 110 publishers and creative people across the country to present multiple exhibition units such as art exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and digital experience spaces.
The book fair specially invited many well-known local art institutions and art brands in Guangdong to participate in the exhibition: Wutiaoren Multi-store founded by Wutiaoren Band brought Wutiaoren’s green vinyl records, PeopleSoft’s new book "Popular" "Novel" and band peripherals; the small exhibition "The Future Begins with a Poster" curated by Guangdong Times Museum, which uses "poster" as a medium to review the creation and exploration of the museum in the past ten years; a number of Guangzhou local independent publications, For example, Water Elephant and Wilderness Publishing share how to focus on contemporary issues and change daily life through design.
This book fair coincides with Christmas, and a warm and sweet holiday atmosphere permeated the event site. Sustainable Design (Materials) Museum Two years ago, Publishers Weekly released a survey report on wages and jobs in the U.S. book publishing industry. In addition to regular questions such as salary, gender structure in the industry, and racial composition, this survey report specifically adds questions related to the impact of the epidemic on the publishing industry.
The report shows that most respondents believe that working from home has become the norm in the American publishing industry. More than half of the respondents reported that their company does not require them to work in the office every week.
Over the past three years, many places in the United States have announced the implementation of blockade orders, which has severely affected the publishing industry. Many bookstores and libraries were closed, and publishers suffered heavy losses. In this survey, most respondents believe that the publishing industry will face many challenges in the future. Among them, the most frequently mentioned include supply chain issues and rising manufacturing and production costs. In addition, publisher burnout and the publishing industry’s declining attractiveness to talent are also challenges.