《大家的日本語》課本Redesign

Book Cover Design textbook japanese teaching redesign 書籍封面設計課本教育日語學習

《大家的日本語》課本封面Redesign

《大家的日本語》(みんなの日本語) 是一套廣為人知的日語教材，全套主要分為初級一、初級二、進階一與進階二一共四本，以及隨系列的其他習題本與講義。2022年7月，我開始學習日文，一開始便是使用這本課本。此次的封面redesign是我藉由揣想一本日語課本可以如何改造，美化視覺及編排; 另一方面也想透過標題字、圖像、色彩的重新規範與設計，將趣味融入課本的設計中。全新設計過的課本陳列在書架上，透過活潑的色彩，試驗是否能激起日文自學者拿起這本課本翻一翻的慾望。我將造形簡單、轉角圓潤的幾何圖形作為設計元素使用，四本不同的課本則依據課本的原設計使用相對應的色彩做難度的分級：淺藍色為初級一，橘色則為難度最高。藉由交錯使用線條與色塊，製造留白空間，增加全系列一字排開時的舒適感。

Minna no Nihongo (Japanese for Everyone) is a well-known Japanese textbook, which is divided into four books: Elementary 1, Elementary 2, Advanced 1, and Advanced 2, as well as other workbooks and handouts that come with the series.In July 2022, when I started learning Japanese, I used this textbook from the very beginning.This cover redesign is my way of thinking about how a Japanese textbook can be transformed to beautify the visuals and layout; on the other hand, I also wanted to incorporate fun into the design of the textbook by reformatting and re-designing the title characters, images, and colors. The newly designed textbooks are displayed on the bookshelf, and through the vivid colors, we try to see if they can inspire Japanese learners to pick up the textbooks and flip through them. I used simple geometric shapes with rounded corners as design elements, while the four different textbooks were graded in terms of difficulty according to the original design of the textbook, using corresponding colors: light blue was the first level, while orange was the most difficult. The interlocking use of lines and color blocks creates white space and adds a sense of comfort to the series when they are lined up.