The dream of ordinary people

Project Components

Giant illustration
16 small picture books
interactive lighting installations

Exhibition

Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum
Beijing, China

Museum of Illustration
New York, United States

This illustrated game book guides children to become little designers.

Through engaging Children's book and Puzzle illustrations, children explore the daily lives of ordinary people around them couriers, Elderly people, and Sanitation worker instead of famous or legendary figures.

By playing the game, children experience the joys and challenges of everyday life, developing empathy and a desire to help those around them.

Inspiration

Kids are like little roaming detectives

They always notice things adults often miss.

The project started from a conversation between my 5-year-old nephew and me. He always has fresh thoughts about life, such as a delivery cart transforming into a house to shelter a delivery man on a rainy day, a particular bowel holding scoop and chopsticks in case he lost one of them, moveable shelves let a door-to-door salesman carrying multiple tools walk across buildings.

This fantastic idea reminds me that I also have thoughts like this in my childhood. Thus, This project brith from this, inspire children to be a designer and solid their excellent ideas into systematic design thinking.

The story begins with a single day in a small town.

Wow! Where are all the main characters from the picture book?

How to play?

Meet the character → Find them in the big picture → Read their story → Solve their problem

There are 12 people hidden in the scene.
Each of them faces a little challenge in their everyday life.
To help them, children are invited to read the storybook first.