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With the Wind

Book cover書籍封面

The front cover with drifting sand patterns and a white spine, on black
Drifting sand patterns across the front cover封面上隨風流動的沙紋

With the Wind is a cover design for Ka Hung Wong’s selected poems, translating an invisible subject — wind — into a visible trace. The design uses drifting sand as a metaphor for movement, allowing soft dispersion and directional flow to shape the composition. Rather than illustrating wind directly, the cover records its imagined effect on material.

The restrained typography, muted surface and subtle movement of the sand create a quiet, tactile atmosphere that echoes the poems’ sense of transience and lingering emotion. The result treats the book as a physical object in which material, image and absence work together to suggest something that can be felt but not seen.

With the Wind 是 Ka Hung Wong 詩選的封面設計,把一個看不見的主題——風——轉化為看得見的痕跡。設計以飄移的沙作為運動的隱喻,讓柔和的散落與方向性的流動決定構圖。封面不直接描繪風,而是記錄風吹過物質時可能留下的樣子。

克制的字體、低彩度的表面與沙的細微動態,營造出安靜而有觸感的氛圍,呼應詩中的短暫與餘韻。這本書被當作一個實體物件:材質、圖像與留白一起暗示某種感覺得到、卻看不見的東西。

The cover as a surface封面作為一個表面

Drifting sand provides a visible trace for the poems’ invisible subject: wind. Restrained typography leaves the cover’s texture in view, while the spine gives the book a quiet, clear edge.流動的沙,為詩集裡看不見的風留下痕跡。克制的文字讓封面紋理保持完整,書脊則形成安靜、清楚的邊界。

With the Wind lying flat, showing its cover and spine against the black background
The cover and spine of With the Wind《With the Wind》的封面與書脊

Eight variations八種變化

Across eight covers, the sand shifts in density and direction while the book’s format remains constant. Together they show the range of movement possible within the same restrained composition.八個封面之中,沙的密度與流向持續改變,書本的形式則保持一致。並列後,可以看見同一種克制構圖所容納的不同動勢。

Eight variations of the wind-blown sand cover on their black background
Eight variations of the wind-blown sand cover風沙封面的八種變化