A publication exploring plant growth as a visual metaphor for control, resistance, and spatial freedom.
A publication exploring plant growth as a visual metaphor for control, resistance, and spatial freedom.
A publication exploring plant growth as a visual metaphor for control, resistance, and spatial freedom.
The Game of Barbarism and Freedom
The Game of Barbarism and Freedom
The Game of Barbarism and Freedom
The Wildness of Plants
The Wildness of Plants
The Wildness of Plants
2023 /
Editorial Publication / Visual Research
2023 /
Editorial Publication / Visual Research
2023 /
Editorial Publication / Visual Research
Editorial Design · Typography
Editorial Design · Typography
Editorial Design · Typography
The Wildness of Plants examines how urban vegetation is shaped through pruning, fencing, ordering, containment, and other forms of human intervention. The project uses plants as a lens to explore the tension between control, resistance, and natural growth within the city.
These observations were translated into a bilingual editorial system combining halftone photography, abstract line drawings, typographic sequencing, and a restrained black, dark-green, and red visual palette. The final outcome is a 60-page spiral-bound publication that moves between documentary evidence, graphic abstraction, and editorial narrative.
The Wildness of Plants examines how urban vegetation is shaped through pruning, fencing, ordering, containment, and other forms of human intervention. The project uses plants as a lens to explore the tension between control, resistance, and natural growth within the city.
These observations were translated into a bilingual editorial system combining halftone photography, abstract line drawings, typographic sequencing, and a restrained black, dark-green, and red visual palette. The final outcome is a 60-page spiral-bound publication that moves between documentary evidence, graphic abstraction, and editorial narrative.
The Wildness of Plants examines how urban vegetation is shaped through pruning, fencing, ordering, containment, and other forms of human intervention. The project uses plants as a lens to explore the tension between control, resistance, and natural growth within the city.
These observations were translated into a bilingual editorial system combining halftone photography, abstract line drawings, typographic sequencing, and a restrained black, dark-green, and red visual palette. The final outcome is a 60-page spiral-bound publication that moves between documentary evidence, graphic abstraction, and editorial narrative.
ABOUT
ABOUT
ABOUT
InDesign / Photoshop / Photography / Print Production
InDesign / Photoshop / Photography / Print Production
InDesign / Photoshop / Photography / Print Production
TOOLS
TOOLS
TOOLS
64-Page Bilingual Publication
Editorial System
Spiral-Bound Printed Book
Visual Research Archive
64-Page Bilingual Publication
Editorial System
Spiral-Bound Printed Book
Visual Research Archive
64-Page Bilingual Publication
Editorial System
Spiral-Bound Printed Book
Visual Research Archive
OUTOUT
OUTOUT
OUTOUT
Editorial Design
Art Direction
Visual System Development
Image Treatment
Editorial Design
Art Direction
Visual System Development
Image Treatment
Editorial Design
Art Direction
Visual System Development
Image Treatment
ROLE
ROLE
ROLE
Halftone photography, abstract line drawings, bilingual typography, and a restrained dark-green, black, and red palette form the publication’s visual system.
Halftone photography, abstract line drawings, bilingual typography, and a restrained dark-green, black, and red palette form the publication’s visual system.
Halftone photography, abstract line drawings, bilingual typography, and a restrained dark-green, black, and red palette form the publication’s visual system.
Visual Language
Visual Language
Visual Language
04 / Wild Growth
04 / Wild Growth
04 / Wild Growth
03 / Spatial Containment
03 / Spatial Containment
03 / Spatial Containment
02 / Managed Growth
02 / Managed Growth
02 / Managed Growth
01 / Controlled Growth
01 / Controlled Growth
01 / Controlled Growth
The spreads move from ordered, controlled compositions to increasingly dense and unruly visual forms, reflecting the project’s shift from regulation to spatial and ecological resistance.
The spreads move from ordered, controlled compositions to increasingly dense and unruly visual forms, reflecting the project’s shift from regulation to spatial and ecological resistance.
The spreads move from ordered, controlled compositions to increasingly dense and unruly visual forms, reflecting the project’s shift from regulation to spatial and ecological resistance.
From Controlled Growth to Wild Growth
From Controlled Growth to Wild Growth
From Controlled Growth to Wild Growth
A complete bilingual publication combining visual research, image treatment, editorial sequencing, and physical book production.
The compact format and exposed spiral binding turn the publication into a tactile object designed to be handled, opened flat, and read as a continuous visual sequence.
A complete bilingual publication combining visual research, image treatment, editorial sequencing, and physical book production.
The compact format and exposed spiral binding turn the publication into a tactile object designed to be handled, opened flat, and read as a continuous visual sequence.
A complete bilingual publication combining visual research, image treatment, editorial sequencing, and physical book production.
The compact format and exposed spiral binding turn the publication into a tactile object designed to be handled, opened flat, and read as a continuous visual sequence.
The publication was produced as a spiral-bound physical book, allowing each spread to open flat while emphasizing the contrast between image, text, and graphic abstraction.
The publication was produced as a spiral-bound physical book, allowing each spread to open flat while emphasizing the contrast between image, text, and graphic abstraction.
The publication was produced as a spiral-bound physical book, allowing each spread to open flat while emphasizing the contrast between image, text, and graphic abstraction.
Physical Book
Physical Book
Physical Book
© 2026 YINGJIE MU
© 2026 YINGJIE MU