Cultural knowledge · Digital experience

Knowledge,made discoverable.

An editorial identity and a clearer way to explore a cultural catalogue.

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The Ancient Science of China homepage: the site's name in dark serif above 中国古代科学 in cinnabar calligraphy, on warm paper — Ancient Science of China · original project artwork

Project: Ancient Science of China
Project type: Cultural knowledge · Digital experience
Project scope: Editorial identity · UX/UI & catalogue
Original work: ancientscienceofchina.com

An extensive subject.A considered structure.

Goal: Make the existing knowledge collection easier to navigate.
Solution: Organise the catalogue through clear categories, bilingual typography and a restrained editorial system.
What changed: Knowledge that was held in a catalogue is made discoverable, in one editorial system for both languages.

The Archive page: a search field, three filters set to All, and a four column grid of catalogued works — The catalogue · an interface for discovery

Paper. Ink.A sense of continuity.

01
ContextAn editorial pace for reading.
02
StructureClear entry points into the catalogue.
03
IdentityOriginal cinnabar mark and calligraphy.

The mark

The cinnabar mark, warm paper, brown ink and contrasting Latin and Chinese typefaces establish the catalogue's identity.

The Ancient Science of China cinnabar mark, a seal-like lattice of strokes in the identity's red — Original cinnabar mark

The type

Libre Baskerville

Latin display / Regular 400

Knowledge, made discoverable.

Work Sans

Latin interface / Regular 400

A catalogue of connections.

Noto Serif SC

Chinese serif / source font

中国古代科学

Long Cang

Calligraphic display / Regular 400

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The palette

Paper#F4EEE1 · Identity ground
Homepage paper#F6F1E8 · Digital surface
Ink#3B1907 · Text
Cinnabar#B8452E · Mark / accent
Bronze#8B7355 · Supporting colour

The work

The website

The homepage: header with the seal mark and navigation, the title, the cinnabar Chinese title, the question and two buttons — Homepage composition

The About page: the heading Why Ancient Science of China? over one editorial column on warm paper — Editorial page

At a 390 px viewport

The homepage on a phone: the menu button, the serif title, the cinnabar 中国古代科学 and the two buttons — The invitation · the same mark, bilingual title and editorial question

The catalogue on a phone: a search field, three filters and one column of catalogued works — The catalogue · stacked controls and a single-column browsing rhythm

The About page on a phone: the heading over one column of body text — The reading · an editorial column designed around the narrow viewport

Notes

Visual and interface scope shown from the correct website, ancientscienceofchina.com, captured in September 2026. Catalogue counts vary between live sections, so this case claims no audited collection total. Historical and interpretive statements belong to the source project. Founding mandate, the detailed collaboration story and current repository ownership remain unverified, and the rejected asoc-web project is not a source.

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