Chinees-Indische Restaurant Stickeralbum
2024
It was my pleasure to design the “Chinees-Indische Restaurant Stickeralbum”, a project of Benjamin Li about his ethnographic research on Chinees-Indisch restaurants in the Netherlands, its development and disappearance, entangled with his personal history and family archive.
Having worked on this project for one year and half, I was not only touched by Benjamin’s love, nostalgia, and passion on the topic, but also his daring approach gluing the societal with the personal, the persistence and dedication in his methodology, and eventually the playfulness in the artistic presentation.
With “Chinees-Indische Restaurant Stickeralbum”, you can browse through Benjamin’s family archive, read about his research and thoughts, collect, exchange, and play with the stickers that contain a unique selection of the dishes he photographed from over 1200 Chinees-Indische restaurants he visited throughout the years.
work credits:
- Concept, photography and text: Benjamin Li
- Research and editorial: Benjamin Li & Ka-tjun Hau
- Text edit and English translation: Renske Vos
- Chinese translation: Yen-ting Kuan
- Book design: Kexin Hao
- Webdesign: Xiaoyuan Gao & Marie Madonna
- Assistance: Junhao Xiang, Tyler Chan & Lianne Smit
- Printing: NPN Drukkers
presentation:
- book launch at Verhalenhuis Belvedere
- Open Studios 2024, Rijksacademie
- Book Are Bridges, PrintRoom Rotterdam
