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Original ASOC cinnabar markAncient Science of China

Knowledge,
made discoverable.

中国古代科学

An invitation into a vast intellectual heritage—through its works, scholars, institutions and the connections between them.

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01 / The mandateA catalogue, not a collection of claims

Open a gate.
Give people
a way through.

The founder’s brief is to introduce Chinese intellectual heritage through study before judgment. The challenge is one of discovery: texts, people and institutions are difficult to encounter as a connected body of work.

The website gives that material an editorial home and a navigable structure. It is a gateway to further inquiry, not a substitute for scholarship.

Project
Ancient Science of China
Context
Founder-led cultural catalogue
Case focus
Identity, taxonomy, editorial UX
Authority
ancientscienceofchina.com

02 / Brand identity

A mark. A script. A field of knowledge.

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

格物致知

Ancient Science of China / Original cinnabar mark
Original cinnabar mark

Original cinnabar mark
Long Cang calligraphy

Libre Baskerville

Knowledge, made discoverable.

Latin display / Regular 400

Work Sans

A catalogue of connections.

Latin interface / Regular 400

Noto Serif SC

中国古代科学

Chinese serif / source font

Long Cang

山医命相卜

Calligraphic display / Regular 400

Let the content
hold the room.

Warm paper and brown ink carry the reading. Cinnabar marks the points of entry. Latin and Chinese type keep distinct voices within the same catalogue.

Paper#F4EEE1Identity ground
Homepage paper#F6F1E8Digital surface
Ink#3B1907Text
Cinnabar#B8452EMark / accent
Bronze#8B7355Supporting colour
Brand reference

User-confirmed site · center URL unverified

Original assets & full source notes ↗

The catalogue, field navigation and desktop and mobile pages show this visual language in use.

Source and version

The user-confirmed domain and its observed ancient-science-of-china-n9pv.onrender.com deployment. Original asoc-mark-cinnabar.svg, served colours and fonts.

The dedicated brand center and current source checkout remain unverified. The rejected Astro project and its deployments are not sources for this reference.

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04 / Information architectureDifferent doors into one catalogue

Begin with a field.
Follow a connection.

The catalogue connects works to traditions, dynasties, scholars and institutions. It offers several entry points instead of requiring the visitor to know a title in advance.

山Mountain & Nature
医Medicine
命Fate Studies
相Physiognomy & Form
卜Divination & Time
格物Investigation of Things

An editorial map of the six Chinese tradition labels in the live catalogue. Explore them through the site’s own filters; this plate is not a simulated search interface.

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05 / The websiteThe user-confirmed catalogue

An invitation.
An archive.
A point of view.

The landing page establishes the project’s question. The catalogue gives visitors search and filters. The About page makes the editorial position explicit.

All three screens were captured from the correct website in September 2026.

ancientscienceofchina.com / Homepage
The correct Ancient Science of China catalogue homepage
Homepage / Original mark and moving Chinese text field
/catalogue / The Archive
ASOC catalogue with search, category, dynasty and field filters
Catalogue / An interface for discovery
/about / Editorial position
ASOC About page from the correct catalogue website
About / The intention behind the archive
06 / Mobile readingA different rhythm, the same identity

A library-sized idea.
A hand-sized doorway.

Real ASOC mobile homepage
The invitationThe same mark, bilingual title and editorial question.
Real ASOC mobile catalogue filters and cards
The catalogueStacked controls and a single-column browsing rhythm.
Real ASOC mobile About page
The readingAn editorial column designed around the narrow viewport.

Actual responsive website at a 390 × 844 device viewport. The surrounding phones are case-study mockups, not evidence of a separate native app.

The work is not to make the past look exotic. It is to make it possible to enter, understand and explore.

07 / Case-study interpretation of the founder’s catalogue brief
08 / Work on recordPublished catalogue / Ongoing editorial work

A living catalogue,
not a finished claim.

Confirmed in this case

The user-confirmed website, its original mark, live font families, color tokens and six desktop/mobile captures. The domain currently opens the catalogue hosted at ancient-science-of-china-n9pv.onrender.com.

Boundaries

Catalogue counts vary between live sections, so this case does not claim an audited collection total. Historical and interpretive statements belong to the source project, not independent validation here. Current code-repository ownership and final contribution credits remain unverified.

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