Hello, and nice to meet you! My name is Liz Li


I’m a graphic designer specializing in books and branding.


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PROJECT NAMETYPE
Authentic Chinese Food
Book

Take-a-Ticket
Branding, Packaging

Mirror to Mirror
Book

Chop Suey
Book

Sincerely,
Branding

Double Happiness
Book

Rye + Rhythm
Branding

Candy Wands
Branding, Packaging

Forage
Book

Cellophane
Book

WKW: The Artistry of
Wong Kar Wai

Book

Eerie Legends
Book

Booze Less
Book

Bucket List Journal
Book

Self-Love Club JournalBook
Picklehead
Branding

Motion & Animation
Motion
Double Happiness
A Chapbook by Maya Lu
    5.5″ wide x 5.5″ tall
    Riso printed in teal and red ink
  • 24 pages saddle bound

  • Publisher: Kaya Press
  • Role: editorial design, production coordinator
  • Typeface(s): Avara, Optima
  • Collaborators: Maya Lu (author), Kaya Press (publisher), Tiny Splendor (printer)

Double Happiness is the first in a series of chapbooks published by Kaya Press’ imprint, Milkteeth Books. Written by Maya Lu. Printed in risograph at Tiny Splendor in Los Angeles, California. 

What comes before a language and a home, and what comes after—if “after” exists at all? The first title from Kaya Press’ Milkteeth imprint, Maya Lu's Double Happiness meanders through family gardens and Chinese zodiac cycles, personal and political histories. Responding to a 对联 passed on from her mother, Lu tends to the lost and the inherited, “choosing what to dig out / and what to leave behind” between generations. Blending lyric vignettes and archival photos, Double Happiness weaves dreamlike between the ever-changing landscapes of Beijing and California and the strange gaps of what memory carries. 

Front cover of Double Happiness by Maya Lu. Features a childhood photo of Lu and her mother.
Back cover of Double Happiness by Maya Lu. Features a lantern flower photo courtesy of Lu’s mother’s garden.

The square motif throughout this book serves to censor, highlight, and weaves a story out of certain pieces of photography that correlate with the text—akin to how one’s memory obscures and emphasizes only select pieces of the past. These squares not only mirror the trim of the book itself, but it also references the red “福” decorations that are commonly used around the time of Lunar New Year in Chinese families.
Front and back covers
Endpapers
Pages 1-2
Pages 3-4
Pages 5-6
Pages 7-8
Pages 9-10
Pages 11-12
Pages 13-14
Pages 15-16
Pages 17-18
Pages 19-20
Pages 21-22

© Liz Li 2025
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