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NationalityChina
NameGao Shan
Company NameIlluSalon Co., Ltd
Company AddressNo.4, Guancheng Midtown, Dongcheng Dist. BEIJING, PRC
Job TitleCEO  
Book genresChildren books, illustration
Mother TongueMandarin
E-Mailshan662shan@126.com
Company introduction

Established in 2016, illuSalon is an illustration resource platform. At present the platform is home to hundreds of professional illustrators, and it operates a powerful International Standard Link Identifier (ISLI) system to facilitate the efficient circulation of illustrations, and the protection of copyright. illuSalon raises the allaround value of illustrators and their works using an international art-world operational model to concentrate and apply illustration industry resources. In response to an age of individualization, it scales and adds value in order to speed the adoption of illustrations within China.
At the same time, illuSalon is the operation organization of Global Illustration Award (GIA), a major international illustration award organized by Frankfurt Book Fair and International Information Content Industry Association.
With professional children illustrations, we publish children books and provides illustration solutions for 40+ Chinese publishing houses. Every year more than 100 titles of books with our illustrations created by international artists are published. Some won award once published, such as “Who is the Tallest”, “The Beast Island of Big Uncle”, “A Collection of 70 Classic Works of Children’s Literature for the 70th Anniversary of Founding of PRC”,etc

Publishing experience

2010.09 -2013.03 Children’s Fun Publishing CO., Ltd
After graduating from university, I served the Chinese first joint venture publishing house, established with a special approval of the State Council in 1994. CFP is one of the top children publishers in China with closed cooperation with international famous children entertainment brands, such as Disney, Marvel, BBC, etc. I was responsible for international innovation projects exchange and localization in products and sales.

2013.03-2014.04 State Administration of Press Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT)
SAPPRFT is the State Administration of Chinese publishing industry directly under the State Council. I was selected as one of publishing representatives to coordinate with IT companies in digital publishing and promote international standard in content digitalization.

2014.04-2016.04 Kids Media Co., Ltd.
Kids Media Co., Ltd. is a company focusing on children’s book, magazine publishing and children education. As the first people joining Kids Media Co., Ltd, I was the brand manager of children literature session. With the experience and networks, I collaborated with Chinese most famous children literature authors, and helped to build children literature Dept.

2016.04~now IlluSalon Co., Ltd.

Current projects

National primary school English textbooks, which will be used by 40 million Chinese primary school students. Due to the public opinion and high requirements of textbooks, more professional illustrators have been invited to involve in the textbook creating since 2022. As the responsible party of textbook illustration, I am responsible for the illustration work of two series of key textbook projects and to balance the requirements between knowledge, artistry and social values.

Main interest

In publishing filed: picture books and illustration of books; new tech and channels for books presenting and marketing
Personal interest in daily life: camping, swimming, reading literature, biking

Experience related to this year’s topic

I have been in the loop of Chinese digital publishing since 2013 and have witnessed the general digital process in the decade. I am familiar with different multiple-media publishing projects, including publishing database building, AR/ VR readings, pay-for-knowledge models.
In 2022, the concept of metaverse boomed NFT and digital collections. Illustrations were popular in the wave. Some of our illustrators made some trials in NFT, digital collections and avatar creating.
Since late 2022, I am working with 2 local AI painting platforms for AIGC illustrations for network literature and scientific books.

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