Goud Drukwerk · 2020
The Birth of a Book Boek
- A' Design Award in Goud 2020 in Drukwerk
- CLIENT: Urszula Gireń
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 79,453
- Verification code 6167DEEB4A · Verify this award
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About The Birth of a Book Boek
Die Geboorte van 'n Boek is 'n gedrukte publikasie oor boekontwerp in 16de-eeuse Pole. Die boek bied ou drukwerke op ware grootte aan, sodat lesers die oorspronklike formate kan sien. Die stofomslag toon die opleggingsmetode wat vir die ou oktavo-formaat gebruik is. 'n Lintboekmerk dui die hoogtes van folio-, kwarto- en oktavoboeke aan. Houtsneë op die titelblaaie word in kleuromkering gedruk, wat herinner aan matryse wat met swart ink bedek is. Die formaat is 256 by 320 millimeter, met 560 bladsye en ongeveer 1200 illustrasies. Die doel is om Renaissance-drukmetodes aan 'n breë leserspubliek te verduidelik.
About the A' Design Award in Goud
The Birth of a Book Boek is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Goud, 'n geweldig prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan eersteklas-, wonderlike en uitstaande ontwerpe. Wenners in Goud is uiters innoverende, visionêre en glansryk verblindende skeppings wat die vernuf, wysheid en bekwaamheid van hul ontwerpers weerspieël. Daar word verwag dat The Birth of a Book Boek 'n hoogs geprese, tendensskeppende en monumentale uitvinding is wat ongekende waarde lewer. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Goud gewen het, is 'n skouspelagtige, gerespekteerde projek wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie in hoë mate bevoordeel en uitbrei. The Birth of a Book Boek wek intense gevoelens van begeerte, roep passie op, moedig kreatiwiteit aan en boei ons.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The designed structure of publications presents the old prints in real size and the method of their production in additional elements like a dust jacket which show printing sheet, typographic composition at 1:1 scale. The woodcuts in color inversion on the title pages refer to matrices covered with black ink. The compositions of this pages were plotted on a scheme invented by Villard de Honnecourt, 13th century artist, and refer to the proportions of columns, margins used in the 16th century.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Format:
256 x 320 mm in a 1.25 ratio, 560 pages, the page format allowed the calculation of a multi-level grid for the composition of individual elements, including 1200 illustrations. - Tags
- renaissance book, first roman typefaces, old prints, typography
- Production Technology
- The work was digitally printed and a hardback, paper binding, thermo-gluing was used. The covering is made of black beater-dyed paper. There are also a dust jacket reflecting an imposition method for the old octavo book format, as well as a ribbon - bookmark, depicting the folio, quarto and octavo heights. Covering: Geltex Negro Antracita 191 Embossing LS 115 g (beater-dyed paper), silver color - screen printing, binder's board: spine board 2 mm, base case 3 mm, Dust Jacket: Color Style Black Smooth 120 g (beater-dyed paper) silver color - screen printing, Endpaper: Geltex Negro Antracita 191 Embossing LS 130 g (beater-dyed paper), Book-block: Pergraphica Natural Smooth 120 g, CMYK - digital printing, HP Indigo, printing according to fiber direction, PUR glue, Headband: Black, Ribbon bookmark: Black, silver color
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was complicated structure of the text - a lot of auxiliary and descriptive texts, an unusually large number of various illustrations - 1274. Organizing the appropriate grid required several verifications. I based the project largely on mathematical calculations related to the content of the publication. The divisions and colors used resulted entirely from the content and the assumption of the best possible exposure of illustrations and text. By learning the methodology of 16th-century typographers, you can see frequent references to numbers that have always been present in nature. The search for systematization the surrounding world by the renaissance artists was huge inspiration. Each element in the world has its place and meaning, nothing is accidental, everything is connected with each other and interacts with each other. I also wanted to build a relationship system in the design of my publication, where the smallest part would result from the structure of the whole.
- Research
- The first part of book contains basic information about printing, introduces the reader to the general principles of Renaissance design. In the second part of the publication, printing in Poland was discussed in more detail. This part was divided into 5 chapters, four of which have been assigned specific cities. The choice of places was justified by the pioneering activity of the printing houses, which opened there, their size, as well as the quality of the publications they produced.
- Inspiration
- The main inspirations were the general principles of Renaissance design. The first stage of the project included gathering graphic material necessary to conduct research on the old European, Polish books. The study covered individual elements, starting from the materials from which books were created: papers, binding materials, typefaces, ornaments, graphics. Information was also collected on the most well-known Polish and European publishers, typographers and punchcutters.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2017 in Bialystok and finished in February 2019 in Katowice, Poland
- Operation Flow
- All the elements in the book have been designed to familiarize the reader with the methodology of creating books in the 16th century. Starting from the format of the book showing real formats of old prints, to the dust jacket presenting the printing imposition, or the ribbon indicating the height of old books - folio, quarto, otavo.
- Image Credits
- Urszula Gireń / 2019
