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January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق by Izabela Jurczyk

January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق by Izabela Jurczyk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية in تصميم المطبوعات والوسائط المنشورة Competition Category.


حديدالمطبوعات· 2024

January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق

by Izabela Jurczyk

Client: The National Library of Poland

جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية Winner in المطبوعات Category

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The Design

About January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق

"انتفاضة يناير" هو كتالوج يجمع وثائق من الحياة الاجتماعية اليومية في فترة الانتفاضة الوطنية البولندية ضد الإمبراطورية الروسية، التي بدأت في يناير 1863 وانتهت في خريف عام 1864. صدر الكتالوج بمناسبة الذكرى الستين بعد المائة لاندلاع الانتفاضة. ويتجلى الطابع الاحتفالي للكتاب في اللون الذهبي الذي يستدعي إلى الذاكرة تلألؤ ثلوج يناير، وفي الغلاف المقوّى المزخرف بنقش بارز من الرقائق الذهبية، وفي الإطارات الذهبية التي تحيط بالصور التوضيحية كما تُحاط اللوحات الفنية. وبهذا تُعرض المطبوعات السرية المتواضعة كما لو كانت أعمالًا فنية.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية

January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award الحديدية، وهي تقدير مرموق يُمنح للتصاميم الجيدة التي تلبّي المتطلبات المهنية والصناعية المنتظرة من الإبداعات حسنة التصميم. ويُظهر الفائزون بالحديدية مهارة كبيرة وتخصصًا عاليًا وفهمًا خبيرًا وقدرة إبداعية لدى صنّاعهم. ويُتوقع أن يكون January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق إبداعًا عالي التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، عمليًا ومبتكرًا. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award الحديدية يدمج أفضل ممارسات القطاع، وله خصائص تقنية كفؤة ترتبط بالدراية والموهبة. ويحظى January Uprising كتالوج الوثائق بالاحترام لدقته، وقد صُمّم لتقديم تحسينات لجودة الحياة تساعد على جعل العالم مكانًا أفضل.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Book is a catalog of unique documents of everyday social life from the period of the Polish national uprising against the annexation of Poland by the Russian Empire in January 1863. It was the largest and longest national uprising in Poland (as well as in Lithuania and parts of Belarus) – it collapsed in the fall of 1864. The catalog was issued as an anniversary publication on the 160th anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising. The ceremonial nature of the publication was emphasized by the gold color (which is also reminiscent of the shimmering January snow), hardcover and golden panels, making the illustrations look like paintings in a passe-partout or golden frame. Thanks to the large number of illustrations and the way they are displayed, leaflets obtain an unexpected form – modest prints become works of art presented in an art gallery.
Dimensions & Packaging
175 mm x 36 mm x 245 mm
Tags
book, poland, uprising, leaflets
Production Technology
Hardcover, embossed with gold foil. CMYK and pantone gold printed
Inspiration
The inspiration for the choice of colors, which are the main element of the design, was the snow shimmering in the sun, reminiscent of the once snowy January in Poland – crystal clear in places, soiled in others. The golden frames of the illustrations reflect the formal, royal character of the prints, most of which concern the operation of a national institution called the secret Polish state in the Kingdom of Poland under Russian rule. The purpose of displaying everyday documents in this way was to recognize their official, state character – contrast was used to show that the gray prints presented in the catalog had "royal" significance for the Polish nation and were an expression of the still existing state structure. Ceremonial treatment of these prints owed to official documents shows their role in maintaining hope in the nation and the continuity of the state. The handwritten subtitle "Katalog" on the cover emphasizes the personal nature of this collection of prints, in the sense of being close to everyday life and close to the hearts of Poles living under foreign rule.
Project Duration
The project started in September 2023 in Lodz and finished in December 2023 in Warsaw
Operation Flow
First of all, the publication is a souvenir of the national uprising that was very difficult for Poles, a commemoration of their efforts, and a reminder of the 160th anniversary of the uprising. This character is immediately visible thanks to the form of the publication – a hard cover and a book block printed with 10 liters of Pantone gold color. This conventionally ceremonial way of celebrating an important national event is balanced by the mundane nature and physical ordinariness of the presented prints, which are not decorative, impressive writings, but documents created in secret printing houses, distributed secretly, transmitting information from the bottom up that, under normal conditions in the country, is communicated from above. This tension between the everyday and the ceremonial, between the pure white and the worn-out gray is the most important sensation the reader is to experience. Moreover, the description of the prints is presented in an extremely clear manner. Some of the descriptions repeat the text visible on the prints, which brings the reader even closer to the content and introduces him to the world of the institutional and social reality of Poles under Russian rule.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #2: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #3: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #4: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #5: Photographer Robert Bobryk

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