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Discussing Time کتاب by Zona Yuechen Guan

Discussing Time کتاب by Zona Yuechen Guan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award برنجی انعام in پرنٹ ءِ پبلشڈ میڈیا ڈیزائن Competition Category.


برنجپرنٹ· 2022

Discussing Time کتاب

by Zona Yuechen Guan

Client: Zona Yuechen Guan

A' Design Award برنجی انعام Winner in پرنٹ Category

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The Design

About Discussing Time کتاب

"وقت بحث کنگ" یک کتاب اِنت کہ زمان ءِ مفہوم ءِ سرا یک گروہی بحث ءِ ثبت کنت و ھمی بحث ءِ اِلہام ءَ گِرتگ ٹائپوگرافیک مجسمہ ءَ پیش کنت۔ کتاب ءِ اندازہ ۷ در ۱۲ اینچ اِنت۔ یک مجسمہ ھمگام یخ ءِ جوڑ اِنت، کہ آپ ءَ مولد ءَ ریت کنگ و یخ کنگ ءَ جوڑ بوتگ۔ چوش کہ یخ آپ بیت، وقت ءِ گذر تماشاگر ءِ اگاں دیمی سرا نمایان بیت۔ کتاب ءِ ترتیب شانزدھمی صدی ءِ اول ءِ منوّر دستنویسانی و پارچمنٹی کتاباں ءِ سرا اشارہ کنت، ہمگام جدید عکاسی ءِ ہمرا۔ نتیجہ تاریخی کتاب طراحی ءَ ھنّون ءِ ٹیکنالوجی ءِ ھمرا پیوند دنت۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برنجی انعام

Discussing Time کتاب A' Design Award برنجی انعام ءِ ورگ آ انت، باز معزز اعتراف کہ تخلیقی صلاحیت، اختراع ءُ ذہانت گوں ممتاز بہترین ڈیزائناں دیگ بیت۔ برنج ءِ ورگ آ بھرپور مہارت ءِ ءُ نمایاں ڈولا تخلیقی شاہکار انت، کہ وتی ڈیزائنراں ءِ وسیع تجربہ، تخیل ءُ ہوشیاری ءِ تصدیق کننت۔ Discussing Time کتاب چہ امید کنگ بیت کہ آ یک باز قدر کنگ بوتگیں، ساراہگ بوتگیں ءُ پیارکنگ بوتگیں چیز بیت، قابل ذکر حد ءَ پیشہ ورانہ ءُ جدت ءِ۔ ای ڈیزائن کہ A' Design Award برنجی انعام ءَ برتگ، فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن ءُ ٹیکنالوجی ءِ بہترین طریقہ شامل کنت ءُ ہورد تفصیلاں ءَ توجہ دیگ ءِ سببا شاندار انت۔ Discussing Time کتاب ضرورتاں جوانیں ڈولا پورا کنت، خواہشاں ءَ ہنچیت، جذباں ءَ موہنت ءُ تجسس کشنت۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This project is a group discussion of interdisciplinary type design experience that the designer played different roles: the sculpture's artist, the concept creator, the photographer, the videographer, the facilitator of discussion, the transcriber of the conversation, the editor of the texts recorded, the designer, and the bookbinder. A collective book features a sculpture of time made by the designer based on illuminated manuscript-style book design with a modern twist in its photography.
Dimensions & Packaging
The book is designed in the size of 7x12 inches.
Tags
Typography, Interdisciplinary Design, Time, Sculpture, Book Design, Ice, Type.
Production Technology
For the sculpture, I use ice. I make the molds and then pull water inside and then freeze it to get the iced sculpture.
Design Challenge
I think the hardest pair part for this project is "time." Since this is a collective book design project, we need to gather everyone to discuss the concept of "time." Everyone has a different understanding of "time," we have to discuss everyone's expressions and ideas. And then design a typographic sculpture based on "time." I need to repeatedly discuss with everyone and complete my own sculpture works in this process. So time is very tight. Doing research, finding the parchment, and analyzing the typography, fonts, design preferences of that era took a lot of time as well.
Research
I have researched many books from the 16th century onwards and sources on book printing and design analysis. A team of thirteen people, including the instructor and I, had many discussions on our understanding and views on "time." My sculpture's concept originates from the natural phenomenon of ice melting into the water. The design combines sixteenth-century book design elements with modern technology, making the book design itself embody a concept of "crossing time."
Inspiration
When people look at the ice, they cannot see the melting change immediately. It is like they could not feel the movement of time when they were young. When people start to realize the changes, it will be more obvious that the melting speed will be faster. The ice will melt into the water at the end. The ice will finally become water, left on the ground, but the water print will leave on the surface. Although it is the end, it still leaves something behind to the world.
Project Duration
This project started in February 2020 in New York and finished in April 2020 in New Yoke, and won the silver award of Graphis New Talent 2021 in New York.
Operation Flow
This is a collective book design project for thinking and discussing "time" and sculpture-making with the letter "time." My time sculpture started with the natural phenomenon of ice melting into the water. I want the audience to experience the passage of time. Referring to the parchment design in the early 16th century, I use ancient design elements to combine with modern technology. In the end, I got a collective book of thoughts and discussions on "time" and sculpture works that spanned time.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Yuechen Guan, 2020.
Image Credits
Image#1: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Image#2: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Image#4: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Image#5: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Video Credit: Film, photograph, edit by Zona Yuechen Guan/Music by Andigold

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