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Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга by Xueqing Chen

Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга by Xueqing Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн друкаваных і апублікаваных медыя Competition Category.


СрэбраДрук· 2024

Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга

by Xueqing Chen

Client: Nanjing University of the Arts

Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Друк Category

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The Design

About Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга

Gongche Sketch Book — гэта інтэрактыўная кніга пра нотацыю гунчэ, традыцыйную кітайскую сістэму музычнай натацыі. У кнізе прадстаўлены пераапрацаваны набор знакаў гунчэ, удасканалены па напрамку штрыхоў, іх таўшчыні і памеры дзеля большай яснасці. У канструкцыю кнігі ўбудаваны механізм музычнай шкатулкі на 30 нот з ручной завадной ручкай. Перфараваная папяровая стужка, якая адпавядае натацыі, устаўляецца ў механізм, і пры кручэнні ручкі гучаць запісаныя вышыні тонаў. Адкрытая пераплётная канструкцыя з аголеным дротам агаляе карашок і слаістыя старонкі. Дызайн дазваляе чытачам вывучаць нотацыю гунчэ праз зрок, слых і дотык.

The Recognition

About the Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award

Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга — пераможца Срэбнай прэміі A' Design Award, надзвычай прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца дызайнам вышэйшага класа, цудоўным і ўражальным. Срэбныя пераможцы — гэта надзвычай бліскучыя і вельмі творчыя працы, якія ілюструюць выдатную кампетэнтнасць, талент і праніклівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга — гэта цудоўная, паказальная праца, надзвычай прафесійная і глыбока інавацыйная. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Срэбную прэмію A' Design Award, — вельмі значнае, вартае захаплення вынаходніцтва, якое прыносіць карысць і пашырае межы мастацтва, навукі, дызайну і тэхналогій. Gongche Sketch Book Інтэрактыўная кніга — гэта твор, якому шмат хто зайздросціць, што абуджае жаданні, дорыць пазітыўныя пачуцці і запальвае здзіўленне і захапленне.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Through innovative design, Gongche Sketch Book facilitates a profound understanding of the charm of Gongche notation among people from different cultures, languages, and eras. It serves as a cultural conduit, connecting the past with the present, allowing the enchanting resonance of Gongche to spread globally.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 160mm × length 210mm × height 30mm
Tags
Gongchipu; multi-sensory; redesign; listening book; music interpretation
Production Technology
When designing the binding, bare wire hardcover is a special binding method, and its handmade texture can also echo the content and cultural heritage of the book. In addition, the exposed form of the spine shows the layering of the pages, and coupled with the feeling of hand touch, the reader's body and mind can be compared to enjoying the rhythm of music.
Design Challenge
In the process of modern character drawing for Gongchipu, it is not only necessary to ensure the standardization and readability of the symbols, but also to integrate them with other musical notation forms and the metric Pu character system for easy understanding. When redesigning the musical notation symbols, attention was paid to the accurate expression, conciseness and ease of understanding of each character, while also making these characters visually impactful and recognizable. On the basis of retaining the characteristics of traditional Gongchi Pu notation, the We conducted in-depth research and optimization on glyph direction, stroke thickness, symbol size, etc., and then created a novel, beautiful, and easy-to-understand Gongchipu character system.
Research
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Inspiration
At the core of Gongche Sketch Book is interactive design, allowing readers to delve into the culture of Gongche notation in a user-friendly manner. Through a comprehensive experience involving sight, hearing, and touch, it sparks interest in Gongche notation, infusing new vitality into cultural heritage. Friendly interaction makes learning easy and enjoyable.
Project Duration
The project will start in Nanjing in June 2022, be completed in Nanjing in May 2023, and will be exhibited in Nanjing in May 2023.
Operation Flow
The 30-note hand-cranked music box movement is used as the core mechanism and combined with the book structure. Its characteristic is that a paper tape with holes punched at the corresponding note position is loaded into the mechanical structure, and the hand rocker is shaken, and the punched paper tape passes through the sound comb to emit sounds. corresponding pitch. Using this principle, the musical notation of Gongchipu corresponds to the pitch hole position of the paper tape, so that after the reader has a preliminary understanding of the image and text, he can further insert the paper tape corresponding to Gongchipu into the movement. The interactive method further understands Gongchipu from the auditory dimension.

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