Craft as Time Capsule Книга by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Книга by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Сребърна награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на печатни и публикувани медии Competition Category.

СреброПечат· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Книга

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

Сребърна награда A' Design Award Winner in Печат Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Книга

Този проект е окончателната документация на изследването на дисертацията на Hsiao-Wen за правенето на занаяти като методология за съхранение в настоящата дигитална ера. Книгата се състои от три части, разглеждащи прехода между физическото и виртуалното, материалното и данните, ангажираността на потребителите и опита от гледна точка на правенето и опазването на занаятите. Тъй като светът премина от физически дейности към виртуални взаимодействия, бяха предизвикани нови нужди и форми на ангажираност със заобикалящата ни среда. Такава промяна се проявява не само чрез обекта и технологията, но и чрез цялата култура като цяло.

The Recognition

About the Сребърна награда A' Design Award

Craft as Time Capsule Книга е носител на Сребърната награда A' Design Award — извънредно престижно признание, присъждано на дизайни от най-висока класа, великолепни и впечатляващи. Сребърните победители са изключително блестящи и крайно творчески творби, които илюстрират изключителната компетентност, талант и проницателност на своите дизайнери. Очаква се Craft as Time Capsule Книга да бъде прекрасна, показна творба, забележително професионална и дълбоко иновативна. Този дизайн, спечелил Сребърната награда A' Design Award, е високо забележимо, възхищавано изобретение, което е от полза и разширява границите на изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите. Craft as Time Capsule Книга е творение, на което мнозина завиждат, което събужда желания, внася положителни чувства и разпалва изумление и възхита.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is a documentation of Hsiao-Wen's thesis research on craft making as a preservation methodology in the current digital age. The book consists of three parts, examining the intertranslation between the physical and the digital from the perspectives of crafts. The typographic choices in this book are a combination of Serif, Sans Serif, and Script typefaces, symbolic of the longevity of crafts and human’s use of technology.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of the book is in US letter size: 216 mm x 279 mm.
Tags: design research, book design, editorial design, graphic design, typography, print, craft, technology, archive, postdigital, preservation
Production Technology: The book was intended to be printed on newsprint papers and have debossing on the cover. Unfortunately, the plan was postponed due to the pandemic.
Research: This research aims to look at the transition between the physical and virtual, material and data, user engagement and experience from the perspective of craft making and preservation. Craft has always been a reflection of culture and identity. As our lives transitioned from physical activities to virtual interactions, new needs and forms of engagement with our surroundings were prompted. And such change not only exhibits via the object and the technology, but also the whole culture at large.

As craft and preservation being the two main cores of this research, it is important to explore different ways to archive the research process. In addition to this book, the designer had also built a website to document the research in another format. It is also interesting to compare the same content on two different mediums.
Inspiration: This book can be seen as an archive that not only documents the designer's research in writing but also organizes several other design projects, experiments, and references in a clear structure that supports the main thesis. The grid and the rigid layout of the book are inspired by letterpress, which plays a key role in my research on technology and web interface design.
Project Duration: This research started in 2019 and was finalized in May 2020. The book was designed after the completion of the research, from June to August 2020.