Pool Bazen by Jin-Zhi Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Željezna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Štampanih i Objavljenih Medija Competition Category.

ŽeljezoŠtampa· 2022

Pool Bazen

by Jin-Zhi Liao

Client: Faces Publishing LTD.

Željezna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Štampa Category

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The Design

About Pool Bazen

Bazen je interaktivna korica knjige kreirana za naučnu publikaciju. Dizajn reinterpretira oblik algi kroz kineske znakove, a mnoge forme algi su raspoređene po cijeloj korici kako bi se čitaoci odmah povezali s temom. Skice različitih vrsta algi prekrivene su tačkastim lakom, što stvara vodenasti odsjaj i realističnu teksturu. Skice se protežu preko cijele korice formirajući sliku bare pune algi. Neonsko žute i zelenkaste nijanse prikazuju raznolikost algi. Mali kviz spajanja parova na unutrašnjoj strani korice omogućava čitaocima da nauče nazive algi.

The Recognition

About the Željezna nagrada A' Design Award

Pool Bazen je pobjednik Željezne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje dobrim dizajnima što ispunjavaju profesionalne i industrijske zahtjeve očekivane od dobro dizajniranih kreacija. Željezni pobjednici pokazuju veliku vještinu, visoku specijalizaciju, stručno razumijevanje i kreativne kapacitete svojih stvaralaca. Očekuje se da Pool Bazen bude visoko cijenjena, voljena i njegovana kreacija koja je praktična i inovativna. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Željeznu nagradu A' Design Award integrira najbolje industrijske prakse i ima kompetentne tehničke karakteristike povezane sa znanjem i talentom. Pool Bazen se poštuje zbog svoje temeljitosti i dizajniran je da pruži poboljšanja kvaliteta života koja pomažu da svijet postane bolje mjesto.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Designer redesigns the look of algae with the Chinese character, and combined with numbers of algae on the cover, leading readers to associate with the topic immediately. Doodles of various types of algae are coated with translucent varnish which creates senses of watery reflection. They extend through the whole cover to create an image of pond that full of algae. A small matching quiz is designed on the inner cover for readers to get to know the names of algae.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 148 mm x Height 210 mm
Tags: book, press, meadia, graphic, algae, pond, pool
Production Technology: For the main visual design, it is coated with spot varnish to emphasize the vivid effect and the realistic texture while it is brightly colored with neon yellow and greenish tones.
Design Challenge: The process of finding an attractive and an eye-catching way to design a science book cover requires several attampts and brain-storming.
Inspiration: It starts from a small pond which is filled with algae floating on the top of the surface, and can be found everywhere. The colorful design is meant to show the diversities and interesting sides of algae. Readers can also associate with the algae they have seen by touching the varnished algae doodles.
Project Duration: The designing project started and finished in December 2019 in Tainan, Taiwan, and was published in Taiwan on 5th of Decenber, 2019.
Operation Flow: Besides from the vivid color it used. A samll interactive quiz is designed on the inner cover of the book. Readers can choose the corresponded names to match the correct algae.
Image Credits: Book Author in original language: Ruth Kassinger
Graphic Designer: Jin-Zhi, Liao