Now Album Cover Art by Yijia Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Bessi in Desain Grafis, Ilustrasi, na Komunikasi Visual Competition Category.

BessiGrafis· 2022

Now Album Cover Art

by Yijia Xie

Client: Yijia Xie

A' Design Award Bessi Winner in Grafis Category

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The Design

About Now Album Cover Art

Now iyanaritu séng disain album iya ripancaji untuk seorang musisi iya massalengngi enneng lagu iya mabbirittangngi pangimpi, pertumbuhang, sibawa cinta. Séddi aksara Cina iya mabbiritta ripiléang polé ri tungke judul lagu, contona Universe, Rain, Believe, Eyes, Moon, sibawa Star. Aksara-aksara iyaro ripaddupai sibawa kolase digital sibawa pengkodean generatif. Elemen-elemen iya ripiléang naripatettong ri laleng program komputér iya mappaccappuang sisebbu-sebbu gambar iya massibéda-béda, na tungke bungkusang paket mancaji unik. Format assikuwareng iyaro sisukkuru' 4,25 sibawa 4,25 inci. Proyek iyaé mancaji enneng disain sampul, séddi kitta lirik, sibawa paket album.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bessi

Now Album Cover Art iyanaritu pakoro A' Design Award Bessi, pakalebbi iya malebbi iya ripabbere ri desain makessing iya mappabbura persyaratan profesional sibawa industri iya ripakkirangngi pole ri ciptaan iya makessing ripikkiri. Pakoro Bessi mappakita keterampilan malompo, spesialisasi dalleng, pemahaman ahli sibawa kapasitas kreatif tau mabbuat. Now Album Cover Art ripakkirangngi mancaji ciptaan iya ripakalebbi, ripuji sibawa rirennu iya praktis sibawa inovatif. Desain pakoro A' Design Award Bessi iyae mappasilaong praktik tepat industri sibawa napaitai karakteristik teknis iya kompeten iya sipulung sibawa pengetahuan sibawa bakat. Nasaba ketelitiannna, Now Album Cover Art mappoleang pakalebbi sibawa ripikkiri mappabbere perbaikan kualitas laleng iya ritulung mappadeceng lino mancaji tempe makessing.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This album explores the musician's self-awareness, beliefs, truth, and choice. Six songs in the album respectively tell six stories of him about dreams, growth, and love. I explored integrating Chinese characters with modern design in the album design while taking the most meaningful Chinese character in each song title, like Universe, Rain, Believe, Eyes, Moon, Star. Then I experimentally discovered a new creative form merging Chinese characters, collage, and generative coding.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width: 4.25in X Height: 4.25in
Tags: Album Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Generative Coding, Print Design
Production Technology: Print Design / Digital Collage / package design / generative coding
Design Challenge: One of the most challenging parts is combining each Chinese character with the graphics and images to tell a better story.
Research: This album design is trying to explore a new possibility between Chinese characters, typography, graphics, collages, and Computing. I experimentally combine the traditional design practice with the new technology "generative coding" to create the whole album packaging, including six EP cover designs, lyrics book designs, and album package designs.
Inspiration: Growing up in China, I deeply love China's extensive and profound culture. By practicing calligraphy, I understand Chinese characters are not just a carrier of information but also a beautiful art per se. There are thousands of forms of Chinese characters, and each of them is infused with history. As a designer, I'm eager to discover more possibilities for the future of Chinese character design.
Project Duration: September 2021 - January 2022
Operation Flow: I inserted the elements separately into computer programming and generated thousands of different new graphics. The generative collages were used on the packaging design for the new album. So everyone receives a unique packaging wrap. Then I fused Yuli's music with these moving collages. I love experimenting with random collisions and producing mint and exciting things. Mixing traditional elements and modern technology delivers surprising outcomes and also brings balance between randomness and order.
Team Members: Designer: Yijia Xie