Skip to content
Now Album Cover Art by Yijia Xie

Now Album Cover Art by Yijia Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award nga Puthaw in Disenyo sa Grapiks, Ilustrasyon ug Biswal nga Komunikasyon Competition Category.


PuthawGrapiko· 2022

Now Album Cover Art

by Yijia Xie

Client: Yijia Xie

A' Design Award nga Puthaw Winner in Grapiko Category

10,742

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #137644

Colors

The Design

About Now Album Cover Art

Ang Now usa ka disenyo sa album nga gimugna alang sa usa ka musikero kansang unom ka kanta nagsulti og mga istorya bahin sa mga damgo, pagtubo ug gugma. Usa ka hinungdanon nga karakter sa Intsik ang gikuha gikan sa matag titulo sa kanta, sama sa Universe, Rain, Believe, Eyes, Moon ug Star. Kining mga karaktera gihiusa gamit ang digital collage ug generative coding. Ang gipili nga mga elemento gisulod sa usa ka programa sa kompyuter nga naghimo og linibo ka lahi-lahi nga mga graphics, mao nga ang matag pagputos sa package talagsaon. Ang square nga format nagsukod og 4.25 pinaagi 4.25 ka pulgada. Ang proyekto naglakip og unom ka disenyo sa cover, usa ka libro sa mga lyrics ug ang package sa album.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Puthaw

Now Album Cover Art usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Puthaw, usa ka dungganon nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa maayong mga disenyo nga nakatagbo sa propesyonal ug industriyal nga mga gikinahanglan nga gipaabot gikan sa maayo ang pagkadisenyo nga mga paglalang. Ang mga mananaog sa Puthaw nagpakita og dakong kahanas, taas nga espesyalisasyon, eksperto nga pagsabot, ug mamugnaon nga abilidad sa ilang mga tiglalang. Gilauman nga ang Now Album Cover Art mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga paglalang nga praktikal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Puthaw naghiusa sa labing maayong mga praktis sa industriya ug adunay hanas nga teknikal nga mga kinaiya nga nalambigit sa kahibalo ug talento. Now Album Cover Art gitahod tungod sa pagkamaabtik niini ug gidisenyo aron maghatag og mga pagpaayo sa kalidad sa kinabuhi nga makatabang sa paghimo sa kalibutan nga mas maayong dapit.

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

Sponsored

Explore Beyond Designers.org

Discover products, services and opportunities from our advertising partners.

Good Design Deserves Great Recognition

The A' Design Award is an international, juried accolade for good design. Take part in the A' Design Award to get an opportunity to earn meritocratic recognition, gain fame, prestige and publicity for your work. Nominate your work for the A' Design Award and compete for the coveted A' Design Prize.

Nominate