Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu by Xueqing Chen

Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu by Xueqing Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Stampa Competition Category.

ArgentuStampa· 2024

Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu

by Xueqing Chen

Client: Nanjing University of the Arts

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Stampa Category

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The Design

About Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu

Gongche Sketch Book hè un libru interattivu nantu à a notazione Gongche, un sistema tradiziunale chinese di notazione musicale. U libru presenta una serie di caratteri Gongche ridisegnati, affinati in a direzzione di i tratti, u spissore è a dimensione per una megliu chjarezza. Un mecanismu di scatula musicale à manivella di 30 note hè integratu in a struttura di u libru. Una banda di carta perforata chì currisponde à a notazione hè inserita in u mecanismu, è girendu a manivella si producenu i toni scritti. A rilegatura à cupertina rigida cù filu metallicu à vista lascia vede u spinu è e pagine stratificate. U disegnu permette à i lettori di studià a notazione Gongche cù a vista, u sonu è u toccu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Gongche Sketch Book Libru Interattivu hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

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: none
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.