Wood and Tree Manifestu by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu Graficu Competition Category.

ArgentuGrafica· 2020

Wood and Tree Manifestu

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Grafica Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Manifestu

Wood and Tree hè un manifestu creatu per un seminariu d'architettura tenutu à Tokyo, in Giappone. U tema di u seminariu hè l'usu novu di u legnu, un materiale classicu, in l'architettura moderna. U manifestu adopra un linguaghju graficu modernu per simulà un disegnu classicu di l'anelli di l'arbureu. Linee di numeru, spessore, curvatura è culore varii sò state pruvate per furmà u mutivu. U risultatu hè matematicu in a so struttura, ma a bellezza naturale ferma. U manifestu misura 210 per 297 millimetri. Hè statu spartu à l'entrata, induve i visitatori pudìanu piglià picculi vulantini.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Wood and Tree Manifestu 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 Wood and Tree Manifestu 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. Wood and Tree Manifestu 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: It's a poster for an architecture seminar which is called "Wood & Tree" in Tokyo, Japan. The theme is about new possibility of application of wood which is a kind of classic material on modern architecture. So modern graphic language is used to simulate classic drawing to express annual ring. The main vision is mathematical but still can feel natural beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 210mm x Height 297mm
Tags: Modern, mathematical, nature, minimal, geometric
Production Technology: Hundreds of annual ring's photo was collected as a reference. Adobe Illustrator is the main software to complete the poster.
Design Challenge: The hardest part is using mathematical graphic to simulate nature shape such as annual ring and expressing both aesthetics at the same time.
Research: The number, thickness, curvature, color, etc. of the lines have been extensively tested to express annual ring.
Inspiration: The inspiration is from annual ring. Wood is a kind of material without life. But different from other material, people can still feel vitality by the smell and texture and so on. The annual ring is the evidence which can prove it was lived as a tree. And the beautiful curve is intoxicating.
Project Duration: The project started in Aug 2018 and finished in September 2019 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in gallery of Myojyuji Saruein September 2018.
Operation Flow: It was displayed at the entrance, visiter could take the small flyers by themselves to understand the theme of the exhibition.
Team Members: Zhuang Yu
Image Credits: Image #1: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #2: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #3: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #4: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #5: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.