Kon Paper Cylchgrawn by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award in Print Competition Category.

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Kon Paper Cylchgrawn

by Julia Hell

Client: [kɔn] Paper e.V.

Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award Winner in Print Category

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The Design

About Kon Paper Cylchgrawn

Cylchgrawn i lenyddiaeth a diwylliant yw Kon Paper. Mae'r cylchgrawn yn cyflwyno tair adran: traethawd, ffeuilleton a chelf gair. Mae'r cynllun yn archwilio'r ffiniau rhwng ffurfiau testun ac yn eu gosod mewn cyd-destunau newydd, gyda grid ar wahân ar gyfer pob adran. Mae darluniau gan artistiaid amrywiol yn cyd-fynd â'r testunau. Mae'r fformat yn mesur 220 wrth 275 milimetr ac yn cynnwys 52 tudalen, wedi'u rhwymo â dwy staplen drwy'r asgwrn cefn. Defnyddir papur wedi'i ailgylchu ac inciau amgylcheddol gyfeillgar ar gyfer argraffu. Nod yr ailgynllunio yn 2020 oedd creu cylchgrawn gwydn y byddai darllenwyr yn ei gadw ar eu silffoedd.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award

Mae Kon Paper Cylchgrawn yn enillydd Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau rhagorol sydd yn nodedig am greadigrwydd, dyfeisgarwch a chraffter. Mae enillwyr Efydd yn arteffactau medrus iawn a thrawiadol o greadigol sydd yn dilysu profiad helaeth, dychymyg a dyfeisgarwch eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Kon Paper Cylchgrawn fod yn wrthrych uchel ei fri, a edmygir ac a anwylir, sydd yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Efydd A' Design Award yn ymgorffori arferion gorau mewn celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg, ac yn rhagorol am ei sylw i fanylion. Mae Kon Paper Cylchgrawn yn bodloni anghenion yn odidog, yn cyffwrdd â dyheadau, yn swyno teimladau ac yn apelio at chwilfrydedd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: kon Paper is a magazine for literature and culture. The design and layout explores the boundaries of different texts and text forms. In three genres – essay, feuilleton and wortkunst – the known reading environments for the texts are questioned and sometimes brought into new contexts. The submitted texts are accompanied by illustrations, for which we collaborate with changing artists. The magazine was redesigned in 2020 and in the course of this, the format was adjusted as well as paper and a solid binding.
Dimensions & Packaging: The format of the magazine is 220 x 275 mm and contains 52 pages including the cover pages. We print on Vivus recycled paper. The inner part is 90g/m2 and the cover is 250g/m2. The booklet is bound with two staples through the spine. We cooperate with a printing company that focuses on sustainability. The printing inks are also environmentally friendly.
Tags: Magazine, Mage, Zine, Editorial, Layout, Illustration, Literature, Print
Production Technology: The magazine is printed on eco friendly recycling paper (Vivus 100)
with 90 grams per square meter for the content pages and 250 grams per square meter for the cover. Using sustainable ink, the whole magazine is now much more environmentally friendly then before the relaunch.
Design Challenge: Rethinking the new format. Previously printed in the Berlin newspaper format - one page is over A3 in size. Now the magazine has 220 x 275mm. A long essay had around 20,000 characters including spaces. That means four full pages in the new layout. So in addition to the design, there was also the huge challenge to throw our learned concepts overboard and completely reorganize the editorial work.
Research: Bi-weekly staff meetings are used to talk about the text entries and also the design and illustration concepts for each issue. There is a lot of feedback in input from the teammates that come for a non-design perspective. That this is one of the most fruitful ways to design a good product: Talking to the recipients and people who have a different perspective of the product.
Inspiration: The magazine was founded the project together with Pia Lobodzinski in 2015. Pia and Julia graduated from high school together. A few years after graduation, they both wanted to start a project together again. Pia had just started studying literature and Julia had graduated as a graphic designer. So the foundation of a magazine was almost obvious. For the look and feel of the magazine the constantly growing and lively self-publishing scene and a variety of exciting and unseen magazines were the source of inspiration.
Project Duration: The project was founded 2015 in Munich. Today the editorial team works form Munich, Berlin and Switzerland. The design work is done from Julia Hells Berlin-based studio. The project is ongoing releasing one issue per year.
Operation Flow: The first six issues of the magazine were printed on newspaper paper in the Berliner format. This made the product fragile and after reading it cover to cover it was basically destroyed. The magazine was completely revised and redesigned in 2020. In the course of this, the format was adapted as well as paper and a firm binding. The goal was to get a product that was sustainable and long lasting so that our readership would keep the magazines on their bookshelves.
Team Members: Illustrator: Carmen Reina