Time Capsule Bogdesign by Yuchen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Jern in Trykt og Udgivet Medier Design Competition Category.

JernTryk· 2022

Time Capsule Bogdesign

by Yuchen Chen

Client: Absolutely Shock You Studio

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Tryk Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Bogdesign

Bogen handler om grafisk designs historie. Designer ønsker at engagere publikum i en mere dynamisk fortælleoplevelse og samtidig hjælpe dem med at forstå bogen lettere. For at fastholde publikums interesse, tilføje interaktivitet til bogen, får designeren bogen til at se ud som om den har en lang historie som kulturelle relikvier, denne bog forsøger at guide publikum til at bære støvforebyggende handsker og tage børste og forstørrelsesglas op, fungere som arkæolog til forskning historien. Det er en bog, der kræver publikums handlinger og også at blive håndteret og oplevet.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Time Capsule Bogdesign er vinder af A' Design Award i Jern, en prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles gode designs, som opfylder de professionelle og industrielle krav, man forventer af veldesignede skabelser. Jernvinderne viser stor dygtighed, høj specialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapacitet hos deres skabere. Time Capsule Bogdesign forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær skabelse, der er praktisk og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer branchens bedste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaber knyttet til knowhow og talent. Time Capsule Bogdesign respekteres for sin grundighed og er designet til at levere forbedringer af livskvaliteten, der er med til at gøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The content of the book is about the history of graphic design. The book design inspired by archaeology. Designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics. He choose unusual book design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience’s actions and also to be handled and experienced.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 220 mm x Height 200 mm, 15 independent pages with package box.
Tags: book design, typography, history, graphic design, research, archaeologist, antique
Production Technology: The Book Design includeing Typography Design, Layout Design, Graphic Design and Package Design. it's not the traditional book binding design.
The book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book.
Design Challenge: It was a very urgent design case which only have one week to realized from concept to the real book. It was big challenge for designer.
Research: This book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. Designer don’t want to use the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
Inspiration: Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. he make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. The text word size also designed too small to invisible on purpose, which is have to use magnifier to read. This unusual book design will guide the audience act like archaeologist to research the history.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2013 in Hangzhou and finished in January 2013 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: Designer did not choose the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.