Ukd Katalaan by Izabela Jurczyk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Rauaauhind A' Design Award in Trükise ja avaldatud meedia disain Competition Category.

RaudTrükis· 2024

Ukd Katalaan

by Izabela Jurczyk

Client: The National Library of Poland

Rauaauhind A' Design Award Winner in Trükis Category

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The Design

About Ukd Katalaan

Ukd on trükitud katalog, mida kasutatakse tekstide klassifitseerimiseks teaduse, kultuuri ja inimtegevuse valdkondade ja distsipliinide järgi. Väljaanne eraldab need valdkonnad suurte värviliste vahelehtedega, mis on trükitud läbivalt värvitud paberile, tänu millele saab igat valdkonda kiiresti leida. Valdkonnasümbolid on selgelt tähistatud – sümbolid asuvad vasakul ja kirjeldused paremal, näidates, kuidas madalama tasandi kategooriate sümbolid moodustatakse. Raamatul on vastupidavuse tagamiseks hõbefooliumiga reljeefne kõva kaas. Vahelehed on valmistatud dekoratiivsest paberist ja trükitud CMYK- ja Pantone-värvidega.

The Recognition

About the Rauaauhind A' Design Award

Ukd Katalaan on Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võitja, prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse headele disainidele, mis vastavad professionaalsetele ja tööstuslikele nõuetele, mida oodatakse hästi disainitud töödelt. Raudvõitjad näitavad oma loojate suurt oskust, kõrget spetsialiseerumist, asjatundlikku mõistmist ja loomingulist võimekust. Ukd Katalaan peaks olema kõrgelt hinnatud, imetletud ja armastatud looming, mis on praktiline ja uuenduslik. See Rauaauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain ühendab tööstuse parimaid tavasid ning tal on pädevad tehnilised omadused, mis on seotud oskusteabe ja andega. Ukd Katalaan on austatud oma põhjalikkuse eest ning on loodud pakkuma elukvaliteedi parandusi, mis aitavad teha maailma paremaks paigaks.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Ukd serves to catalog texts depending on the fields and disciplines of science, culture and human activity. The modern Ukd design clearly divides the fields, which is the most important element in the structure of the publication and the cataloging process - hence the colorful, large dividers on mass-dyed paper. Clear labeling of domain symbols and the arrangement of these symbols within paragraphs allows you to quickly understand how these symbols are created.
Dimensions & Packaging: 215 mm x 36 mm x 310 mm
Tags: book, publication, disciplines, catalog, science, culture
Production Technology: Hardcover, embossed with silver foil. Inserts made of various decorative papers. CMYK and pantone printed
Design Challenge: A major complication was the bookbinding, workmanship and material aspects of the publication, combined with the high circulation. The interleave pages had to be cut and sewn-in separately and manually, which prolonged and complicated the entire production process.
Similarly difficult was the selection of Pantone colors for screen printing on mass-dyed paper and the best possible repetition of the color of the mass-dyed paper in the Pantone color of the digits symbolizing the field.
Inspiration: The inspiration was the desire to break with the greyness, uniformity and blandness of previous Ukd publications and the paintings of Mark Rohtko with their color. Catalog is used in every library. Until now, searching for a given field required browsing through the entire publication or going back to the table of contents. The choice of vivd colors for field division refers to the division of physical space into bookshelves. Using publications is like navigating through a real library.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2019 in Lodz and finished in November 2019 in Warsaw
Operation Flow: When librarians take the book in their hands, they immediately know that they are dealing with a new edition of the Ukd tables – so different is this edition from the previous ones. They also see its structure immediately, even before opening the publication. After a short use, the librarian learns what colors are associated with particular fields and can immediately open the publication on the part that interests him. Thanks to the contrast with the thin paper of the book block, the thick paper of the double dividers makes it easier to find the place where a given field begins. Large cards with numbers make the field symbol immediately visible, which is important when the librarian creates symbols describing a given book. The name of the field is also displayed separately on a smaller divider, beautifully contrasting with the large one and creating color harmony. The hardcover ensures greater durability of the publication, opened and closed many times and transferred by librarians to the shelves where the books are placed. The format of the publication remains the same as in previous editions, as does the paper of the book block. The layout of the content - symbols on the left, description on the right - makes it easier to find subsequent subfields and clearly shows how symbols are created for lower-level categories.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #2: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #3: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #4: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #5: Photographer Robert Bobryk