About Furniture Liburua by Karla Kocijan

About Furniture Liburua by Karla Kocijan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award in Inprimaki eta Argitaratutako Komunikabide Diseinua Competition Category.

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About Furniture Liburua

by Karla Kocijan

Client: Jesenski & Turk

Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Inprimakia Category

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The Design

About About Furniture Liburua

Kroazian altzariei buruzko literatura asko dago, hala ere, asko publiko profesionalari zuzenduta dago. Altzariei buruz liburuarekin, ikasle zein adituentzat baliabide baliotsu gisa balio duen eskuliburu integral bat sortzea izan da helburua. Eskuliburu honek altzarien historiari, kategoriei eta diseinatzaile garrantzitsuei buruzko oinarrizko informazioa, baina egokia, emango du, gaiaren oinarrizko ulermena bilatzen dutenentzat maiz erreferentziatzen den tresna bihurtuz. Diana Sokolicek eskuz egin ditu marrazki guztiak.

The Recognition

About the Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award

About Furniture Liburua Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, ondo diseinatutako sorkuntzetatik espero diren eskakizun profesional eta industrialak betetzen dituzten diseinu onei ematen zaien aitorpen prestijiotsua. Burdin-mailako irabazleek beren sortzaileen trebetasun handia, espezializazio handia, adituen ulermena eta sormen-gaitasuna erakusten dituzte. About Furniture Liburua oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den sorkuntza izatea espero da, praktikoa eta berritzailea dena. Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek sektoreko praktika onenak integratzen ditu eta know-how-ari eta talentuari lotutako ezaugarri tekniko gaituak ditu. About Furniture Liburua zehaztasunagatik errespetatua den lana da, eta mundua leku hobea egiten laguntzen duten bizi-kalitatearen hobekuntzak eskaintzeko diseinatua dagoena.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The book is illustrated by hand with 140 illustrations which makes it unique since all the other books about furniture use photographs.
The book has four chapters: history of furniture, furniture in Croatia from 1945 till today, iconic world furniture designs and their authors, vocabulary of forgotten furniture names and a glossary of art history terms. The book is illustrated by hand with 140 illustrations which make it unique since all the other books about furniture use photographs.
Dimensions & Packaging: The book has 230 pages
Quantity printed: 700
Printer: offset
Typeface: Monserat, Raleway
Jacket printer: offset, color
Paper: Holmen 80g
Binder: hard cover
Size: 170 x 25 x 245 mm
Editor: Jesenski & Turk, Zagreb, Croatia
Tags: book, furniture, handbook
Production Technology: There were more than 300 drawings made by professional artist Diana Sokolic, but only 140 are used in the book in order to make it simple, short, and informative. Huge research was undertaken to present basic and relevant information about characteristics of the furniture history styles, authors and their works.
Design Challenge: Finding relevant information about women designers was the most challenging part of the research. Their work and lives are hidden under the names of factories or architects and their studios, especially in Croatia, where educated women designers worked for a monthly pay designing brilliant pieces under the name of the factory they worked for.
Research: Researching for the book was long and it took over 7 months since the goal was to give the most important information about the history of furniture and most relevant authors, especially highlighting the work of female authors who were working in big corporations or studios, anonymously until today.
Inspiration: There are many books about furniture in Croatia, but most of them are written for professional use. The idea was to fill the gap by making a handbook with the basic information, a book for students as well as scholars; the book that will be used often to get the first but relevant information about the history, types, or authors of furniture.
Project Duration: This project started in Zagreb, Croatia, during Covid-19 lockdown time - the ideal time for studying and writing the book in peace. It was finished the same year, but, due to import and printing problems caused by Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine - publishing was delayed until the end of 2022.
The book was published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture.