Memories of Mukden Livre by Na An and Yiting Cui

Memories of Mukden Livre by Na An and Yiting Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Imprimé Competition Category.

ArgentImprimé· 2021

Memories of Mukden Livre

by Na An and Yiting Cui

Client: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Imprimé Category

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The Design

About Memories of Mukden Livre

Ce sont des livres sur l'histoire de la ville et la culture régionale. Les livres se composent de huit volumes, qui présentent respectivement huit lieux d'intérêt à Moukden. Mukden est le berceau de la culture Qing et un important patrimoine culturel chinois. Les livres sont reliés par pliage, les matériaux sont le métal, le papier de riz, le brocart, etc. La forme du livre est une lanterne de palais octogonale, qui exprime le sens que la lanterne du palais porte la mémoire des temps anciens et que les lumières illuminent l'histoire et la culture. Le contenu du livre utilise une illustration numérique pour représenter la scène.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Memories of Mukden Livre est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Memories of Mukden Livre est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Memories of Mukden Livre est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: These are books about the city's history and regional culture. There are eight volumes in total, the content is eight scenic spots in Mukden. Mukden is the birthplace of Chinese Qing culture and the capital of two generations of emperors, it has a profound cultural heritage. Therefore, the book uses the folding form of ancient Chinese binding, materials are rice paper, copper, brocade. The appearance of the book is a palace lantern, which meaning that a lamp illuminates the memory of history.
Dimensions & Packaging: Books in the design of interactivity, display and assembly fun. There are a total of eight books, each volume introduces a place of historical interest, each volume size is 80mm wide × 200mm long × 20mm thick. As the book is bound by folding, the size of the expanded page is 800mm wide × 200mm long. The books were assembled together in a metal frame to form an octagonal palace lantern, the physical size is 360mm high and 180mm in diameter.
Tags: city history, regional culture, Mukden, Qing Culture, palace lantern, bind in folding form, rice paper, metal craft, assembly interest and interactivity, artistic
Production Technology: Books are made of rice paper, special paper, copper metal, brocade and so on. Manufacturing processes include laser printing, metalworking, indentation, and folding loading. In layout design, the page uses flat graphics, illustration and light gray tones. The software being used are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge: First of all, the most difficult part of the design is the accurate expression, integrating the form of the book, the way of binding, the use of materials and the communication of content. Secondly, in the layout design, how to skillfully combine modern elements with historical culture. Finally, digital illustrator drawing places of interest is also a challenge.
Research: The purpose is to redesign the regional culture. Data are gathered from field surveys, interviews, books and online searches. The digital illustration, information graphics and words are not just in these books, but also make motion graphics. They will be used in web pages, e-books, etc. It adds commercial value of books, paper books and digital media coexist. Socially, it promotes the preservation of the city's history. In design, it promotes the multi-dimensional development of books.
Inspiration: First of all, the preservation of urban history and regional culture is an important background factor for book design. Secondly, the research on ancient Chinese books has given a lot of technical support to the project. Third, with the development of the media, physical books should constantly enhance its artistic and collectable. Finally, the integration of heritage, history, geography and aesthetics is the inspiration for launching the project.
Project Duration: The project began in January 2020 and was completed in China in June 2020.
Operation Flow: Interactivity is reflected in the browsing process. First, books are collected in metal shelves as they are folded and placed, they are combined into an octagonal palace lantern. Secondly, the book is used by the fold binding, reading can be partial or all spread out, the layout in the change to form a lot of continuous space. Whether it's closed or opened, it will have different interactions with the fingers. This book has artistic, interactive, display and collection value.
Team Members: Yiting Cui
Image Credits: Yiting Cui, Na An