Xicang Market Boek by Dong Qi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award yn Sulver in Print en Publisearre Media Ûntwerp Competition Category.

SulverPrint· 2019

Xicang Market Boek

by Dong Qi

Client: Local本地

A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner in Print Category

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The Design

About Xicang Market Boek

Xicang Market is in boek dat in wyklikse strjitmerk yn Xi'an, Sina dokumintearret. It boek registrearret de objekten dy't as krammen brûkt wurde, de manieren om guod te toanen, de mei de hân skreaune buorden en de relaasje tusken minsken en objekten. It ûntwerp wurdt minimaal holden sadat it materiaal ienfâldich presintearre wurdt. It boek is ferdield yn acht haadstikken: lokaasje, merk, buorden, krammen, mûnlinge ferslaggen, guod, priis en ferkeapers. Elk haadstik is selsstannich en herstelt in diel fan it merkfermidden. Foar ien haadstik waard papier keazen dat liket op de reklameflyers dy't op 'e merk fûn wurde.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Sulver

Xicang Market Boek is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver, in bûtengewoan prestisjeuze erkenning foar topûntwerpen dy't prachtich en yndrukwekkend binne. Sulverwinners binne tige briljante en ekstreem kreative wurken dy't de treflike ekspertize, it talint en de skerpsinnigens fan har ûntwerpers yllustrearje. Fan Xicang Market Boek wurdt ferwachte dat it in prachtich foarbyldwurk is, opmerklik profesjoneel en djip ynnovatyf. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver is in tige opfallende, bewûndere útfining dy't foardiel bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Xicang Market Boek is in skepping dêr't breed oerjûn wurdt, dy't winsken wekker makket, positive gefoelens bringt en ferwûnderjen en fernuvering opwekket.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Observe the Transitional China from the Disappearing Market in Urban Areas.Xi'an, the ancient city in China, is in a great change. A market like Xicang market, held at the same time and same place every week, preserving all the vivid civil life here,,rarely exists now in a city. The design of the book also well conformed to the creator's intention,simply a presentation.
Dimensions & Packaging: 185mm x 55mm x 240mm
Tags: raw,locally,handwriting,Unmodified,portrait
Production Technology: The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace (e.g. the supplement part) by every independent chapter. For example, the paper of advertising flyers frequently appeared in Xicang market is the option as the paper of certain chapter of the book to reflect the character of a market by its special texture.
Design Challenge: Xicang market was 100 years old and has certainly changed a lot over the 20 years in China,The design of the book also well conformed to the creator’s intention- simply a presentation. The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace (e.g. the supplement part) by every independent chapter.
Research: Observe the Transitional China from the Disappearing Market in Urban Areas ,Xi’an, the ancient city in China, is in a great change. A market like Xicang market, held at the same time and same place every week, preserving all the vivid civil life here, rarely exists now in a city. People here are unusually vivid, typical Xicang and local.We hope to record and present with this book.
Inspiration: The choice of the objects to be used as stalls, the way of displaying, the daily design of the handwritten signs and the relationship between people and objects, are the most prominent features the book want to show. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace by every independent chapter.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2015 in Xi'an and finished in August 2018 in Xi'an,and was exhibited in Xi'an urban memory museum in October 2018.
Operation Flow: Xicang market has held two exhibitions, with books and image record. The vendors and local residents of Xicang Market and the local government were invited to visit.
Team Members: Song Qun,Geng Nannan,Tian Yuan,Sun Mingjia,Zhao Yanpeng,Sun Quncui,Guo Xin,Cheng Jiayuan,Ding Rui,Chen Gang,Zhao Shuang