The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp by Junheng Li

The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp by Junheng Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Print en Publisearre Media Ûntwerp Competition Category.

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The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp

by Junheng Li

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Print Category

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The Design

About The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp

De Klassiker fan Tee is in boekûntwerp basearre op it âldst bekende skriftlike ferslach oer tee. It boek en de ferpakking binne folslein makke fan beukehout. De sintrale titel is útsnien yn read koper. Elke side is in houten paniel dat fuorthelle en apart besjoen wurde kin. It deksel iepenet fan it midden nei beide kanten, sadat it hiele boek der út lift wurde kin. De siden binne makke mei in laserfergravearmasine en ferve. De kar fan materialen ferwiist nei de âlde Sineeske kultuer, dy't optekene waard op bamboe, hout en brûns, deselde materialen dy't ferbûn binne mei de iere teekultuer.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. The Classic of Tea Boekûntwerp foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Redesigned The Classic of Tea, which is the world's earliest book recording tea. The book is wholly made and packaged by beech wood. The central title is carved with red copper. Ancient Chinese culture before Christ was mostly handed down by bamboo, trees and bronze, and tea culture also evolved from these three materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: packaging:230mm*230mm*60mm
page:210mm*210mm*1.2mm
Tags: tea, book, wood, copper, traditional
Production Technology: Beech wood, red copper, painting, laser engraving machine,
Design Challenge: The combination of the power, speed, and engraving material density of the laser machine is the key to improving use rate of the finished product rate. I have tested more than 30 times in total.
Research: Re-editing ancient books with Adobe Illustrator, then using laser engraving mechanisms for finished products, controlling the balance between laser engraving machines and paints is the most difficult part of the project
Inspiration: As Laozi recorded in the Tao Te Ching "nature from the way, and the way from what is beneath abstraction". There is a close relationship between tea culture and traditional Chinese Taoist culture. The ancient people enjoyed the return to nature and self in the process of drinking tea,coinciding with the Taoist concept of "harmony between man and nature".
Project Duration: Production starts in 2017 and ends in Beijing in 2018
Operation Flow: Open the lid of the book from the middle to the sides, take out the whole book, each page of the book is made of wood, can be taken out separately to watch
Image Credits: Designer Junheng Li，The classic of tea，2018