Airgead Grafaic · 2022
Frank and the Frog Feidhm Phríomha: Leabhar Pictiúr
- Duais Airgid A' Design Award 2022 in Grafaic
- CLIENT: Bence Mészáros
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 31,626
- Verification code 8E8A8251C9 · Verify this award
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About Frank and the Frog Feidhm Phríomha: Leabhar Pictiúr
Is leabhar pictiúr do pháistí é Frank and the Frog a bhaineann le cailliúint agus le cuimhneachán. Leanann an scéal Frank, buachaill óg a mhúsclaíonn lá amháin agus nach féidir leis a sheanmháthair a aimsiú. Fágann Frank an baile chun í a chuardach agus buaileann sé le frog a éiríonn ina chara agus ina chúntóir dó. Ag deireadh an aistir, feiceann Frank go bhfuil a sheanmháthair in áit shábháilte shíochánta, agus fágann sé slán aici. Tá dhá leathanach déag maisithe sa leabhar a shníonn ó chlé go deas, agus déantar leathanaigh os comhair a chéile a phéireáil de réir codarsnachta. Cumtar agus dathaítear an líneáil láimhe agus na huigeachtaí go digiteach.
About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award
Bhuaigh an dearadh Frank and the Frog Feidhm Phríomha: Leabhar Pictiúr Duais Airgid A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí ardchaighdeáin, álainn agus drámatach. Is saothair thar a bheith drithleacha agus an-chruthaitheach iad buaiteoirí Airgid a léiríonn saineolas, tallann agus géarchúis shármhaith a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Frank and the Frog Feidhm Phríomha: Leabhar Pictiúr ina shaothar iontach, ina léiriú sampla, thar a bheith gairmiúil agus go domhain nuálach. Is aireagán an-suntasach, ionadmhuirthe é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Airgid A' Design Award a dhéanann leas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Is cruthú é an dearadh Frank and the Frog Feidhm Phríomha: Leabhar Pictiúr a bhfuil formad mór leis, a mhúsclaíonn mianta, a thugann mothúcháin dhearfacha agus a adhnann iontas agus ionadh.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Frank and the Frog is designed to give an escape world to anybody who needs to find peace after losing a beloved one. The book tells the story of a little kid called Frank, who wakes up one day and can't find his Granny. Frank decides to leave his home to find Granny and bring her home. During his journey, he meets a frog, who becomes his friend and helps him through the adventures. In the end, Frank sees Granny is in a safe and peaceful place; he decides to say goodbye and let her go.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 300 mm x Depth 15 mm x Height 300 mm
- Tags
- illustration, picturebook, children, book, bookdesign, childrenbook
- Production Technology
- Mixed media. Manual linework and textures, digitally composed and colourized.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was, of course, how to bring the topic of death into the picture book in a kid-friendly way. Another thing I had to consider during the development phase was that even though I always spend a lot of time thinking about death, I never had an intimate experience with it. So I wanted to be respectful with this topic.
- Research
- RESEARCH ABSTRACT**:
A big part of my research was to find the right mentor for Frank.
I was looking into different mythology characters, symbols, characters from my life, etc. When I find frogs, I immediately fall in love with the idea. I think they are visually exciting; frogs are travellers, and they can travel through lands, through the water. In the shaman culture, frogs as totem animals have the power of transformation and travelling between the human world and the spirit realm. - Inspiration
- My main goal with this picture book was to tell a story and tackle a topic that is not that common in children's literature. A topic that was hard to understand when I was a kid and had me confused for a long time. The subject of death.
I am lucky to have all four of my grandparents alive and know them, but this is a rare phenomenon in my environment. Many people lose their grandparents during their childhood. The base idea comes from my childhood: I was always (and still am) scared of what would happen when my grandparent won't be here anymore. - Project Duration
- The project started in June 2021 in Helsinki.
- Operation Flow
- This picturebook has 12 fully illustrated pages. All the pages have a left-to-right flow, leading the eyes of the reader to the next page. The spreadsheets next to each other are designed to pair up based on different contrasts: e.g., on one page, when the composition is complex, then on the next page, the layout is minimal, or when Franks is high up in the sky, on the next page he goes deep under the ocean.
- Patents
- Copyright 2022 by Bence Mészáros
Written by Barnabás Csukás, based on an original story by Bence Mészáros - Image Credits
- Creator Bence Mészáros, Frank and the Frog
