Now Ealaín Chlúdaigh Albam by Yijia Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dearadh Grafach Competition Category.

IarannGrafaic· 2022

Now Ealaín Chlúdaigh Albam

by Yijia Xie

Client: Yijia Xie

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Grafaic Category

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The Design

About Now Ealaín Chlúdaigh Albam

Is dearadh albaim é Now a cruthaíodh do cheoltóir a bhfuil sé amhrán aige a insíonn scéalta faoi bhrionglóidí, faoi fhás agus faoi ghrá. Baintear carachtar Síneach amháin a bhfuil brí leis as teideal gach amhráin, mar shampla Cruinne, Báisteach, Creid, Súile, Gealach agus Réalta. Cuirtear na carachtair seo le chéile trí choláis dhigiteacha agus cóid ghinsealaíocha. Cuirtear na heilimintí roghnaithe isteach i ríomhchlár a ghineann na mílte grafaic éagsúla, sa chaoi go bhfuil clúdach fillte gach pacáiste ar leith. Tomhaiseann an fhormáid chearnach 4.25 orlach ar 4.25 orlach. Áirítear sa tionscadal sé dhearadh clúdaigh, leabhar liricí agus pacáiste an albaim.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Now Ealaín Chlúdaigh Albam Duais Iarainn A' Design Award, aitheantas gradamach a bhronntar ar dhea-dhearaí a chomhlíonann na riachtanais ghairmiúla agus thionsclaíocha a bhíonn á n-éileamh ó chruthuithe a ndearnadh go maith iad. Léiríonn buaiteoirí Iarainn scil mhór, speisialtóireacht ard, tuiscint saineolaí agus cumas cruthaitheach a gcruthaitheoirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Now Ealaín Chlúdaigh Albam ina chruthú a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear atá praiticiúil agus nuálach. Comhtháthaíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Iarainn A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr sa tionscal agus tá saintréithe teicniúla inniúla aige nasctha le heolas agus le tallann. Tá meas ar an dearadh Now Ealaín Chlúdaigh Albam as a dhúthracht agus dearadh é chun feabhsuithe cáilíochta beatha a sholáthar a chabhraíonn leis an domhan a dhéanamh ina áit níos fearr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This album explores the musician's self-awareness, beliefs, truth, and choice. Six songs in the album respectively tell six stories of him about dreams, growth, and love. I explored integrating Chinese characters with modern design in the album design while taking the most meaningful Chinese character in each song title, like Universe, Rain, Believe, Eyes, Moon, Star. Then I experimentally discovered a new creative form merging Chinese characters, collage, and generative coding.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width: 4.25in X Height: 4.25in
Tags: Album Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Generative Coding, Print Design
Production Technology: Print Design / Digital Collage / package design / generative coding
Design Challenge: One of the most challenging parts is combining each Chinese character with the graphics and images to tell a better story.
Research: This album design is trying to explore a new possibility between Chinese characters, typography, graphics, collages, and Computing. I experimentally combine the traditional design practice with the new technology "generative coding" to create the whole album packaging, including six EP cover designs, lyrics book designs, and album package designs.
Inspiration: Growing up in China, I deeply love China's extensive and profound culture. By practicing calligraphy, I understand Chinese characters are not just a carrier of information but also a beautiful art per se. There are thousands of forms of Chinese characters, and each of them is infused with history. As a designer, I'm eager to discover more possibilities for the future of Chinese character design.
Project Duration: September 2021 - January 2022
Operation Flow: I inserted the elements separately into computer programming and generated thousands of different new graphics. The generative collages were used on the packaging design for the new album. So everyone receives a unique packaging wrap. Then I fused Yuli's music with these moving collages. I love experimenting with random collisions and producing mint and exciting things. Mixing traditional elements and modern technology delivers surprising outcomes and also brings balance between randomness and order.
Team Members: Designer: Yijia Xie