A Garden for All Dearadh Cló by Danne Ojeda

A Garden for All Dearadh Cló by Danne Ojeda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dearadh Oideachais Competition Category.

AirgeadOideachas· 2024

A Garden for All Dearadh Cló

by Danne Ojeda

Client: School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Oideachas Category

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The Design

About A Garden for All Dearadh Cló

Tionscadal oideachais is ea an tionscadal seo. Ceapachán ar Dhearadh Clóghrafaíochta a tugadh do mhic léinn tríú leibhéal ó Scoil na hEalaíne, an Deartha agus na Meán, NTU, Singeapór. Ba é an ceapachán ná go ndéanfadh gach mac léinn Ceannlitreacha Tite a dhearadh mar theaghlach cló. Mar thoradh air, chruthaigh na mic léinn teaghlaigh chló iolracha a spreagadh ó fhióra, fána, agus gnéithe uathúla Ghairdíní Lúibheanna Shingeapór. Ina dhiaidh sin, priontáladh na Ceannlitreacha Tite ba fearr sa leabhar A Garden For All, arna fhoilsiú ag an bhfoilsitheoir Epigram Books i Singeapór.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh A Garden for All Dearadh Cló 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 A Garden for All Dearadh Cló 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 A Garden for All Dearadh Cló a bhfuil formad mór leis, a mhúsclaíonn mianta, a thugann mothúcháin dhearfacha agus a adhnann iontas agus ionadh.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Original Drops Caps were inspired on natural elements found in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore First UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dimensions & Packaging: Variable dimensions.
Tags: Botanical Garden Singapore, Original Drop Cap Design, Typography, Education, ADM, NTU.
Production Technology: This project originated as part of a teaching assignment in the course 'Typography III'. It is an industry oriented assignment whose outcome is the publishing of the produced typographical works, emulating a real design commissioned scenario. To this effect, a group of students from 'Typography III' course from the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), were invited to collaborate with Epigram Books under the Creative Direction of Associate Professor Danne Ojeda. Students conducted field research in Singapore Botanic Gardens, after which they created original Drop Caps in the form of contemporary illustrated type designs for the book 'A Garden for All'.
Design Challenge: To find a unique design direction that will respond to the research abstract, to design and develop a coherent typographical system that carries the essence of the various features of the Singapore Botanical Gardens.
Research: To design Drop Caps typographic prototypes, that depict the variety and richness of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, flora, fauna, and any other relevant elements found in situ. This is Singapore First UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Inspiration: TYPOlogy is an educational project. It was an assignment on Typography Design given to tertiary education students from the School of Art, Design and Media, NTU, Singapore. The assignment was for each student to design DROP CAPS as a font family (See images and attached PDF). The outcome was multiple font families created by students and inspired by the flora, fauna, and unique features of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. From this, the best of the best DROP CAPS were printed in the book A GARDEN FOR ALL, published by the prestigious editorial Epigram Books in Singapore (See the last part of the PDF attached with the chapters of A GARDEN FOR ALL, with the original DROP CAPS designed for this book).
Project Duration: The project TYPOLogy: A Garden for all, latest 8 weeks in total. It took place in Singapore, from September to November 2022.
Operation Flow: The Drop Caps are used in the different sections of the book 'A Garden for All', published by Epigram Books, Singapore.
Patents: The copyright rests with the authors.
Team Members: Creative direction of Danne Ojeda.
Image Credits: All design/authors of the Drop Caps and Epigram Books, Singapore