About Furniture Leabhar by Karla Kocijan

About Furniture Leabhar by Karla Kocijan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Meadhanan Clò-bhuailte agus Foillsichte Competition Category.

IarannClò-bhualadh· 2023

About Furniture Leabhar

by Karla Kocijan

Client: Jesenski & Turk

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Clò-bhualadh Category

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The Design

About About Furniture Leabhar

Tha tòrr litreachas air àirneis ann an Croatia, ge-tà, tha mòran dheth ag amas air luchd-èisteachd proifeasanta. Leis leabhar Mu àirneis, b’ e an t-amas leabhar-làimhe coileanta a chruthachadh a bhios na ghoireas luachmhor dha oileanaich is eòlaichean le chèile. Bheir leabhar-làimhe seo seachad fiosrachadh bunaiteach, ach buntainneach air eachdraidh, seòrsachadh, agus dealbhadairean àirneis follaiseach, ga fhàgail na inneal air a bheilear a’ toirt iomradh tric dhaibhsan a tha a’ sireadh tuigse bhunasach air a’ chuspair. Tha na dealbhan uile air an dèanamh le làimh le Diana Sokolic.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha About Furniture Leabhar air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi About Furniture Leabhar na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air About Furniture Leabhar airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The book is illustrated by hand with 140 illustrations which makes it unique since all the other books about furniture use photographs.
The book has four chapters: history of furniture, furniture in Croatia from 1945 till today, iconic world furniture designs and their authors, vocabulary of forgotten furniture names and a glossary of art history terms. The book is illustrated by hand with 140 illustrations which make it unique since all the other books about furniture use photographs.
Dimensions & Packaging: The book has 230 pages
Quantity printed: 700
Printer: offset
Typeface: Monserat, Raleway
Jacket printer: offset, color
Paper: Holmen 80g
Binder: hard cover
Size: 170 x 25 x 245 mm
Editor: Jesenski & Turk, Zagreb, Croatia
Tags: book, furniture, handbook
Production Technology: There were more than 300 drawings made by professional artist Diana Sokolic, but only 140 are used in the book in order to make it simple, short, and informative. Huge research was undertaken to present basic and relevant information about characteristics of the furniture history styles, authors and their works.
Design Challenge: Finding relevant information about women designers was the most challenging part of the research. Their work and lives are hidden under the names of factories or architects and their studios, especially in Croatia, where educated women designers worked for a monthly pay designing brilliant pieces under the name of the factory they worked for.
Research: Researching for the book was long and it took over 7 months since the goal was to give the most important information about the history of furniture and most relevant authors, especially highlighting the work of female authors who were working in big corporations or studios, anonymously until today.
Inspiration: There are many books about furniture in Croatia, but most of them are written for professional use. The idea was to fill the gap by making a handbook with the basic information, a book for students as well as scholars; the book that will be used often to get the first but relevant information about the history, types, or authors of furniture.
Project Duration: This project started in Zagreb, Croatia, during Covid-19 lockdown time - the ideal time for studying and writing the book in peace. It was finished the same year, but, due to import and printing problems caused by Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine - publishing was delayed until the end of 2022.
The book was published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture.