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Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai by Na An and Huanyi Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe in Bugu Competition Category.


Baƙin ƘarfeBugu· 2020

Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai

by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Client: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe Winner in Bugu Category

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The Design

About Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai

Rubutun Littafi: Komai saiti ne na littattafai biyu game da al'adar gargajiya ta kasar Sin. Rassa goma sha biyu na duniya sun kafa babban abin da ke ciki, tare da hade da yanayin shekara, lokutan hasken rana, da alamun shekarar kasar Sin. Kowane littafi yana da girman milimita 170 zuwa 300 zuwa 25, an kuma yi shi da itace da takarda ta musamman. Dinke-dinken ya bi salon nadin littattafan kasar Sin na da, don haka shafukan suna juyawa cikin sauki kuma za a iya bude su a wani bangare ko gaba daya. Samar da aikin ya hada da sassaka ta laser, buga ta laser, kirkire-kirkire, da bugu mai zafi. Tsarin shimfidar yana amfani da zane-zanen hannu, fasahar tekstura, da fadin launin toka.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe

Zanen Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe, wata karramawa mai daraja da ake bai wa kyawawan zane-zane waɗanda ke cika buƙatun ƙwararru da masana'antu da ake tsammani daga ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire da aka tsara da kyau. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Baƙin Ƙarfe suna nuna babban ƙwarewa, ƙwarewa ta musamman, fahimtar ƙwararru da ikon ƙirƙira na masu ƙirƙirar su. Ana sa ran zanen Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai ya zama ƙirƙira da ake girmamawa sosai, ake sha'awa da ƙauna wacce ke da amfani kuma mai sababbin abubuwa. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Baƙin Ƙarfe yana haɗa mafi kyawun ayyukan fannin kuma yana da halayen fasaha masu cancanta da ke da alaƙa da sanin yadda da baiwa. Ana girmama zanen Everything Aikin Firamare: Saitin Littattafai saboda cikakkiyar kulawarsa kuma an tsara shi don ba da ingantuwar rayuwa da ke taimakawa wajen mai da duniya wuri mafi kyau.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
These are books about traditional culture, it contains the philosophy of development and change of everything. The book is created with the twelve earthly branches as main content, combined with seasons, solar terms, Chinese zodiac. In layout design, it selects objects like leaves, buds, flowers and stones, uses methods of combination, reconstruction, contrast. In binding process, it was bind in folding form of ancient Chinese books, used wood, special paper and hot stamping materials.
Dimensions & Packaging
There are two books altogether, the size of each book: 170mm x 300mm x 25mm.
The books are available for printing media, motion graphics and installation art now, and they will be used for web pages, App, digital media in the future.
Tags
traditional culture, the twelve earthly branches, everything, reconstruction, Chinese book, bind in folding form, wood, special paper, hot stamping
Production Technology
Books are made of wood and special paper. Printing process includes laser engraving, laser printing, creasing and hot stamping. In layout design, the books used hand-drawn graphics, texture art and the hue of the high gray. The software being used are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge
The hardest part of this design is the exact expression. From a historical perspective, everything changes in a regular way, people should go with nature and seize the moment. From a social perspective, things are small, the world is big, people need to be open-minded, keep harmonious coexistence with everything. How to express Chinese culture and traditional philosophy through bookbinding and layout design is the research challenge.
Research
The research objectives is the redesign of traditional culture, it is also a response to the growing demand for traditional culture and Chinese elements in commercial design. The design methods include folding and binding, layout design, material application, etc. Printing tools includes laser engraving, laser printing and hot stamping. The conclusion is that the ingenious combination of modern elements and historical culture can achieve better design results.
Inspiration
Firstly, the rise of Chinese culture and national traditions in both commercial design and academic field is a important background factor. Secondly, the research on ancient Chinese books has given the project a lot of technical support. Thirdly, with the development of media, the research on media of books has been further deepened, the physical book should continuously enhance its artistry and collectivity. Finally, the philosophical, traditional and cultural content is the inspiration in design.
Project Duration
The project started in March 2019 and finished in June 2019 in China.
Operation Flow
The binding form of folding comes from the ancient book. It has the advantage of being easy to turn the pages, and gives people a sense of history and philosophy. This kind of page binding, book could be expanded as needed, in part or all. When the person reads, can produce a lot of continuous space. This is an elegant dynamic process, the layout is constantly changing, whether the book closed or open, will produce different three dimensional display.
Team Members
Huanyi Liu

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