Craft as Time Capsule Puke by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Puke by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Paʻi a me Pāpaho Paʻi Competition Category.

KalaPaʻi· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Puke

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Paʻi Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Puke

ʻO kēia papahana ka palapala hope loa o ka noiʻi thesis a Hsiao-Wen e pili ana i ka hana lima ma ke ʻano he ʻano mālama mālama ʻana i ke au kamepiula o kēia manawa. Aia ʻekolu ʻāpana o ka puke, e nānā ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o ke kino a me ka virtual, nā mea a me nā ʻikepili, ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka mea hoʻohana a me ka ʻike mai ke kuanaʻike o ka hana a me ka mālama ʻana. I ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka honua mai nā hana kino a i nā pilina pilikua, ua koi ʻia nā pono hou a me nā ʻano o ka hoʻopili ʻana me ko mākou puni. ʻAʻole hōʻike wale ʻia kēlā hoʻololi ma o ka mea a me ka ʻenehana, akā ʻo ka moʻomeheu holoʻokoʻa pū kekahi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Craft as Time Capsule Puke i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Craft as Time Capsule Puke he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Craft as Time Capsule Puke e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is a documentation of Hsiao-Wen's thesis research on craft making as a preservation methodology in the current digital age. The book consists of three parts, examining the intertranslation between the physical and the digital from the perspectives of crafts. The typographic choices in this book are a combination of Serif, Sans Serif, and Script typefaces, symbolic of the longevity of crafts and human’s use of technology.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of the book is in US letter size: 216 mm x 279 mm.
Tags: design research, book design, editorial design, graphic design, typography, print, craft, technology, archive, postdigital, preservation
Production Technology: The book was intended to be printed on newsprint papers and have debossing on the cover. Unfortunately, the plan was postponed due to the pandemic.
Research: This research aims to look at the transition between the physical and virtual, material and data, user engagement and experience from the perspective of craft making and preservation. Craft has always been a reflection of culture and identity. As our lives transitioned from physical activities to virtual interactions, new needs and forms of engagement with our surroundings were prompted. And such change not only exhibits via the object and the technology, but also the whole culture at large.

As craft and preservation being the two main cores of this research, it is important to explore different ways to archive the research process. In addition to this book, the designer had also built a website to document the research in another format. It is also interesting to compare the same content on two different mediums.
Inspiration: This book can be seen as an archive that not only documents the designer's research in writing but also organizes several other design projects, experiments, and references in a clear structure that supports the main thesis. The grid and the rigid layout of the book are inspired by letterpress, which plays a key role in my research on technology and web interface design.
Project Duration: This research started in 2019 and was finalized in May 2020. The book was designed after the completion of the research, from June to August 2020.