A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko by Danne Ojeda

A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko by Danne Ojeda is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Hoʻonaʻauao, Mea Kōkua Aʻo a me ʻIke Hoʻomaʻamaʻa Competition Category.

KalaHoʻonaʻauao· 2024

A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko

by Danne Ojeda

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

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Hoʻonaʻauao Category

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The Design

About A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko

He papahana hoʻonaʻauao kēia papahana. He hana ia no ka Hoʻolālā Kikokiko i hāʻawi ʻia i nā haumāna hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe mai ka School of Art, Design and Media, NTU, Singapore. ʻO ka hana, e hoʻolālā kēlā me kēia haumāna i nā Drop Caps ma ke ʻano he ʻohana kikokiko. ʻO ka hopena, he mau ʻohana kikokiko he nui i hana ʻia e nā haumāna a hoʻoulu ʻia e nā mea ulu, nā holoholona, a me nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ka Singapore Botanic Gardens. Mai kēia, ua paʻi ʻia nā Drop Caps maikaʻi loa i loko o ka puke A Garden For All, i hoʻopuka ʻia e Epigram Books ma Singapore.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko 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 A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko 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 A Garden for All Hoʻolālā Kikokiko 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: 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