Wood and Tree Pai by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke Competition Category.

KalaKiʻi· 2020

Wood and Tree Pai

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Pai

He pai ʻo Wood and Tree i hana ʻia no kekahi ʻaha kūkā hoʻolālā hale i mālama ʻia ma Tokyo, Iapana. ʻO ke kumuhana o ka ʻaha kūkā, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka lāʻau, he mea kahiko, i loko o ka hoʻolālā hale ʻano hou. Ke hoʻohana nei ka pai i ka ʻōlelo kiʻi ʻano hou e hoʻohālike i kekahi kiʻi kahiko o nā apo lāʻau. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia nā laina o ka helu, ka mānoanoa, ka pī, a me ka waihoʻoluʻu like ʻole e hana i ke kaʻina. He makemakika ke ʻano o ka hopena, akā ke mau nei ka nani kūlohelohe. He 210 ma 297 mm ka nui o ka pai. Ua hōʻike ʻia ma kahi puka komo, kahi e hiki ai i nā malihini ke lawe i nā palapala liʻiliʻi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Wood and Tree Pai 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 Wood and Tree Pai 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 Wood and Tree Pai 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: It's a poster for an architecture seminar which is called "Wood & Tree" in Tokyo, Japan. The theme is about new possibility of application of wood which is a kind of classic material on modern architecture. So modern graphic language is used to simulate classic drawing to express annual ring. The main vision is mathematical but still can feel natural beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 210mm x Height 297mm
Tags: Modern, mathematical, nature, minimal, geometric
Production Technology: Hundreds of annual ring's photo was collected as a reference. Adobe Illustrator is the main software to complete the poster.
Design Challenge: The hardest part is using mathematical graphic to simulate nature shape such as annual ring and expressing both aesthetics at the same time.
Research: The number, thickness, curvature, color, etc. of the lines have been extensively tested to express annual ring.
Inspiration: The inspiration is from annual ring. Wood is a kind of material without life. But different from other material, people can still feel vitality by the smell and texture and so on. The annual ring is the evidence which can prove it was lived as a tree. And the beautiful curve is intoxicating.
Project Duration: The project started in Aug 2018 and finished in September 2019 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in gallery of Myojyuji Saruein September 2018.
Operation Flow: It was displayed at the entrance, visiter could take the small flyers by themselves to understand the theme of the exhibition.
Team Members: Zhuang Yu
Image Credits: Image #1: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #2: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #3: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #4: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #5: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.