The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv by Urszula Giren

The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv by Urszula Giren is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kub in Tsim Xov Xwm Luam Tawm thiab Xov Xwm Tshaj Tawm Competition Category.

KubLuam Tawm· 2020

The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv

by Urszula Giren

Client: Urszula Gireń

A' Design Award Kub Winner in Luam Tawm Category

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The Design

About The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv

Qhov Yug Los Ntawm Ib Phau Ntawv yog ib phau ntawv luam tawm hais txog kev tsim phau ntawv nyob rau tebchaws Poland thaum lub xyoo pua 16. Phau ntawv no muab cov ntawv luam qub los qhia raws li qhov loj tiag tiag, kom cov neeg nyeem pom tau cov qauv qub. Daim npog phau ntawv sab nraud qhia txog txoj kev teeb tsa nplooj ntawv (imposition) uas siv rau hom qauv octavo qub. Muaj ib txoj hlua ntaub cim phau ntawv uas cim qhov siab ntawm cov phau ntawv hom folio, quarto thiab octavo. Cov duab txaug ntoo (woodcuts) nyob rau nplooj ntawv npe raug luam ua xim thim rov qab, ua kom nco txog cov qauv txaug uas raug pleev xim dub. Qhov loj yog 256 los ntawm 320 milimev, muaj 560 nplooj ntawv thiab kwv yees li 1200 daim duab. Lub hom phiaj yog los piav qhia txoj kev luam ntawv thaum lub sijhawm Renaissance rau cov neeg nyeem coob coob.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kub

The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Kub, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib ib, zoo kawg nkaus thiab tshwj xeeb. Cov neeg yeej Kub yog cov khoom tsim tshiab heev, pom deb heev thiab ci ntsa iab uas qhia txog kev txawj ntse, kev txawj thiab lub zog ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv xav tias yuav yog ib qho kev tsim uas tau txais kev qhuas ntau, tsim kev nyiam tshiab thiab loj uas ua rau muaj nqi tsis tau muaj dua. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Kub no yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus thiab muaj kev hwm uas pab tau ntau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. The Birth of a Book Phau Ntawv ua rau muaj kev xav tau heev, txhawb kev mob siab, txhawb kev tsim tshiab thiab ua rau peb xav tsis thoob.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The designed structure of publications presents the old prints in real size and the method of their production in additional elements like a dust jacket which show printing sheet, typographic composition at 1:1 scale. The woodcuts in color inversion on the title pages refer to matrices covered with black ink. The compositions of this pages were plotted on a scheme invented by Villard de Honnecourt, 13th century artist, and refer to the proportions of columns, margins used in the 16th century.
Dimensions & Packaging: Format:
256 x 320 mm in a 1.25 ratio, 560 pages, the page format allowed the calculation of a multi-level grid for the composition of individual elements, including 1200 illustrations.
Tags: renaissance book, first roman typefaces, old prints, typography
Production Technology: The work was digitally printed and a hardback, paper binding, thermo-gluing was used. The covering is made of black beater-dyed paper. There are also a dust jacket reflecting an imposition method for the old octavo book format, as well as a ribbon - bookmark, depicting the folio, quarto and octavo heights. Covering: Geltex Negro Antracita 191 Embossing LS 115 g (beater-dyed paper), silver color - screen printing, binder's board: spine board 2 mm, base case 3 mm, Dust Jacket: Color Style Black Smooth 120 g (beater-dyed paper) silver color - screen printing, Endpaper: Geltex Negro Antracita 191 Embossing LS 130 g (beater-dyed paper), Book-block: Pergraphica Natural Smooth 120 g, CMYK - digital printing, HP Indigo, printing according to fiber direction, PUR glue, Headband: Black, Ribbon bookmark: Black, silver color
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was complicated structure of the text - a lot of auxiliary and descriptive texts, an unusually large number of various illustrations - 1274. Organizing the appropriate grid required several verifications. I based the project largely on mathematical calculations related to the content of the publication. The divisions and colors used resulted entirely from the content and the assumption of the best possible exposure of illustrations and text. By learning the methodology of 16th-century typographers, you can see frequent references to numbers that have always been present in nature. The search for systematization the surrounding world by the renaissance artists was huge inspiration. Each element in the world has its place and meaning, nothing is accidental, everything is connected with each other and interacts with each other. I also wanted to build a relationship system in the design of my publication, where the smallest part would result from the structure of the whole.
Research: The first part of book contains basic information about printing, introduces the reader to the general principles of Renaissance design. In the second part of the publication, printing in Poland was discussed in more detail. This part was divided into 5 chapters, four of which have been assigned specific cities. The choice of places was justified by the pioneering activity of the printing houses, which opened there, their size, as well as the quality of the publications they produced.
Inspiration: The main inspirations were the general principles of Renaissance design. The first stage of the project included gathering graphic material necessary to conduct research on the old European, Polish books. The study covered individual elements, starting from the materials from which books were created: papers, binding materials, typefaces, ornaments, graphics. Information was also collected on the most well-known Polish and European publishers, typographers and punchcutters.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2017 in Bialystok and finished in February 2019 in Katowice, Poland
Operation Flow: All the elements in the book have been designed to familiarize the reader with the methodology of creating books in the 16th century. Starting from the format of the book showing real formats of old prints, to the dust jacket presenting the printing imposition, or the ribbon indicating the height of old books - folio, quarto, otavo.
Image Credits: Urszula Gireń / 2019