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Xicang Market Knjiga by Dong Qi

Xicang Market Knjiga by Dong Qi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award in Tiskani i Objavljeni Mediji Competition Category.


SrebroTisak· 2019

Xicang Market Knjiga

by Dong Qi

Client: Local本地

Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Tisak Category

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The Design

About Xicang Market Knjiga

Xicang Market knjiga je koja dokumentira tjednu uličnu tržnicu u Xi'anu u Kini. Knjiga bilježi predmete koji se koriste kao štandovi, načine izlaganja robe, rukom pisane natpise te odnos između ljudi i predmeta. Dizajn je zadržan minimalnim kako bi se materijal jednostavno prikazao. Knjiga je podijeljena na osam poglavlja: lokacija, tržnica, natpisi, štandovi, usmena svjedočanstva, roba, cijena i prodavači. Svako je poglavlje neovisno i obnavlja dio prizora s tržnice. Za jedno je poglavlje odabran papir sličan reklamnim lecima koji se mogu pronaći na tržnici.

The Recognition

About the Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award

Xicang Market Knjiga je pobjednik Srebrne nagrade A' Design Award, izuzetno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje vrhunskim, veličanstvenim i dojmljivim dizajnima. Srebrni pobjednici iznimno su briljantna i vrlo kreativna djela koja ilustriraju izuzetnu stručnost, talent i oštroumnost svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Xicang Market Knjiga bude divno, reprezentativno djelo koje je izuzetno profesionalno i duboko inovativno. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Srebrnu nagradu A' Design Award vrlo je zapažen, nadaleko cijenjen izum koji koristi i pomiče granice umjetnosti, znanosti, dizajna i tehnologije. Xicang Market Knjiga je kreacija kojoj se mnogi dive i zavide, koja budi želje, donosi pozitivne osjećaje i raspiruje čuđenje i divljenje.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Observe the Transitional China from the Disappearing Market in Urban Areas.Xi'an, the ancient city in China, is in a great change. A market like Xicang market, held at the same time and same place every week, preserving all the vivid civil life here,,rarely exists now in a city. The design of the book also well conformed to the creator's intention,simply a presentation.
Dimensions & Packaging
185mm x 55mm x 240mm
Tags
raw,locally,handwriting,Unmodified,portrait
Production Technology
The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace (e.g. the supplement part) by every independent chapter. For example, the paper of advertising flyers frequently appeared in Xicang market is the option as the paper of certain chapter of the book to reflect the character of a market by its special texture.
Design Challenge
Xicang market was 100 years old and has certainly changed a lot over the 20 years in China,The design of the book also well conformed to the creator’s intention- simply a presentation. The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace (e.g. the supplement part) by every independent chapter.
Research
Observe the Transitional China from the Disappearing Market in Urban Areas ,Xi’an, the ancient city in China, is in a great change. A market like Xicang market, held at the same time and same place every week, preserving all the vivid civil life here, rarely exists now in a city. People here are unusually vivid, typical Xicang and local.We hope to record and present with this book.
Inspiration
The choice of the objects to be used as stalls, the way of displaying, the daily design of the handwritten signs and the relationship between people and objects, are the most prominent features the book want to show. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace by every independent chapter.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2015 in Xi'an and finished in August 2018 in Xi'an,and was exhibited in Xi'an urban memory museum in October 2018.
Operation Flow
Xicang market has held two exhibitions, with books and image record. The vendors and local residents of Xicang Market and the local government were invited to visit.
Team Members
Song Qun,Geng Nannan,Tian Yuan,Sun Mingjia,Zhao Yanpeng,Sun Quncui,Guo Xin,Cheng Jiayuan,Ding Rui,Chen Gang,Zhao Shuang

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