Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik by Jurga Rakauskaite-Larkin

Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik by Jurga Rakauskaite-Larkin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Fè in Enprime Competition Category.

FèEnprime· 2022

Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik

by Jurga Rakauskaite-Larkin

Client: The Office of Public Works

A' Design Award Fè Winner in Enprime Category

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The Design

About Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik

Vicereines of Ireland se yon liv akademik sou yon gwoup fanm nan istwa Iland ki pa t' resevwa ase atansyon. Konsepsyon an kaptire rich mond materyèl fanm sa yo epi li reflete tou imanite nan aksyon yo. Palèt koulè a te pran nan penti woz pal ki toujou egziste sou palèt penti youn nan fanm yo. Papye finisyon yo te enspire pa yon ansyen kaye mabre Italyen, e yo te fèt ak yon teknik tradisyonèl mabre pwen ki te apre sa adapte dijitalman. Yon ankadreman fèy lò estanpe sou kouvèti di a dèyè imaj kouvèti a, konsa fanm ki parèt la vin pi vizib.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fè

Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik se yon ganyan A' Design Award Fè, yon rekonesans ki gen prestij yo bay bon design ki satisfè egzijans pwofesyonèl ak endistriyèl yo atann de kreyasyon ki byen fèt. Ganyan Fè yo montre gwo konpetans, espesyalizasyon wo, konpreyansyon ekspè ak kapasite kreyatif kreyatè yo. Yo atann Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik pou se yon kreyasyon anpil moun estime, admire e renmen ki pratik e inovatè. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Fè entegre pi bon pratik sektè a e li gen karakteristik teknik konpetan ki lye ak konnesans pratik ak talan. Yo respekte Vicereines of Ireland Liv Akademik pou jèntan li e li fèt pou bay amelyorasyon kalite lavi ki ede fè mond lan vin yon pi bon kote.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Aim of the design was to capture rich material world, and also to reflect these women's humanity. The choice of a simple cover rather than grand portrait, that mainly appear on the covers of art history books, reflects this approach. The gilded frame that usually surrounds many portraits is placed not around the portrait image but behind it, on the hard cover, allowing the image of the woman to come forward. It encourages reader to look beyond the superficial image of women as decorative partners to powerful men.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size:
21.46 x 2.79 x 24.51 cm portrait,
Cover:
Hardcover with Luxor 220 Gold foil block on the front and spine
Dust jacket with Matt Black foil block on the front and spine,
Printed: 4/4 CMYK,
Binding:
Hardcover, head and tail gold bands, 2.5 mm boards, thread sewn,
Black silk ribbon,
Repro:
Images supplied digitally, image and colour corrections,
One set of digital colour proofs
Tags: book, irishdesign, irishculture,
Production Technology: The making of the book was a dialogue between the written content, the visual material discovered during the research, and current design practices. One of the key sources used in the writing of the book was an old Italian marbled notebook that belonged to one of the women. This inspired the creation of artwork for the book's end papers. The book's colour palette was sent to an artist, who created six bespoke patterns using a traditional spot marbling technique. After selecting the most suitable, the pattern was digitally manipulated to give this traditional pattern a contemporary look.
Design Challenge: As an academic book, there were specific design conventions which had to be followed. The challenge was to strike a balance between meeting these criteria and reflecting the seriousness of the book's content, while also pushing the creative boundaries to modernise the image of the art history book. A bold colour palette, unexpected cover image (and application of it), use of a ribbon bookmark inspired by the diaries of the vicereines and the choice of contemporary serif typography all helped to overcome this challenge.
Research: The research for the design grew out of several years of original research for the book. This research was carried out in public and private archives across Ireland, Britain and the USA, and attracted funding from bodies including the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. The main sources were the letters and diaries of these women, as well as their private collections of textiles, sketches and personal objects. One of the most inspiring of these objects was the paint palette of one of the women featured in the book. The book's colour scheme was taken from the blush pink paint colours that have survived on the palette since the 1780s.
Inspiration: The book tells the untold story of a group of overlooked women in Irish history. As the wives of the countrys rulers, they were the female faces of the British administration in Ireland before independence. Even though their privileged world was one of shimmering fabrics, sparkling pearls and blossoming flowers, many of these women worked hard to relieve crushing poverty, promote Irish fashion and mitigate injustices. Despite their pioneering efforts, they have long been almost entirely forgotten in Irish history. Their story, and the value of telling it for the first time, inspired the project.
Project Duration: Project started in 2019 and was finished in 2021 in Dublin, Ireland.
Team Members: Editor: Myles Campbell
Project Manager: Mary Heffernan
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Printed: Kopa Print
Image Credits: Image #1 Unknown artist, The Right Hon. The Countess of Buckinghamshire (detail), 1778. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
Image #2 Ausra Lazauskiene, Marbling artist
Image #4 Robert French (photographed by), The vicereine’s boudoir at the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.
Image #5 After Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lady Henrietta Cole, Lady Grantham, later Countess de Grey, National Trust, Florence Court, County Fermanagh
Henri Gascar, Frances Talbot (née Jennings), Duchess of Tyrconnell, Bridgeman Images.
Maria Phipps, Countess of Mulgrave, later Marchioness of Normanby
Montego Bay, Jamaica, Photograph by Scott Wicking, reproduced courtesy of the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby.

Photographer: Kevin Fox, 'We Shoot'