Pool Sampul Buku by Jin-Zhi Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Media Cetak dan Terbitan Competition Category.
BesiCetak· 2022
Pool Sampul Buku
by Jin-Zhi Liao
Client: Faces Publishing LTD.
A' Design Award Besi Winner in Cetak Category
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About Pool Sampul Buku
Pool adalah sampul buku interaktif yang dibuat untuk sebuah publikasi sains. Desainnya menafsirkan ulang bentuk alga melalui aksara Tionghoa, dan berbagai bentuk alga ditempatkan di seluruh permukaan sampul sehingga pembaca langsung terhubung dengan topiknya. Coretan berbagai jenis alga dilapisi dengan spot varnish, yang menciptakan pantulan menyerupai air dan tekstur yang realistis. Coretan tersebut membentang di seluruh sampul hingga membentuk citra sebuah kolam yang dipenuhi alga. Nuansa kuning neon dan kehijauan menampilkan keragaman alga. Kuis pencocokan kecil di bagian dalam sampul memungkinkan pembaca mempelajari nama-nama alga.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Besi
Pool Sampul Buku adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. Pool Sampul Buku diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. Pool Sampul Buku dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Designer redesigns the look of algae with the Chinese character, and combined with numbers of algae on the cover, leading readers to associate with the topic immediately. Doodles of various types of algae are coated with translucent varnish which creates senses of watery reflection. They extend through the whole cover to create an image of pond that full of algae. A small matching quiz is designed on the inner cover for readers to get to know the names of algae.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 148 mm x Height 210 mm
- Tags
- book, press, meadia, graphic, algae, pond, pool
- Production Technology
- For the main visual design, it is coated with spot varnish to emphasize the vivid effect and the realistic texture while it is brightly colored with neon yellow and greenish tones.
- Design Challenge
- The process of finding an attractive and an eye-catching way to design a science book cover requires several attampts and brain-storming.
- Inspiration
- It starts from a small pond which is filled with algae floating on the top of the surface, and can be found everywhere. The colorful design is meant to show the diversities and interesting sides of algae. Readers can also associate with the algae they have seen by touching the varnished algae doodles.
- Project Duration
- The designing project started and finished in December 2019 in Tainan, Taiwan, and was published in Taiwan on 5th of Decenber, 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Besides from the vivid color it used. A samll interactive quiz is designed on the inner cover of the book. Readers can choose the corresponded names to match the correct algae.
- Image Credits
- Book Author in original language: Ruth Kassinger
Graphic Designer: Jin-Zhi, Liao
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