Literkolekcja Buku Foto by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Literkolekcja Buku Foto by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Media Cetak dan Terbitan Competition Category.

BesiCetak· 2023

Literkolekcja Buku Foto

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Client: Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Cetak Category

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The Design

About Literkolekcja Buku Foto

Literkolekcja adalah sebuah buku foto yang mendokumentasikan ekspresi huruf di ruang publik, mencakup lettering, tipografi, dan kaligrafi. Foto-foto tersebut diambil selama satu dekade di berbagai belahan dunia, sebagian besar menggunakan telepon genggam, dan sengaja dibiarkan mentah tanpa estetika buatan. Pada sampulnya, daftar isi melintasi punggung buku dan meluas melampaui area bleed. Teks-teksnya mereproduksi inskripsi yang tampak pada foto beserta seluruh kesalahannya. Penataan hurufnya sengaja dibuat tidak beraturan, mencerminkan ketidaksempurnaan huruf-huruf yang ditampilkan. Penjilidan Swiss memungkinkan album ini terbuka rata sepenuhnya.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Literkolekcja Buku Foto 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. Literkolekcja Buku Foto 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. Literkolekcja Buku Foto 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: On the cover there is a table of contents passing through the spine and extending beyond the bleed. The texts reproduce the inscriptions on the photos with all errors. The text is also deliberately agitated, which reflects the nature of the imperfections of the typography of the photos.
Dimensions & Packaging: photos in album: 383
pages: 416
format: 16,5 x 16,5 cm
binding: Swiss binding
circulation: 350
printed by: Drukarnia Petit
publishing house: Wydawnictwo ASP w Krakowie
ISBN: 978-83-66564-71-8
Tags: photobook, typography, lettering, book, editorial
Production Technology: The Swiss binding allows the album to be laid out flat, which facilitates the reception of photographs.
Research: Another aspect of the project is the desire to share the documented forms of character-letters in different cultures of the world - to inspire students of art and graphic design and typeface designers who, perhaps under the influence of photos, will create new typefaces.
Inspiration: "Litercollection" is a project presenting various manifestations of letter expression in public space: lettering, typography and calligraphy: from street signs, "street art" and street art, through typeface design and typography in industrial design, advertising and visual identification, to art based on on the letter (e.g. lettering installations) and calligraphy in various forms of expression.
The project is based on own photographic documentation made over the last decade, mainly using a mobile phone, in various places around the world and in various natural circumstances.
The photographs are deliberately raw in expression, without artificial aesthetics.
The constantly growing collection of photographic documentation currently includes about 800 photos taken in various parts of the world. Examples of lettering come mainly from Poland and Europe, but also from Arab countries. The author documents all manifestations of typography in various cultures of the world - from professional graphic designs to random combinations. The photos themselves and properly juxtaposed create a story, a narrative.
Project Duration: year: 2022
Kraków, Poland
Image Credits: photos of album: Grzegorz Kwiek