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Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ by Yi Tong

Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ by Yi Tong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.


ỌlaedoNgwá Ụlọ· 2020

Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ

by Yi Tong

Client: Quinsay

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ

Time Book bụ ihe nkwado akwụkwọ e mere maka iji ya n'elu tebụl ma ọ bụ na shelf akwụkwọ. E ji mkpọ enyo kristal a na-eji aka egbuke egbuke mee ihe nkwado akwụkwọ ọ bụla. A na-eji usoro screen printing bipụta inki pụrụ iche n'elu ya ma mee ka ọ sie ike n'okpomọkụ dị elu. Njupụta dị elu nke enyo kristal ahụ na-enye ihe nkwado akwụkwọ a nkwụsi ike mgbe a na-eji ya eme ihe. Nhazi a dị nkenke n'ọrụ ya, n'ụdị ya na n'ihe e ji mee ya, ma ọ dị ka ihe ọkpụkpụ yiri akwụkwọ. Ụdị ya na-egosipụta ọrụ ya n'ụzọ doro anya. Ederede e bipụtara ji ụdị mkpụrụedemede Quinsay Parto. Mkpụrụedemede MMXIX dị n'azụ akwụkwọ ahụ bụ ọnụọgụ ndị Rom maka afọ 2019.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo

Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa mbụ, dị ịtụnanya ma pụtara ìhè. Ndị meriri na Ọlaedo bụ ihe e kere eke dị oke ọhụrụ, nwere ọhụụ ma na-egbu maramara nke na-egosipụta ọgụgụ isi, amamihe na nka nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ ga-abụ ihe e mepụtara kacha enweta otuto, na-edu ọnọdụ ma bụrụ ihe ncheta nke na-enye uru na-adịbeghị mgbe ọ bụla. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo bụ ọrụ dị ebube, a na-asọpụrụ nke na-erite uru buru ibu ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Time Book Ihe nkwado akwụkwọ na-eweta mmetụta ọchịchọ siri ike, na-akpali agụụ, na-akwado nzụlite ihe ma na-adọrọ anyị adọrọ.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Bookends are made by hand-polished crystal glass blocks. Special ink was screen printed on the surface and cured at high temperature. The high density of crystal glass gives them perfect stability when in use.
Time Book is minimalistic in terms of function, form and material, it’s like a book-shaped sculpture. The function is clearly presented by its form.
The text on the book uses Quinsay Parto typeface designed by Time book’s designer. The “MMXIX” on the book spine is the Roman numeral writing of “2019”.
Dimensions & Packaging
120(l), 55(w), 135(h)mm
Tags
Bookend, Book, Glass, Typography, Font
Production Technology
Crystal Glass
Design Challenge
Designers wish to keep their design minimalistic in terms of function, form and material. Time Book is like a book-shaped sculpture. The function is clearly presented by its form.
Research
Bookends are made by hand-polished crystal glass blocks. Special ink was screen printed on the surface and cured at high temperature. The high density of crystal glass gives them perfect stability when in use.
Inspiration
Time Book is inspired by Marquez’s novel. The opening of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is printed on Time Book. It is the beginning of a great novel.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2018 and finished in December 2018 in Hangzhou(China), and was exhibited in Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai in February 2019.
Operation Flow
Time Book can be placed on a desk or a bookshelf. The high density of crystal glass gives them perfect stability when it is used.stability when in use.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Quinsay Design,2019
Team Members
Creative Director:Tong Yi
Product Designer:Tong Yi
Typeface Designer:Tong Yi
Image Credits
Photographe:Wu Wenbin

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