Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Mbipụta na Mgbasa Ozi Ebipụtara Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaMbipụta· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Mbipụta Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ

Oru ngo a bụ akwụkwọ ikpeazụ nke Hsiao-Wen& #039; nyocha tesis na ime nka dịka usoro nchekwa n'ime afọ dijitalụ dị ugbu a. Akwụkwọ ahụ nwere akụkụ atọ, na-enyocha mgbanwe n'etiti anụ ahụ na nke mebere, ihe onwunwe na data, ntinye aka nke onye ọrụ na ahụmahụ site n'echiche nke ịmepụta na ichebe ọrụ. Ka ụwa si n'emega ahụ na-aga n'ihu na-emekọrịta ihe, mkpali ọhụrụ na ụdị nke itinye aka na gburugburu anyị. Mgbanwe dị otú ahụ ọ bụghị nanị na-egosipụta site na ihe na nkà na ụzụ, kamakwa omenala dum na nnukwu.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Craft as Time Capsule Akwụkwọ bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is a documentation of Hsiao-Wen's thesis research on craft making as a preservation methodology in the current digital age. The book consists of three parts, examining the intertranslation between the physical and the digital from the perspectives of crafts. The typographic choices in this book are a combination of Serif, Sans Serif, and Script typefaces, symbolic of the longevity of crafts and human’s use of technology.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of the book is in US letter size: 216 mm x 279 mm.
Tags: design research, book design, editorial design, graphic design, typography, print, craft, technology, archive, postdigital, preservation
Production Technology: The book was intended to be printed on newsprint papers and have debossing on the cover. Unfortunately, the plan was postponed due to the pandemic.
Research: This research aims to look at the transition between the physical and virtual, material and data, user engagement and experience from the perspective of craft making and preservation. Craft has always been a reflection of culture and identity. As our lives transitioned from physical activities to virtual interactions, new needs and forms of engagement with our surroundings were prompted. And such change not only exhibits via the object and the technology, but also the whole culture at large.

As craft and preservation being the two main cores of this research, it is important to explore different ways to archive the research process. In addition to this book, the designer had also built a website to document the research in another format. It is also interesting to compare the same content on two different mediums.
Inspiration: This book can be seen as an archive that not only documents the designer's research in writing but also organizes several other design projects, experiments, and references in a clear structure that supports the main thesis. The grid and the rigid layout of the book are inspired by letterpress, which plays a key role in my research on technology and web interface design.
Project Duration: This research started in 2019 and was finalized in May 2020. The book was designed after the completion of the research, from June to August 2020.