Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本 by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本 by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 印刷・出版メディアデザイン Competition Category.

銅印刷· 2021

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Client: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本

『スカルネ・ポドハレ地方の音楽』は、高地民（ハイランダー）音楽を学ぶための教則本です。全3巻のセットは、理論、運指記譜法、五線譜記譜法を扱い、録音音源が付属しています。各巻は完全に平らに開くため、演奏しながら快適に使用できます。表紙のグラフィックは、山の稜線と音楽編集ソフト上の録音波形の見た目を組み合わせ、山上湖に映る反射を思わせる鏡像を形づくっています。タイトルとグラフィックは、赤い糸が織り込まれた生成りのリネンにシルクスクリーンで印刷され、伝統的な高地民の民族衣装を想起させます。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本は、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音楽教則本は、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The textbook prepared by Krzysztof Trebunia-Tutka is the first such comprehensive publication in Poland devoted to highlander music. They consist of 3 volumes: "A handful of theories" (the most substantively and visually diverse), "Finger notation" and "Music notation" as well as recordings with which people who want to learn the secrets of highlander music should become familiar with.

The graphics on the covers refer to the mountain horizon view and sound recording (recording the soundtrack in a music editing program). It is also an optical illusion of a reflection in the water (a reference to mountain lakes in which mountains "look at each other"), as well as a reflection of the notes: note and finger, which represent the same content in two different forms. Horizontal typography completes the division of the reflection and strengthens the game of associations.
The cover image is vivid, expressive. Strongly contrasting combination of intense green and deep black emphasizes the emotionality and energy of highlander music.
In volumes 2 and 3, color inversion was used, in volume 1 (theoretical), the form of a sketch / drawing / outline was used - in order to distinguish it from the materials for the practical learning of the game. Such a procedure makes it possible to refer indirectly to the outline of the theory.
Dimensions & Packaging: Format: 23,5 cm x 30,5 cm;
Number of pages: vol. 1: 88, vol. 2: 344, vol. 3: 300;
Cover: 73250 Brillance canvas, silkscreen;
End paper: Antalis PopSet Ultra Red 120 g/m2;
Inside paper: Alto Naturel vol. 1,5, 100 g/m2;
Inside print: vol. 1: offset 5+5 (186 U Pantone + CMYK), vol. 2: offset 2+2 (black + Pantone 583 U), vol. 3: offset 2+2 (black + Pantone 583 U);
Circulation: 1000;
sewn-glued binding;
red threads;
red elastic-belly band
Tags: music, tradition, mountains, music processing program, highlander, tatra, notes, music notes,
Production Technology: The title and graphics printed on covers are in the silk-screen technology.

The elastic belly band around the three-volume release evokes associations with a vertical line ("scale" - marker) in an audio processing program. Red color accents: threads, end paper and elastic contrast with the green and black of the covers, they are an additional portion of energy.

The use of raw linen with a strong weave and red threads is a reference to traditional highlander costumes.
Design Challenge: The publication is a specific anthology of the most important and beautiful highlander melodies and songs, often forgotten or rarely performed.
Inspiration: The aim of the graphic design was to translate the foundations of highlander traditions into modern design ideas.
The project priority was to show the "spirit of Polish mountains" and the energy of highlander music. The concept is a story intertwined from several threads that overlap and harmonize with the content on different levels.
Conditions: traditional Polish highlander (Tatra) music, energy, mountains’ landscape, music processing program.
Project Duration: 2019–2021; Kraków; Poland
Operation Flow: The publication is opened "flat", which ensures the comfort of using individual volumes while performing music.
Team Members: Aleksandra Toborowicz
Image Credits: Aleksandra Toborowicz – photos