Press アートブック by Tsuyoshi Omori is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in グラフィックス・イラストレーション・ビジュアルコミュニケーションデザイン Competition Category.

銅グラフィック· 2020

Press アートブック

by Tsuyoshi Omori

Client: Mika Yamakoshi

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in グラフィック Category

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The Design

About Press アートブック

アートブックは、ジュエリーアーティストが提起した疑問を探究するために設計されました。現在、私たちの精神的関連プロセスは、個人的な経験や感性よりもオンライン検索に依存しています。本は、画像検索アルゴリズムから派生した8つのコラージュとキーワードを特徴とします。単語はそれぞれトレーシングペーパーに別々に印刷されるので、視聴者はコラージュのみ、またはコラージュとそのキーワードの組み合わせを見ることができます。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Press アートブックは、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。Press アートブックは、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。Press アートブックは、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: This art book features 8 collages and the keywords derived from the algorithm. The keywords are each printed separately on tracing paper so that the viewer can see either just the collage, or the combination of it with its keywords. Square paper allows the viewer to see the collage and words equally from 8 different angles. As typography, the title PRESS is creatively arranged in the seams, etc. to conjure the image of the roller printing machine that was used for making the collage.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 210mm x Height 210mm x Depth 10mm 40pages 100g
In this book, plain papers and tracing papers are alternately used.
Tags: art book, jewelry art, PRESS, artificial intelligence, book design, graphic design
Production Technology: Stretchy paper and acrylic paints were used in making collages with an aim to minimize personal taste or intention of the jewelry artist as much as possible. Also, keywords linked to each collage were obtained using the Google image search algorithm.
Design Challenge: We printed the keywords derived from the algorithm separately on tracing paper so that the viewer can see either just the collage, or the combination of it with its keywords.

We used square paper as it allows the viewer to see the collage and words equally from 8 different angles.

Out of 40 collages, we carefully selected 8 collages in terms of its wide range of keywords and uniqueness in shape.
Research: To explore a question that our mental association process is now more dependent on online searching rather than our personal experiences or sensibilities.
This art book presents the viewer an opportunity to see both abstract collages and the keywords derived from the algorithm, which makes them realize their act of seeing and associating is changing due to the rise of artificial intelligence.
Inspiration: This art book was designed to feature the view of a jewelry artist who was confronted with a question that our mental association process is now more dependent on online searching rather than our personal experiences or sensibilities. She uploaded images of her own collage onto an image search engine to create a list of keywords through an algorithm. Will we blindly trust the search results? Or can we accept the differences, and find clues to develop a new way of seeing?
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 in Tokyo. As a deliverable, this art book was published on June 27, 2019.
Operation Flow: This art book is already available online.
Just after its publication, we joined the Tokyo Art Book Fair 2019 in July. More exhibitions are coming soon.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Mika Yamakoshi, 2019.
Team Members: Arte Director and Designer: Tsuyoshi Omori
Photographer: Takashi Hiramatsu
Translator: Marika Seo
Art work: Mika Yamakoshi
Image Credits: Image＃1:Photographer Takashi Hiramatsu, 2019.
Image＃2:Photographer Takashi Hiramatsu, 2019.
Image＃3:Photographer Takashi Hiramatsu, 2019.
Image＃4:Photographer Takashi Hiramatsu, 2019.
Image＃5:Photographer Takashi Hiramatsu, 2019.