Kon Paper 매거진 by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 동상 in 인쇄 및 출판 미디어 디자인 Competition Category.

동인쇄· 2022

Kon Paper 매거진

by Julia Hell

Client: [kɔn] Paper e.V.

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 인쇄 Category

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The Design

About Kon Paper 매거진

콘 페이퍼(Kon Paper)는 문학과 문화를 다루는 잡지이다. 이 잡지는 에세이, 페유통(feuilleton), 워드 아트의 세 섹션으로 구성된다. 레이아웃은 텍스트 형식 간의 경계를 탐구하며 이를 새로운 맥락 속에 배치하고, 각 섹션마다 별도의 그리드를 적용한다. 매호 다른 작가들이 참여한 일러스트레이션이 텍스트와 함께 실린다. 판형은 220×275밀리미터이며 52페이지로 구성되어 있고, 책등을 관통하는 두 개의 스테이플로 제책된다. 인쇄에는 재생지와 친환경 잉크를 사용한다. 2020년의 리디자인은 독자들이 책장에 오래 간직할 수 있는 잡지를 목표로 했다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Kon Paper 매거진, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Kon Paper 매거진, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Kon Paper 매거진, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: kon Paper is a magazine for literature and culture. The design and layout explores the boundaries of different texts and text forms. In three genres – essay, feuilleton and wortkunst – the known reading environments for the texts are questioned and sometimes brought into new contexts. The submitted texts are accompanied by illustrations, for which we collaborate with changing artists. The magazine was redesigned in 2020 and in the course of this, the format was adjusted as well as paper and a solid binding.
Dimensions & Packaging: The format of the magazine is 220 x 275 mm and contains 52 pages including the cover pages. We print on Vivus recycled paper. The inner part is 90g/m2 and the cover is 250g/m2. The booklet is bound with two staples through the spine. We cooperate with a printing company that focuses on sustainability. The printing inks are also environmentally friendly.
Tags: Magazine, Mage, Zine, Editorial, Layout, Illustration, Literature, Print
Production Technology: The magazine is printed on eco friendly recycling paper (Vivus 100)
with 90 grams per square meter for the content pages and 250 grams per square meter for the cover. Using sustainable ink, the whole magazine is now much more environmentally friendly then before the relaunch.
Design Challenge: Rethinking the new format. Previously printed in the Berlin newspaper format - one page is over A3 in size. Now the magazine has 220 x 275mm. A long essay had around 20,000 characters including spaces. That means four full pages in the new layout. So in addition to the design, there was also the huge challenge to throw our learned concepts overboard and completely reorganize the editorial work.
Research: Bi-weekly staff meetings are used to talk about the text entries and also the design and illustration concepts for each issue. There is a lot of feedback in input from the teammates that come for a non-design perspective. That this is one of the most fruitful ways to design a good product: Talking to the recipients and people who have a different perspective of the product.
Inspiration: The magazine was founded the project together with Pia Lobodzinski in 2015. Pia and Julia graduated from high school together. A few years after graduation, they both wanted to start a project together again. Pia had just started studying literature and Julia had graduated as a graphic designer. So the foundation of a magazine was almost obvious. For the look and feel of the magazine the constantly growing and lively self-publishing scene and a variety of exciting and unseen magazines were the source of inspiration.
Project Duration: The project was founded 2015 in Munich. Today the editorial team works form Munich, Berlin and Switzerland. The design work is done from Julia Hells Berlin-based studio. The project is ongoing releasing one issue per year.
Operation Flow: The first six issues of the magazine were printed on newspaper paper in the Berliner format. This made the product fragile and after reading it cover to cover it was basically destroyed. The magazine was completely revised and redesigned in 2020. In the course of this, the format was adapted as well as paper and a firm binding. The goal was to get a product that was sustainable and long lasting so that our readership would keep the magazines on their bookshelves.
Team Members: Illustrator: Carmen Reina