Craft as Time Capsule Liber by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Liber by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Typographia Competition Category.

ArgentumTypographia· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Liber

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Typographia Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Liber

Hoc propositum est documentum finale Hsiao-Wen ' thesis investigationis de arte facienda ut conservatio methodologiae in aetate digitali hodierna. Liber tribus partibus constat, explorans transitum inter physicam et virtualem, materiam et datam, pugnae usuin et experientiam ex prospectu artis faciendi et conservationis. Cum mundus ab actionibus physicis ad interactiones virtualis transierit, novae necessitates et formae pugnandi cum circumstantibus nostris incitatae sunt. Haec mutatio non solum per obiectum et technologiam ostendit, sed etiam totam culturam late.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Craft as Time Capsule Liber victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Craft as Time Capsule Liber opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Craft as Time Capsule Liber creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

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.