The Zodiac Signum Libri by Wenxian Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Suppeditamenta Artis Competition Category.

FerrumSuppeditamenta Artis· 2023

The Zodiac Signum Libri

by Wenxian Liu

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Suppeditamenta Artis Category

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The Design

About The Zodiac Signum Libri

Zodiacus est ordo signorum librorum duodecim animalibus Zodiaci Sinensis fundatus. Quodque signum librorum ita formatum est ut animal intra librum ambulare videatur. Signa librorum ex chalybe inoxidabili summae tenacitatis facta sunt, auro 18 caratuum electrolytice inducta et arte CNC insculpta praecisione 0,3 mm perfecta. Lineae simplificatae duodecim animalia coniungunt, dum cuiusque animalis proprietatem servant. Involucrum imagines Zodiaci in forma circulari disponit, quae plenitudinem significat. Color aureus et ruber laetitiam ac benedictionem indicant.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

The Zodiac Signum Libri victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur The Zodiac Signum Libri creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. The Zodiac Signum Libri ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: We redesigned the zodiac illustrations and made them into bookmarks, as if animals were walking inside the book. On the packaging, we use zodiac illustrations to form a circular pattern, which embodies the ecological of Chinese zodiac culture and symbolizes completeness. We also use the Chinese favorite colors: gold and red, symbolize joy and blessing.
Dimensions & Packaging: 303mm*155mm*35mm
Production Technology: The zodiac Bookmark is made of high-toughness stainless steel, electroplated with 18k gold in CNC engraving process.The finest precision can reach 0.3mm.
Design Challenge: The twelve animals are quiet different, like small mice , large cattle,horses and even fictional dragons. To design these animals with different morphological characteristics into a series and make the twelve be unified while keeping their characteristic is the biggest challenge . It has overcome with simplified lines and modern design techniques .
Inspiration: The zodiac, which comes from an ancient Chinese folk philosophy and has been used to this day, is made up of 12 different animals, each year represented by one animal in a 12-year cycle. The zodiac is also a simplified ecology of Chinese, twelve animals have very different personalities and live in harmony with each other.
Book, is the carrier of human knowledge, bookmark, is a small tool for reading, but also the embodiment of the reader's taste.
The illustration is full of Oriental style, let the Oriental wisdom accompany our reading time, but also let the zodiac culture more widely inherited, this is our original design intention.
Project Duration: It took about one year in Shenzhen China

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