Discussing Time Boky by Zona Yuechen Guan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Varahina in Famolavolana Pirinty sy Haino Aman-jery Navoaka Competition Category.
VarahinaPirinty· 2022
Discussing Time Boky
Client: Zona Yuechen Guan
A' Design Award Varahina Winner in Pirinty Category
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The Design
About Discussing Time Boky
Ny "Discussing Time" dia boky mirakitra ny fifanakalozan-kevitra tao anatin'ny vondrona iray momba ny foto-kevitry ny fotoana, ary mampiseho sary sokitra typographique nahazoana aingam-panahy avy amin'io fifanakalozan-kevitra io. Ny boky dia manana refy 7 sy 12 santimetatra. Ny sary sokitra iray dia natao tamin'ny ranomandry, noforonina tamin'ny fandrarahana rano tao anaty lasitra ary namandrifana azy. Rehefa mitsonika ho rano ny ranomandry, dia hita miharihary amin'ny mpanatrika ny fandalovan'ny fotoana. Ny endrika famolavolana dia mifototra amin'ireo sora-tanana mihaingo sy boky parisemina tamin'ny fiandohan'ny taonjato faha-16, ampiarahina amin'ny fahaiza-manao amin'ny sary maoderina. Ny vokany dia mampifandray ny famolavolana boky nentin-drazana amin'ny teknolojia ankehitriny.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Varahina
Nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ny famolavolana Discussing Time Boky, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana miavaka izay mampiavaka ny fahaiza-mamorona, ny fahazotoana ary ny fahamaotinan-tsaina. Ny mpandresy Varahina dia zavatra vita tanana mahay dia mahay ary mamorona mivantana izay manamafy ny traikefa be dia be, ny sarintsaina ary ny fahaizan-kafoy an'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho zavatra ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana, mahay amin'ny asa sady vaovao ny famolavolana Discussing Time Boky. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ity dia mitahiry ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia, ary tsara indrindra amin'ny fitandremana ny antsipirihany. Ny famolavolana Discussing Time Boky dia mahafa-po ny filana tsara, mikasika ny faniriana, mahasarika ny fihetseham-po ary misarika ny fahalianana.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This project is a group discussion of interdisciplinary type design experience that the designer played different roles: the sculpture's artist, the concept creator, the photographer, the videographer, the facilitator of discussion, the transcriber of the conversation, the editor of the texts recorded, the designer, and the bookbinder. A collective book features a sculpture of time made by the designer based on illuminated manuscript-style book design with a modern twist in its photography.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The book is designed in the size of 7x12 inches.
- Tags
- Typography, Interdisciplinary Design, Time, Sculpture, Book Design, Ice, Type.
- Production Technology
- For the sculpture, I use ice. I make the molds and then pull water inside and then freeze it to get the iced sculpture.
- Design Challenge
- I think the hardest pair part for this project is "time." Since this is a collective book design project, we need to gather everyone to discuss the concept of "time." Everyone has a different understanding of "time," we have to discuss everyone's expressions and ideas. And then design a typographic sculpture based on "time." I need to repeatedly discuss with everyone and complete my own sculpture works in this process. So time is very tight. Doing research, finding the parchment, and analyzing the typography, fonts, design preferences of that era took a lot of time as well.
- Research
- I have researched many books from the 16th century onwards and sources on book printing and design analysis. A team of thirteen people, including the instructor and I, had many discussions on our understanding and views on "time." My sculpture's concept originates from the natural phenomenon of ice melting into the water. The design combines sixteenth-century book design elements with modern technology, making the book design itself embody a concept of "crossing time."
- Inspiration
- When people look at the ice, they cannot see the melting change immediately. It is like they could not feel the movement of time when they were young. When people start to realize the changes, it will be more obvious that the melting speed will be faster. The ice will melt into the water at the end. The ice will finally become water, left on the ground, but the water print will leave on the surface. Although it is the end, it still leaves something behind to the world.
- Project Duration
- This project started in February 2020 in New York and finished in April 2020 in New Yoke, and won the silver award of Graphis New Talent 2021 in New York.
- Operation Flow
- This is a collective book design project for thinking and discussing "time" and sculpture-making with the letter "time." My time sculpture started with the natural phenomenon of ice melting into the water. I want the audience to experience the passage of time. Referring to the parchment design in the early 16th century, I use ancient design elements to combine with modern technology. In the end, I got a collective book of thoughts and discussions on "time" and sculpture works that spanned time.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Yuechen Guan, 2020.
- Image Credits
- Image#1: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Image#2: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Image#4: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Image#5: Photographer Zona Yuechen Guan
Video Credit: Film, photograph, edit by Zona Yuechen Guan/Music by Andigold
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