Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Tā me ngā Pāpāho Whakaputa Competition Category.

HiriwaTā· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Tā Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka

Ko tenei kaupapa te tuhinga whakamutunga a Hsiao-Wen's rangahau tuhinga mo te mahi toi hei tikanga tiaki i te ao mamati o naianei. E toru nga wahanga o te pukapuka, e tirotiro ana i te whakawhiti i waenga i te tinana me te mariko, nga rawa me nga raraunga, te urunga o nga kaiwhakamahi me nga wheako mai i te tirohanga o te mahi toi me te tiaki. I te hurihanga o te ao mai i nga mahi whakakori tinana ki nga taunekeneke mariko, i puta nga hiahia hou me nga ahuatanga o te whakauru ki o tatou taiao. Ko enei huringa ehara i te mea ka whakaatuhia ma te taonga me te hangarau, engari ko te ahurea katoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Craft as Time Capsule Pukapuka he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

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.