Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka by Jin-Zhi Liao

Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka by Jin-Zhi Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Tā me ngā Pāpāho Whakaputa Competition Category.

RinoTā· 2022

Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka

by Jin-Zhi Liao

Client: Faces Publishing LTD.

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Tā Category

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The Design

About Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka

Kuputuhi Pukapuka: Ko Pool he uhi pukapuka whakauru i hangaia mo tetahi tuhinga putaiao. Ko te hoahoa e whakaputa ano ana i te ahua o te rimu na roto i nga tohu Hainamana, a he maha nga ahua rimu kua whakatakotoria puta noa i te uhi kia hono tonu ai nga kaipanui ki te kaupapa i te tirohanga tuatahi. Ko nga tuhi-a-ringa o nga momo rimu rereke kua whakapaninga ki te varnish tongia, e hanga ana i te whakaata wai me te ahua pono. Ka toro haere nga tuhi-a-ringa puta noa i te uhi katoa hei whakaahua i tetahi harotoroto ki tonu i te rimu. Ko nga tae kowhai neon me nga ahua matomato e whakaatu ana i te rereketanga o nga rimu. Ka taea e tetahi patapatai hono iti kei roto i te uhi te whakaako i nga kaipanui ki nga ingoa o nga rimu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Pool Te Mahi Matua: Uhi Pukapuka mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Designer redesigns the look of algae with the Chinese character, and combined with numbers of algae on the cover, leading readers to associate with the topic immediately. Doodles of various types of algae are coated with translucent varnish which creates senses of watery reflection. They extend through the whole cover to create an image of pond that full of algae. A small matching quiz is designed on the inner cover for readers to get to know the names of algae.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 148 mm x Height 210 mm
Tags: book, press, meadia, graphic, algae, pond, pool
Production Technology: For the main visual design, it is coated with spot varnish to emphasize the vivid effect and the realistic texture while it is brightly colored with neon yellow and greenish tones.
Design Challenge: The process of finding an attractive and an eye-catching way to design a science book cover requires several attampts and brain-storming.
Inspiration: It starts from a small pond which is filled with algae floating on the top of the surface, and can be found everywhere. The colorful design is meant to show the diversities and interesting sides of algae. Readers can also associate with the algae they have seen by touching the varnished algae doodles.
Project Duration: The designing project started and finished in December 2019 in Tainan, Taiwan, and was published in Taiwan on 5th of Decenber, 2019.
Operation Flow: Besides from the vivid color it used. A samll interactive quiz is designed on the inner cover of the book. Readers can choose the corresponded names to match the correct algae.
Image Credits: Book Author in original language: Ruth Kassinger
Graphic Designer: Jin-Zhi, Liao