The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka by Junheng Li

The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka by Junheng Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Tā me ngā Pāpāho Whakaputa Competition Category.

ParahiTā· 2020

The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka

by Junheng Li

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Tā Category

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The Design

About The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka

Ko Te Puka Tīmatanga o te Tī he hoahoa pukapuka i ahu mai i te tuhituhinga tawhito rawa e mōhiotia ana mō te tī. Ko te pukapuka me tōna kōpaki kua hangaia katoatia mai i te rākau pīti. Ko te taitara matua kua whaoa ki roto i te konukura whero. Ko ia whārangi he papa rākau ka taea te tango me te tirotiro motuhake. Ka whakatuwheratia te taupoki mai i te pokapū ki ngā taha e rua, nā reira ka taea te tango whakakapi i te pukapuka katoa. Kua hangaia ngā whārangi mā te miihini whao-hihi (laser) me te peita. Ko te kōwhiringa o ngā rauemi e whakaatu ana ki te ahurea tawhito o Haina, i tuhia ki runga i te kōhiwi, te rākau me te parahi, ko aua rauemi anō e hono ana ki te ahurea tī o mua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a The Classic of Tea Hoahoa Pukapuka i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Redesigned The Classic of Tea, which is the world's earliest book recording tea. The book is wholly made and packaged by beech wood. The central title is carved with red copper. Ancient Chinese culture before Christ was mostly handed down by bamboo, trees and bronze, and tea culture also evolved from these three materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: packaging:230mm*230mm*60mm
page:210mm*210mm*1.2mm
Tags: tea, book, wood, copper, traditional
Production Technology: Beech wood, red copper, painting, laser engraving machine,
Design Challenge: The combination of the power, speed, and engraving material density of the laser machine is the key to improving use rate of the finished product rate. I have tested more than 30 times in total.
Research: Re-editing ancient books with Adobe Illustrator, then using laser engraving mechanisms for finished products, controlling the balance between laser engraving machines and paints is the most difficult part of the project
Inspiration: As Laozi recorded in the Tao Te Ching "nature from the way, and the way from what is beneath abstraction". There is a close relationship between tea culture and traditional Chinese Taoist culture. The ancient people enjoyed the return to nature and self in the process of drinking tea,coinciding with the Taoist concept of "harmony between man and nature".
Project Duration: Production starts in 2017 and ends in Beijing in 2018
Operation Flow: Open the lid of the book from the middle to the sides, take out the whole book, each page of the book is made of wood, can be taken out separately to watch
Image Credits: Designer Junheng Li，The classic of tea，2018