Everything Set Buku by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Everything Set Buku by Na An and Huanyi Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Basi in Cetak Competition Category.

BasiCetak· 2020

Everything Set Buku

by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Client: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Cetak Category

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The Design

About Everything Set Buku

Teks Buku: Kasadonyo marupokan set nan tadiri dari duo buku tantang budaya tradisional Cino. Duo baleh cabang bumi (earthly branches) mambantuak isi utamonyo, digabuangkan jo musim, istilah matoari (solar terms), sarato zodiak Cino. Satiok buku ba ukuran 170 kali 300 kali 25 milimeter, dibuek dari kayu jo kertas khusus. Panjilidannyo mangikuik bantuak lipatan buku Cino kuno, sahinggo halamannyo mudah dibuka sarato dapek dibukak sabagian atau sacaro utuah. Proses produksinyo maliputi ukiran laser, cetak laser, palipatan (creasing), sarato cap panas (hot stamping). Tata letaknyo manggunokan gambar tangan, seni tekstur, sarato warna abu-abu nan tinggi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Everything Set Buku adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Everything Set Buku dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Everything Set Buku dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These are books about traditional culture, it contains the philosophy of development and change of everything. The book is created with the twelve earthly branches as main content, combined with seasons, solar terms, Chinese zodiac. In layout design, it selects objects like leaves, buds, flowers and stones, uses methods of combination, reconstruction, contrast. In binding process, it was bind in folding form of ancient Chinese books, used wood, special paper and hot stamping materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: There are two books altogether, the size of each book: 170mm x 300mm x 25mm.
The books are available for printing media, motion graphics and installation art now, and they will be used for web pages, App, digital media in the future.
Tags: traditional culture, the twelve earthly branches, everything, reconstruction, Chinese book, bind in folding form, wood, special paper, hot stamping
Production Technology: Books are made of wood and special paper. Printing process includes laser engraving, laser printing, creasing and hot stamping. In layout design, the books used hand-drawn graphics, texture art and the hue of the high gray. The software being used are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is the exact expression. From a historical perspective, everything changes in a regular way, people should go with nature and seize the moment. From a social perspective, things are small, the world is big, people need to be open-minded, keep harmonious coexistence with everything. How to express Chinese culture and traditional philosophy through bookbinding and layout design is the research challenge.
Research: The research objectives is the redesign of traditional culture, it is also a response to the growing demand for traditional culture and Chinese elements in commercial design. The design methods include folding and binding, layout design, material application, etc. Printing tools includes laser engraving, laser printing and hot stamping. The conclusion is that the ingenious combination of modern elements and historical culture can achieve better design results.
Inspiration: Firstly, the rise of Chinese culture and national traditions in both commercial design and academic field is a important background factor. Secondly, the research on ancient Chinese books has given the project a lot of technical support. Thirdly, with the development of media, the research on media of books has been further deepened, the physical book should continuously enhance its artistry and collectivity. Finally, the philosophical, traditional and cultural content is the inspiration in design.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 and finished in June 2019 in China.
Operation Flow: The binding form of folding comes from the ancient book. It has the advantage of being easy to turn the pages, and gives people a sense of history and philosophy. This kind of page binding, book could be expanded as needed, in part or all. When the person reads, can produce a lot of continuous space. This is an elegant dynamic process, the layout is constantly changing, whether the book closed or open, will produce different three dimensional display.
Team Members: Huanyi Liu