Time Capsule Desain Buku by Yuchen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Basi in Cetak Competition Category.

BasiCetak· 2022

Time Capsule Desain Buku

by Yuchen Chen

Client: Absolutely Shock You Studio

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Cetak Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Desain Buku

Buku ko mancaritokan tantang sajarah desain grafis. Desainer ingin malibatkan pamirsa dalam pangalaman naratif nan labiah dinamis dan mambantu mareka pado wakatu nan samo untuak mamahami buku ko labiah gampang. Untuak manjago minat pamirsa, jo manambahkan elemen interaktif ka buku, desainer mambuek buku ko taruah saolah-olah mampunyoi sajarah panjang sabagai peninggalan budayo. Buku ko mancubo mampanduan pamirsa untuak mamakai sarung tangan pancagah dabu dan mangambiak berus jo kaco pangbasaran, batindak sarupo arkeolog untuak managaliak sajarah. Inyo adolah buku nan mamaralukan tindakan pamirsa dan juo musti dipakai serto dialami.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Time Capsule Desain 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. Time Capsule Desain 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. Time Capsule Desain 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: The content of the book is about the history of graphic design. The book design inspired by archaeology. Designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics. He choose unusual book design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience’s actions and also to be handled and experienced.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 220 mm x Height 200 mm, 15 independent pages with package box.
Tags: book design, typography, history, graphic design, research, archaeologist, antique
Production Technology: The Book Design includeing Typography Design, Layout Design, Graphic Design and Package Design. it's not the traditional book binding design.
The book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book.
Design Challenge: It was a very urgent design case which only have one week to realized from concept to the real book. It was big challenge for designer.
Research: This book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. Designer don’t want to use the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
Inspiration: Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. he make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. The text word size also designed too small to invisible on purpose, which is have to use magnifier to read. This unusual book design will guide the audience act like archaeologist to research the history.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2013 in Hangzhou and finished in January 2013 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: Designer did not choose the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.