Craft as Time Capsule Buku by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Buku by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perak in Reka Bentuk Media Cetak dan Penerbitan Competition Category.

PerakCetakan· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Buku

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Buku

Projek ini merupakan dokumentasi akhir penyelidikan tesis Hsiao-Wen tentang pembuatan kraf sebagai metodologi pemeliharaan dalam era digital semasa. Buku ini terdiri daripada tiga bahagian, mengkaji peralihan antara fizikal dan maya, bahan dan data, penglibatan dan pengalaman pengguna dari perspektif pembuatan dan pemeliharaan kraf. Apabila dunia beralih daripada aktiviti fizikal kepada interaksi maya, keperluan dan bentuk penglibatan baharu dengan persekitaran kita telah didorong. Perubahan sedemikian bukan sahaja mempamerkan melalui objek dan teknologi, tetapi juga keseluruhan budaya secara amnya.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Craft as Time Capsule Buku ialah pemenang A' Design Award Perak, pengiktirafan yang sangat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk bertaraf tinggi, indah dan mengagumkan. Pemenang Perak ialah karya yang amat cemerlang dan sangat kreatif yang menggambarkan kepakaran, bakat dan ketajaman fikiran yang luar biasa pereka bentuknya. Craft as Time Capsule Buku diharapkan menjadi karya yang menakjubkan, contoh teladan, sangat profesional dan sangat inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Perak ini ialah ciptaan yang sangat ketara dan dikagumi yang memberi manfaat kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. Craft as Time Capsule Buku ialah ciptaan yang sangat dicemburui yang membangkitkan keinginan, membawa perasaan positif dan mencetuskan rasa hairan serta kagum.

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.