The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku by Junheng Li

The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku by Junheng Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Media Cetak dan Penerbitan Competition Category.

GangsaCetakan· 2020

The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku

by Junheng Li

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Cetakan Category

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The Design

About The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku

Klasik Teh ialah reka bentuk buku berdasarkan rekod bertulis paling awal yang diketahui mengenai teh. Buku ini berserta pembungkusannya diperbuat sepenuhnya daripada kayu beech. Tajuk utama diukir pada tembaga merah. Setiap halaman ialah panel kayu yang boleh dikeluarkan dan dilihat secara berasingan. Penutupnya terbuka dari tengah ke kedua-dua belah, membolehkan keseluruhan buku diangkat keluar. Halaman-halaman dihasilkan menggunakan mesin ukiran laser serta cat. Pemilihan bahan ini merujuk kepada budaya kuno China, yang direkodkan pada buluh, kayu dan gangsa, iaitu bahan-bahan yang sama yang dikaitkan dengan budaya teh awal.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. The Classic of Tea Reka Bentuk Buku memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

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