Everything Sett ta' Kotba by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Everything Sett ta' Kotba by Na An and Huanyi Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid in Disinn tal-Istampa u Midja Ppubblikata Competition Category.

ĦadidStampa· 2020

Everything Sett ta' Kotba

by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Client: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts

Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid Winner in Stampa Category

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The Design

About Everything Sett ta' Kotba

Everything huwa sett ta' żewġ kotba dwar il-kultura tradizzjonali Ċiniża. It-tnax-il fergħa terrestri jiffurmaw il-kontenut ewlieni, flimkien mal-istaġuni, it-termini solari u ż-żodijaku Ċiniż. Kull ktieb ikejjel 170 bi 300 bi 25 millimetru u huwa magħmul mill-injam u karta speċjali. L-irbit isegwi l-forma tat-tidwir tal-kotba Ċiniżi antiki, sabiex il-paġni jinfetħu faċilment u jistgħu jinfetħu parzjalment jew għal kollox. Il-produzzjoni tinkludi inċiżjoni bil-laser, stampar bil-laser, tikkir u tibjid bis-sħana. It-tqassim juża grafika miżbugħa bl-idejn, arti tat-tessuti u toni ta' griż għoli.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid

Everything Sett ta' Kotba huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż mogħti lil disinji tajbin li jissodisfaw ir-rekwiżiti professjonali u industrijali mistennija minn ħolqien imfassal tajjeb. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Ħadid juru l-ħila kbira, l-ispeċjalizzazzjoni għolja, il-fehim espert u l-kapaċità kreattiva tal-ħallieqa tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Everything Sett ta' Kotba ikun ħolqien imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub li huwa prattiku u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Ħadid jintegra l-aħjar prattiki tal-industrija u għandu karatteristiċi tekniċi kompetenti marbuta mal-għarfien u t-talent. Everything Sett ta' Kotba huwa rispettat għall-eżattezza tiegħu u mfassal biex itejjeb il-kwalità tal-ħajja u jgħin jagħmel id-dinja post aħjar.

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