Craft as Time Capsule Bok by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Bok by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Sølv in Trykt og publisert mediadesign Competition Category.

SølvTrykk· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Bok

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

A' Design Award i Sølv Winner in Trykk Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Bok

Dette prosjektet er den endelige dokumentasjonen av Hsiao-Wens avhandlingsforskning om håndverksproduksjon som bevaringsmetodologi i den nåværende digitale tidsalderen. Boken består av tre deler og undersøker overgangen mellom det fysiske og det virtuelle, materiale og data, brukerengasjement og opplevelse fra perspektivet av håndverksproduksjon og bevaring. Ettersom verden gikk over fra fysiske aktiviteter til virtuelle interaksjoner, oppsto nye behov og former for engasjement med våre omgivelser. Slike endringer manifesterer seg ikke bare gjennom objektet og teknologien, men også i den bredere kulturen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Sølv

Craft as Time Capsule Bok er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Craft as Time Capsule Bok forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Craft as Time Capsule Bok er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.

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.