Rhythmic Bokdesign by Yiwen Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award i Jern in Trykt og publisert mediadesign Competition Category.

JernTrykk· 2024

Rhythmic Bokdesign

by Yiwen Zhang

Client: Zhang-W

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Trykk Category

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The Design

About Rhythmic Bokdesign

Rhythmic er en bok som studerer punkkulturens positive innvirkning på psykisk helse. Designet bygger på punkens verdier om å gjøre det selv, opprør og selvuttrykk, og det danner en sammenhengende musikalsk fortelling gjennom et klart visuelt språk. Rødt, svart og hvitt er brukt som hovedfarger. Skrifttyper og grafikk er plassert i et stabilt rutenett som antyder korte formater og raske tempoer. Boken måler 210 ganger 140 millimeter og har 92 sider. Rhythmic tilbys som e-bok og som en innbundet utgave med sommerfuglfals-innbinding. Et blankt sølvkort fremhever de midterste sidene.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Rhythmic Bokdesign er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. Rhythmic Bokdesign forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. Rhythmic Bokdesign respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: For centuries, art and music have been helping people explore conflicts and themes that influence their actions, thoughts, and emotions. This project studies the positive impact of punk culture on social mental health. Based on the DIY, rebellion, and self in the punk spirit, it forms a coherent and interactive musical narrative style through solid visual language.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size 210mm x 140mm
Full book 92P
Hardcover-laminating
Tags: Print, Communication, Punk Art, Art Therapy, Graphic Design
Production Technology: It is circulated in the market in two ways - a sustainable ebook and a hardcover with collectible value. The hardcover uses rich butterfly-fold binding and high-quality printing materials to achieve the best authentic touch.
Design Challenge: Punk aesthetics is a revolution in the history of graphic design that ripped up the rules of neutral sans serif typography and the prevalence of Swiss minimalism. Integrating punk's unconventional and transformative spirit into art therapy can lead to a better understanding of the effects of art therapy and strike a balance while distinguishing it from traditional punk art and art therapy works. Through innovative forms of expression, it breaks the limitations of the definition, such as art created outside the boundaries of its official culture.
Research: Red symbolizes the definite emotional power of punk-catharsis, release, breaking the mold, and matching with black and white, the iconic colors of punk art, to brighten and enliven the picture. Embed fonts and graphics into a stable grid layout system to obtain a sense of balance and show significant punk music characteristics such as short formats, fast tempos, simple melodies and harmonies through different arrangements of fixed elements. The essence lies in the narrative expressiveness of music. Each page presents a variety of rhythmical sense to enrich the viewer's sensory experience.
Inspiration: Traumatic memories are usually encoded visually. Artistic creation can be used to understand traumatic experiences better, motivate creativity and unlimited imagination of self-expression, and thus establish a refuge for strong emotions. Inspired by personal experiences and influenced by DIY thinking, empowerment and the uncontrolled, homemade style of the punk spirit, the author uses self-concept reshaping as a creative archetype combined with visual art to express value cognition.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2022 and finished in November 2023, in New York.
Operation Flow: Using Adobe Indesign as the tool to edit and Design the book before print it. The paper was tested during the printing process and Bright silver card was used as a special material to highlight the center page to reach the climax.
Team Members: Yiwen Zhang - Designer ｜ Publisher