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Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Drukwerk en Gepubliceerde Media Ontwerp Competition Category.


BronsDrukwerk· 2021

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Client: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Drukwerk Category

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The Design

About Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek

Muziek van de regio Skalne Podhale is een handboek voor het leren van hooglandmuziek. De drieledige set behandelt theorie, vingerzetting en muzieknotatie, en wordt begeleid door opnames. Elk deel kan plat opengeslagen worden, wat comfortabel gebruik mogelijk maakt tijdens het musiceren. De covergrafiek combineert een berghorizon met het beeld van een geluidsopname in een muziekbewerkingsprogramma, en vormt een spiegelbeeld dat doet denken aan reflecties in bergmeren. Titels en grafische elementen zijn met zeefdruk aangebracht op ruw linnen met rode draden, een verwijzing naar traditionele hooglandkostuums.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Music of the Skalne Podhale Region Muziekinstructiehandboek bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The textbook prepared by Krzysztof Trebunia-Tutka is the first such comprehensive publication in Poland devoted to highlander music. They consist of 3 volumes: "A handful of theories" (the most substantively and visually diverse), "Finger notation" and "Music notation" as well as recordings with which people who want to learn the secrets of highlander music should become familiar with.

The graphics on the covers refer to the mountain horizon view and sound recording (recording the soundtrack in a music editing program). It is also an optical illusion of a reflection in the water (a reference to mountain lakes in which mountains "look at each other"), as well as a reflection of the notes: note and finger, which represent the same content in two different forms. Horizontal typography completes the division of the reflection and strengthens the game of associations.
The cover image is vivid, expressive. Strongly contrasting combination of intense green and deep black emphasizes the emotionality and energy of highlander music.
In volumes 2 and 3, color inversion was used, in volume 1 (theoretical), the form of a sketch / drawing / outline was used - in order to distinguish it from the materials for the practical learning of the game. Such a procedure makes it possible to refer indirectly to the outline of the theory.
Dimensions & Packaging
Format: 23,5 cm x 30,5 cm;
Number of pages: vol. 1: 88, vol. 2: 344, vol. 3: 300;
Cover: 73250 Brillance canvas, silkscreen;
End paper: Antalis PopSet Ultra Red 120 g/m2;
Inside paper: Alto Naturel vol. 1,5, 100 g/m2;
Inside print: vol. 1: offset 5+5 (186 U Pantone + CMYK), vol. 2: offset 2+2 (black + Pantone 583 U), vol. 3: offset 2+2 (black + Pantone 583 U);
Circulation: 1000;
sewn-glued binding;
red threads;
red elastic-belly band
Tags
music, tradition, mountains, music processing program, highlander, tatra, notes, music notes,
Production Technology
The title and graphics printed on covers are in the silk-screen technology.

The elastic belly band around the three-volume release evokes associations with a vertical line ("scale" - marker) in an audio processing program. Red color accents: threads, end paper and elastic contrast with the green and black of the covers, they are an additional portion of energy.

The use of raw linen with a strong weave and red threads is a reference to traditional highlander costumes.
Design Challenge
The publication is a specific anthology of the most important and beautiful highlander melodies and songs, often forgotten or rarely performed.
Inspiration
The aim of the graphic design was to translate the foundations of highlander traditions into modern design ideas.
The project priority was to show the "spirit of Polish mountains" and the energy of highlander music. The concept is a story intertwined from several threads that overlap and harmonize with the content on different levels.
Conditions: traditional Polish highlander (Tatra) music, energy, mountains’ landscape, music processing program.
Project Duration
2019–2021; Kraków; Poland
Operation Flow
The publication is opened "flat", which ensures the comfort of using individual volumes while performing music.
Team Members
Aleksandra Toborowicz
Image Credits
Aleksandra Toborowicz – photos

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