Wuhan Diary Visueel Dagboek by Yu Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Zilver in Grafisch, Illustratie en Visuele Communicatie Ontwerp Competition Category.

ZilverGrafisch· 2021

Wuhan Diary Visueel Dagboek

by Yu Chen

Client: Hubei University of Technology

A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Grafisch Category

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The Design

About Wuhan Diary Visueel Dagboek

Wuhan Diary is een visueel dagboek over het dagelijks leven in Wuhan tijdens de pandemie. Het project maakt gebruik van programmering om op terrein gebaseerde visuele talen op te bouwen uit verzamelde publieke opinies en bevestigde gevallen. Kleur en de dichtheid van glooiende bergvormen brengen de sociale omgeving en de veranderende stemming van elke periode tot uitdrukking. Een driedimensionale aardvorm werd gebouwd op basis van geparametriseerde data in Unity. Wuhan Diary wordt gepresenteerd als een poster van 420 bij 594 millimeter, samen met motion graphics, augmented reality en interactieve projectie.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Zilver

Wuhan Diary Visueel Dagboek is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. Wuhan Diary Visueel Dagboek wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. Wuhan Diary Visueel Dagboek is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Chinese people's concept of nature and world outlook are all firmly based on our land. I used programming to present a series of case studies on terrain-based visual languages and collected public opinions during the pandemic period. I used the color and density of rolling mountains to present the social environment and my emotions while under the pandemic situation, which creates a visual diary.
Dimensions & Packaging: Poster:420mm×594mm
Tags: Visual Diary, Motion Graphic, Mood, Program, Motion
Production Technology: Poster, AR , Motion Graphic, Interaction Projection
Design Challenge: I hope to combine the land elements with social data during the epidemic through visual design to create dynamic graphics that allow people to feel and reflect on what they experienced during the epidemic. A basic three-dimensional earth shape was built referencing the ubiquitous earth elements in Xu Bing's works, the collected public opinions, and confirmed case data of the epidemic. The data was then parameterized and with the combination of colours, they were imported to UNITY to realize a visual earth shape.
Research: In January, the city of Wuhan captured the world's attention overnight as COVID-19 swept the globe. At this special moment, I am in Wuhan, experiencing the whole process of Wuhan’s fight against the epidemic. In this difficult time, I recorded all the things that happened around during this period and showed the changes in personal mood during each period through visual diaries so that more people could understand the thoughts of people in this special city of Wuhan under the epidemic.
Wuhan is my hometown, and the land I love so much that I can't help but think of how close the poems of ancients’ homeland and national emotions are to my current feelings. This involuntarily makes me aware of the homeland feelings in my genes.
Inspiration: Due to the pandemic, I was quarantined at home for nearly three months, during which I had plenty of time to think about the modern relationship between humans and nature.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 in Wuhan and finished in April 2020.
Patents: Yu Chen
Team Members: Yu Chen
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Image Credits: Yu Chen