WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart by Martino Spreafico

WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart by Martino Spreafico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Jern in Trykk- og Publisert Mediedesign Competition Category.

JernTrykk· 2022

WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart

by Martino Spreafico

Client: Emanuela Spedicato, SeTe srl

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Trykk Category

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The Design

About WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart

WWI Cultural Trail er en guidebok med utbrettskart for en fjellsti i de italienske alpene. Boken har 94 sider og måler 185 x 235 millimeter. En papirbrett på siste side inneholder et kart i målestokk 1:25000, som brettes ut til 700 x 700 millimeter. Stiens åtte etapper er beskrevet med detaljer om lengde, høydeforskjell og tidsbruk. Gamle fotografier, dikt og korte tekster minner om første verdenskrig i de samme fjellene. En mørkegrønn fargepalett og skrivemaskinlignende skrifttyper fremkaller tidsperioden. Vandrere kan ta med seg kun det lettere kartet på turen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart 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. WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart 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. WWI Cultural Trail Guidebok, kart 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

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

Unique Properties: The Design of this book has one purpose: melt together the visual of a contemporary ultra-trail run (fun, colors, athletic effort) with the cultural heritage of the WWI. That's why the art direction and the graphic design of the book uses symbols, fonts and graphics coming from another era but modernized in contemporary graphic design. The book itself is a plot between the description of the modern trail and the thoughts and stories of the people fighting in these mountains and glaciers during WWI. Modern outdoor guide, with a cultural to tell: the unique graphic design of the book is the visual result of this concept.
Dimensions & Packaging: The book is 94 pages within 18,5cm x 23,5cm. In the last page there is a paper fold with the map which (open) 70cm x 70cm.
Tags: book, world war I, map, cultural trail
Production Technology: The project concern a book and a 1:25.000 scale Cartographic Map. In order to give a touch of old and "army" (WWI) atmosphere, I developed an art direction visual (fonts and color palette) that could, just a bit, remind of those years and context. In order to to this, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop made their best. QGis was used to design the map.
Design Challenge: The main creative challenge was to communicate to the reader (and the hiker) that the territory of the trail (Val Camonica, and Adamello massive) is a beautiful natural area but also so rich of history. The tricky thing was to mix the "outdoor activity" and the "cultural activity". We didn't want to create a book concerning the World War I, nor a book concerning an outdoor ultra trail: these two main features are mixed to release the main message: a great mountain place rich of history.
Research: In order to set the trail and the story around it, it took severals cartographics and tracking skills supported by SeTe srl. Then, the knowledge of the territory was crucial to describe the stages (8 in tot.) of the track. This was the great job made by Emanuela Spedicato, Mario Sterli and Matteo Aielli. After collected all this, the creative design process started by searching inspirations, design mockeups and fit the map with the visual of the book.
Inspiration: I grew up in northern Italy, in the in the middle of the Alps between Valtellina, Dolomites and Swiss. I always loved mountains; but what I love most is the history within them, the history of the man who made that rocks and ice so important. I go up in the mountains too, hiking and climbing. In those moments I always think of how hard was life years ago, not to talk about fighting a war. I think of those people and I instantly admire them. They inspire me in my every day life.
Project Duration: The entire project took place between Valtellina, Valcamonica and Dolomites: the area surrounded by the trail. It took 4 months for planning, tracking the trail, design the book and create the map.
Operation Flow: The book is a 94 pages book with a fold that contains the map. Reader can fid informations about the trail and the history that rides in it. Once reader decide to hike one of the stage proposed, he can bring just the map (lighter than the whole book) and still find interesting details in it and also, of course, find his way on the right trail.
Team Members: Emanuela Spedicato
Mario Sterli
Matteo Aielli
Lorenzo Bertolini
Erica Ferrari