Wood and Tree Poster by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Zithunzi, Zojambulidwa ndi Kulumikizana Mwazithunzi Competition Category.

SilivaZithunzi· 2020

Wood and Tree Poster

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award Winner in Zithunzi Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Poster

Wood and Tree ndi chikwangwani chopangidwira msonkhano wa zomangamanga womwe unachitikira ku Tokyo, Japan. Mutu wa msonkhanowu ndi kagwiritsidwe katsopano ka matabwa, chinthu chakalekale, mu zomangamanga zamakono. Chikwangwanichi chimagwiritsa ntchito chinenero chamakono cha zithunzi kutsanzira chithunzi chakale cha mphete za mtengo. Mizere yamitundu yosiyanasiyana, makulidwe, mapindidwe ndi mtundu inayesedwa kupanga kajambulidwe kake. Zotsatira zake ndi za masamu m'kapangidwe kake, komabe kukongola kwachilengedwe kumakhalabe. Chikwangwanichi chimayeza 210 ndi 297 millimeters. Chinasonyezedwa pakhomo, komwe alendo amatha kutenga timapepala tochepa.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award

Wood and Tree Poster ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka modabwitsa komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe a pamwamba, okongola ndi ochititsa chidwi. Opambana a Siliva ndi ntchito zowala kwambiri ndi zolenga kwambiri zomwe zimaonetsa ukatswiri, luso ndi nzeru zakuthwa za opanga awo. Wood and Tree Poster akuyembekezeka kukhala ntchito yodabwitsa yoonetsedwa, yaukatswiri wapadera ndi yatsopano kwambiri. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award awa ndi chopangidwa chodziwika kwambiri ndi choyamikiridwa chomwe chimapindulitsa ndi kukulitsa malire a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo. Wood and Tree Poster ndi cholengedwa chomwe anthu ambiri amachichitira nsanje, chomwe chimadzutsa zilakolako, kubweretsa maganizo abwino ndi kuyatsa kudabwa ndi chidwi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It's a poster for an architecture seminar which is called "Wood & Tree" in Tokyo, Japan. The theme is about new possibility of application of wood which is a kind of classic material on modern architecture. So modern graphic language is used to simulate classic drawing to express annual ring. The main vision is mathematical but still can feel natural beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 210mm x Height 297mm
Tags: Modern, mathematical, nature, minimal, geometric
Production Technology: Hundreds of annual ring's photo was collected as a reference. Adobe Illustrator is the main software to complete the poster.
Design Challenge: The hardest part is using mathematical graphic to simulate nature shape such as annual ring and expressing both aesthetics at the same time.
Research: The number, thickness, curvature, color, etc. of the lines have been extensively tested to express annual ring.
Inspiration: The inspiration is from annual ring. Wood is a kind of material without life. But different from other material, people can still feel vitality by the smell and texture and so on. The annual ring is the evidence which can prove it was lived as a tree. And the beautiful curve is intoxicating.
Project Duration: The project started in Aug 2018 and finished in September 2019 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in gallery of Myojyuji Saruein September 2018.
Operation Flow: It was displayed at the entrance, visiter could take the small flyers by themselves to understand the theme of the exhibition.
Team Members: Zhuang Yu
Image Credits: Image #1: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #2: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #3: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #4: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #5: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.