The Zodiac Marcador de libre by Wenxian Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Fèrre in Forniduras d'Art Competition Category.
FèrreForniduras d'Art· 2023
The Zodiac Marcador de libre
by Wenxian Liu
A' Design Award de Fèrre Winner in Forniduras d'Art Category
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About The Zodiac Marcador de libre
Lo Zodiac es un ensemble de marcadors de libre basat sus los dotze animals del zodiac chinés. Cada marcador es dessenhat de tala manièra que l'animal semble caminar a l'interior del libre. Los marcadors son fabricats en acièr inoxidable d'auta resisténcia, galvanoplastiat en aur de 18k e acabat per gravadura CNC amb una precision de 0,3 mm. De linhas simplificadas unifican los dotze animals tot en conservant lo caractèr de cadun. L'embalatge dispausa las illustracions del zodiac segon un motiu circular per simbolizar la completud. L'aur e lo roge son utilizats per suggerir la jòia e la benediccion.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Fèrre
The Zodiac Marcador de libre a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que The Zodiac Marcador de libre siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, The Zodiac Marcador de libre merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- We redesigned the zodiac illustrations and made them into bookmarks, as if animals were walking inside the book. On the packaging, we use zodiac illustrations to form a circular pattern, which embodies the ecological of Chinese zodiac culture and symbolizes completeness. We also use the Chinese favorite colors: gold and red, symbolize joy and blessing.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 303mm*155mm*35mm
- Production Technology
- The zodiac Bookmark is made of high-toughness stainless steel, electroplated with 18k gold in CNC engraving process.The finest precision can reach 0.3mm.
- Design Challenge
- The twelve animals are quiet different, like small mice , large cattle,horses and even fictional dragons. To design these animals with different morphological characteristics into a series and make the twelve be unified while keeping their characteristic is the biggest challenge . It has overcome with simplified lines and modern design techniques .
- Inspiration
- The zodiac, which comes from an ancient Chinese folk philosophy and has been used to this day, is made up of 12 different animals, each year represented by one animal in a 12-year cycle. The zodiac is also a simplified ecology of Chinese, twelve animals have very different personalities and live in harmony with each other.
Book, is the carrier of human knowledge, bookmark, is a small tool for reading, but also the embodiment of the reader's taste.
The illustration is full of Oriental style, let the Oriental wisdom accompany our reading time, but also let the zodiac culture more widely inherited, this is our original design intention. - Project Duration
- It took about one year in Shenzhen China
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