Craft as Time Capsule Livro by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule Livro by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Média Impressa e Publicada Competition Category.

PrataImpressão· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule Livro

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Impressão Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule Livro

Este projeto é a documentação final da pesquisa de tese de Hsiao-Wen sobre artesanato como metodologia de preservação na atual era digital. O livro consiste em três partes, examinando a transição entre o físico e o virtual, o material e os dados, o envolvimento e a experiência do usuário sob a perspectiva do artesanato e da preservação. À medida que o mundo transitava das atividades físicas para as interações virtuais, surgiram novas necessidades e formas de envolvimento com o ambiente. Essa mudança não se manifesta apenas por meio do objeto e da tecnologia, mas também de toda a cultura em geral.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Craft as Time Capsule Livro conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Craft as Time Capsule Livro seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Craft as Time Capsule Livro é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This project is a documentation of Hsiao-Wen's thesis research on craft making as a preservation methodology in the current digital age. The book consists of three parts, examining the intertranslation between the physical and the digital from the perspectives of crafts. The typographic choices in this book are a combination of Serif, Sans Serif, and Script typefaces, symbolic of the longevity of crafts and human’s use of technology.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of the book is in US letter size: 216 mm x 279 mm.
Tags: design research, book design, editorial design, graphic design, typography, print, craft, technology, archive, postdigital, preservation
Production Technology: The book was intended to be printed on newsprint papers and have debossing on the cover. Unfortunately, the plan was postponed due to the pandemic.
Research: This research aims to look at the transition between the physical and virtual, material and data, user engagement and experience from the perspective of craft making and preservation. Craft has always been a reflection of culture and identity. As our lives transitioned from physical activities to virtual interactions, new needs and forms of engagement with our surroundings were prompted. And such change not only exhibits via the object and the technology, but also the whole culture at large.

As craft and preservation being the two main cores of this research, it is important to explore different ways to archive the research process. In addition to this book, the designer had also built a website to document the research in another format. It is also interesting to compare the same content on two different mediums.
Inspiration: This book can be seen as an archive that not only documents the designer's research in writing but also organizes several other design projects, experiments, and references in a clear structure that supports the main thesis. The grid and the rigid layout of the book are inspired by letterpress, which plays a key role in my research on technology and web interface design.
Project Duration: This research started in 2019 and was finalized in May 2020. The book was designed after the completion of the research, from June to August 2020.