The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa by Maria-Luisa Uth

The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa by Maria-Luisa Uth is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Shuyu Kamay Competition Category.

BurunsiShuyu· 2023

The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa

by Maria-Luisa Uth

Client: Fortuna Design Studio

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Shuyu Category

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The Design

About The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa

Killapa Yana Larun nisqaqa munay qillqam, huk ñawpa Chino munakuy willakuyta willanmi. Kay ruranaqa allin ñawpa impresión diseñota yupaychan, qillqasqakuna, siq'ikuna, diseño gráfico nisqawan materialkunawan. Qillqap envoltorion kichakuqtinqa killapa yana larun rikurikun. Qillqaqa bolsa waykuna hina qipichisqa kashan, huk doblasqa ñan Japónmanta, chaymi XVIII pachakwatapi Europaman chayamurqa hinaspa munay qillqa doblasqa ñan hina riqsisqa karqa. Llamk'achisqa papelqa, mayqinchus mana p'akikuspa doblakun hinaspa ch'iya kashan, iskay larunkunata k'anchaypi hap'iptinqa tinkupun.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu mishak kan, jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, mushuk yuyaypi, yuyaypi shinallatak chaskik kaypi riksishka diseñukunaman kun. Burunsi mishak kashkakunaka ruray ushayta charik shinallatak mancharina mushuk rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak achka yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ruray ushayta rikuchinku. The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak riksishka shuk ruray kanata munanku, ruray yuyaywan shinallatak mushuk yuyaywan. Kay Burunsi Premiu japishka diseñuka arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojíapi ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak ima ukumanta rikuypi sumak kan. The Dark Side of the Moon Munay Qillqa mañaykunata alli paktachin, munaykunata llankan, shunkuta kuyachin shinallatak yachayta munayta kallarichin.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The 'Dark Side of the Moon' is a love letter, telling a traditional Chinese love story, not only with words, but also by the way the package is opend, by the choice of printing technology, the used materials, the graphic design and illustrations. The storytelling begins as soon as the package is opened: the full moon on the front wanes, the dark side of the moon becomes visible. The story unfolds together with the unfolding of the letter, guiding the reader from chapter to chapter.
Dimensions & Packaging: Folded with package: 12 * 12cm
Unfolded letter : 36 * 36cm
Tags: graphic design, illustration, print, type design, package design
Production Technology: Since the letter is folded paper, the paper needs to have the property to be folded and unfolded multiple times without being torn apart, so we chose a kind of DuPond paper, which can't be ripped apart and which is translucent - two attributes love should have. Since The Love Story is about the sun and the moon, the letter also has a sun and a moon side. The translucency of the paper makes the two sides of the letter flow together when held up against the sun. If you hold the letter down while reading, you cannot see the other side.
Design Challenge: Since we are a package design studio, we have an interest in paper. Commercial projects for clients often don't give the opportunity to use more special papers and printing techniques. When visiting package factories we can discover new papers and think about ways to use it and combine materials with stories through design. The used 'pocket purse' folding method, which originated in Japan, but became popular in 18th century Europe as love letter folding method, needed special paper. It made the layout and choice of paper challenging, but also became the designs key component. Since it's not only a creative design project, but also an actual product we sell it was difficult to find a producer who was fit for this folding method.
Research: As a Chinese/ German design studio, we are interested in finding a way of melting those different cultures in a project. The tradition of writing love letters is not that popular in China, throughout its history. So we came up with the idea of a Chinese love letter, using a folding method which also made its way from East to West. The story of Houyi and Chang'e is over 2000 years old and has many versions, but all have an outdated moral. So we rewrote the story first, before we started with the layout. From the beginning we planned this love letters to be a series, so we choose a package which has a CD feeling, since still many of people collect or collected CDs. Like love letters CDs seem from another century, but we think of them in loving nostalgia and hope to revive them in a new way with our design.
Inspiration: In this uncommissioned project we have combined our love for print design, story telling, illustration, graphic design and materials. The goal was to tell a story without the traditional form of a book. On the letter is space for a personal massage, this story can/should be shared with someone and reconnect those old stories with modern life again. The letter itself is folded like a 'pocket purse' - a Japanese Folding technique popular in Europe in the 18th century for writing love letters.
Project Duration: started August in Hangzhou and finished November in Hangzhou
Operation Flow: Telling stories is as old as humanity. Love stories are especially popular. Giving presents to your loved ones is today more a requirement rather than an act of showing love. So we thought about a way to reintegrate old love stories with the rather old tradition of writing love letters. So this design is a present, where personal messages can be added while at the same time it is a documentation of an old love story using new design.
Image Credits: Qianli Ma, Maria-Luisa Uth