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Memories of Mukden Книга by Na An and Yiting Cui

Memories of Mukden Книга by Na An and Yiting Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Серебряная премия A' Design Award in Дизайн печатных и опубликованных медиа Competition Category.


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Memories of Mukden Книга

by Na An and Yiting Cui

Client: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts

Серебряная премия A' Design Award Winner in Печать Category

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The Design

About Memories of Mukden Книга

Это книги по истории города и региональной культуре. Книга состоит из восьми томов, в которых соответственно представлены восемь достопримечательностей Мукдена. Мукден — родина культуры Цин и важное китайское культурное наследие. Книги переплетаются складным способом, материалы — металл, рисовая бумага, парча и т. д. Форма книги представляет собой восьмиугольный дворцовый фонарь, что выражает смысл того, что дворцовый фонарь несет в себе память о старых временах, а огни освещают историю и культуру. В содержании книги используются цифровые иллюстрации для изображения сцены.

The Recognition

About the Серебряная премия A' Design Award

Memories of Mukden Книга — лауреат Серебряной премии A' Design Award, чрезвычайно престижного признания, присуждаемого великолепным, впечатляющим проектам высочайшего уровня. Обладатели Серебряной премии — это в высшей степени блестящие и чрезвычайно творческие работы, демонстрирующие выдающийся опыт, талант и проницательность их авторов. Ожидается, что Memories of Mukden Книга станет чудесной, образцовой работой, заметно профессиональной и глубоко инновационной. Этот проект, получивший Серебряную премию A' Design Award, — весьма примечательное, вызывающее восхищение изобретение, которое приносит пользу и раздвигает границы искусства, науки, дизайна и технологий. Memories of Mukden Книга — творение, которому многие завидуют, оно пробуждает желания, дарит положительные чувства и вызывает изумление и восторг.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
These are books about the city's history and regional culture. There are eight volumes in total, the content is eight scenic spots in Mukden. Mukden is the birthplace of Chinese Qing culture and the capital of two generations of emperors, it has a profound cultural heritage. Therefore, the book uses the folding form of ancient Chinese binding, materials are rice paper, copper, brocade. The appearance of the book is a palace lantern, which meaning that a lamp illuminates the memory of history.
Dimensions & Packaging
Books in the design of interactivity, display and assembly fun. There are a total of eight books, each volume introduces a place of historical interest, each volume size is 80mm wide × 200mm long × 20mm thick. As the book is bound by folding, the size of the expanded page is 800mm wide × 200mm long. The books were assembled together in a metal frame to form an octagonal palace lantern, the physical size is 360mm high and 180mm in diameter.
Tags
city history, regional culture, Mukden, Qing Culture, palace lantern, bind in folding form, rice paper, metal craft, assembly interest and interactivity, artistic
Production Technology
Books are made of rice paper, special paper, copper metal, brocade and so on. Manufacturing processes include laser printing, metalworking, indentation, and folding loading. In layout design, the page uses flat graphics, illustration and light gray tones. The software being used are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge
First of all, the most difficult part of the design is the accurate expression, integrating the form of the book, the way of binding, the use of materials and the communication of content. Secondly, in the layout design, how to skillfully combine modern elements with historical culture. Finally, digital illustrator drawing places of interest is also a challenge.
Research
The purpose is to redesign the regional culture. Data are gathered from field surveys, interviews, books and online searches. The digital illustration, information graphics and words are not just in these books, but also make motion graphics. They will be used in web pages, e-books, etc. It adds commercial value of books, paper books and digital media coexist. Socially, it promotes the preservation of the city's history. In design, it promotes the multi-dimensional development of books.
Inspiration
First of all, the preservation of urban history and regional culture is an important background factor for book design. Secondly, the research on ancient Chinese books has given a lot of technical support to the project. Third, with the development of the media, physical books should constantly enhance its artistic and collectable. Finally, the integration of heritage, history, geography and aesthetics is the inspiration for launching the project.
Project Duration
The project began in January 2020 and was completed in China in June 2020.
Operation Flow
Interactivity is reflected in the browsing process. First, books are collected in metal shelves as they are folded and placed, they are combined into an octagonal palace lantern. Secondly, the book is used by the fold binding, reading can be partial or all spread out, the layout in the change to form a lot of continuous space. Whether it's closed or opened, it will have different interactions with the fingers. This book has artistic, interactive, display and collection value.
Team Members
Yiting Cui
Image Credits
Yiting Cui, Na An

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