Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare by Jaehun Kim

Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare by Jaehun Kim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Uburezi Competition Category.

IfezaUburezi· 2022

Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare

by Jaehun Kim

Client: Visang

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Uburezi Category

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The Design

About Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare

Gae Plus Yu ni ikoraniro ry'ibitabo byo kwitozamo imibare byagenewe abanyeshuri bo mu mashuri abanza n'ayisumbuye. Iri koraniro rihuza igitabo cy'ibitekerezo shingiro n'igitabo cy'imyitozo, byometse hamwe kandi bishobora gutandukanywa hakoreshejwe imbaraga nkeya. Buri gitabo gifite ibara n'ishusho bitandukanye, aho amabara agaragaza urwego rw'ubukana. Ubugarama bufite ishusho y'uduce tubiri tw'igice cy'uruziga bihujwe bigakora uruziga rumwe. Abanyeshuri bashobora guhitamo urwego ruhuye n'ubushobozi bwabo bakiga ibitabo byombi icyarimwe. Imiterere itandukanya ibitekerezo shingiro n'ubwoko bw'ibibazo kugira ngo ishyigikire kwiyigisha wenyine.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Gae Plus Yu Primary Function: Igitabo cyo Kwitozamo Imibare ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Gae Plus Yu is a math brand developed as an innovative mathematics learning system for efficient learning. The systematic learning collectively created by the ‘Concept book’ and ‘Drill book’ offers effective and rapid results to students. The students can feel a sense of accomplishment because they can conveniently select their customized textbooks and can acquire 'the most effective mathematics learning' organically through the two books.
Dimensions & Packaging: Elementary school size is 220 mm x 15 mm x 300 mm, 0.2kg weight, and Paper Material is art paper 250g. Middle school size is 215 mm x 12 mm x 285 mm, 0.16kg weight, and Paper Material is art paper 250g.
Tags: Cover design, Math, workbook, Math learning system, learnMath, workbook, mathematics learning system, learning, elementary school, middle school, high school, students, children
Production Technology: The Concept book and Drill book are manufactured in the form of one book through a temporary binding method using adhesive, but are easily detachable from each other by lightly pressing between the books at the time of use. Developed to present an effective learning method in a short time, the books can also be utilized singly as needed, providing additional convenience. Spot color printing with colors denoting difficulty and holographic foil on matte finish complements the design's spaciousness.
Design Challenge: Korean passion for math learning rivals that of any other country, but its students struggle through cramming and rote problem solving. Accordingly, Visang undertook a complete overhaul of the existing system and proposed a new structure of workbooks that fosters organic learning by fully separating the study of concepts and example types. This has brought innovation to the field and ignited a positive boom for a system in which students can personally customize their own set of textbooks.
Research: The content studied can provide motivation for learning. Visang published the 2002 mathematics workbook Gae Plus Yu through the development of an innovative math learning system. This type of systematic learning system is constantly sought after by learners. As a result, Gae Plus Yu has become Korea representative math workbook with annual sales of more than 400,000 copies and total sales over 40 million.
Inspiration: Visang designed the ‘Concept book' and ‘Drill book' with different features and colors as paired semicircles inspired by the concept of the 'circle' itself, which represents the completeness created from the two systematic learning books. When placed as a set, the two semicircles combine to form a single circle, showing the textbook's creative structural characteristics. In this way, the systematic learning effects of the two books demonstrates the significance of the brand essence 'Synergy Up.’
Project Duration: This project first began in March 2021, and was completed in October 2021 in Seoul, and is being sold in Korea in 2021.
Operation Flow: Visang applied a blue green color to the Concept book, and employed different graphics and colors according to the difficulty of the Drill book. Together, these carry the brand essence Synergy Up by being devised for students to select their desired learning levels and study two books simultaneously at a reasonable price. This establishes a new system allowing students to be more proactive in their own learning.
Patents: Book bound with seperately attaced volume, Patent No.0557442, Visang, 2017, Korea.
Team Members: Designer: Seyeon Jeong
Designer: Minyoung Lee
Designer: Jieun Lee
Creative Director: Sanghyun An
Image Credits: Visang Creative Design Lab, 2021.