Kon Paper Igazeti by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Inyandiko Zisohoka Competition Category.

BuronzeInyandiko Zisohoka· 2022

Kon Paper Igazeti

by Julia Hell

Client: [kɔn] Paper e.V.

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Inyandiko Zisohoka Category

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The Design

About Kon Paper Igazeti

Kon Paper ni igazeti y'ubuvanganzo n'umuco. Iyi gazeti igizwe n'ibice bitatu: ingingo z'ubuvanganzo (essay), inkuru ngufi zivugwaho ibihe (feuilleton) n'ubugeni bw'amagambo. Igishushanyo mbonera gisuzuma imbibi ziri hagati y'imiterere itandukanye y'inyandiko kikazishyira mu bihe bishya, buri gice kikagira urusobe rwacyo bwite. Amashusho akozwe n'abahanzi batandukanye ahora ahindagurika kandi ajyana n'inyandiko. Ingano yayo ni milimetero 220 ku 275, igizwe n'amapaji 52, ikabatanywa n'ipini ebyiri ku mugongo. Impapuro zisubijwemo (recycled paper) n'iryo ry'amabara adahumanya ibidukikije ni byo bikoreshwa mu gucapa. Ivugururwa ryakozwe mu mwaka wa 2020 ryari rigamije gukora igazeti irambye, abasomyi bashobora kubika ku bikwarita byabo.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Kon Paper Igazeti ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Kon Paper Igazeti biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Kon Paper Igazeti ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: kon Paper is a magazine for literature and culture. The design and layout explores the boundaries of different texts and text forms. In three genres – essay, feuilleton and wortkunst – the known reading environments for the texts are questioned and sometimes brought into new contexts. The submitted texts are accompanied by illustrations, for which we collaborate with changing artists. The magazine was redesigned in 2020 and in the course of this, the format was adjusted as well as paper and a solid binding.
Dimensions & Packaging: The format of the magazine is 220 x 275 mm and contains 52 pages including the cover pages. We print on Vivus recycled paper. The inner part is 90g/m2 and the cover is 250g/m2. The booklet is bound with two staples through the spine. We cooperate with a printing company that focuses on sustainability. The printing inks are also environmentally friendly.
Tags: Magazine, Mage, Zine, Editorial, Layout, Illustration, Literature, Print
Production Technology: The magazine is printed on eco friendly recycling paper (Vivus 100)
with 90 grams per square meter for the content pages and 250 grams per square meter for the cover. Using sustainable ink, the whole magazine is now much more environmentally friendly then before the relaunch.
Design Challenge: Rethinking the new format. Previously printed in the Berlin newspaper format - one page is over A3 in size. Now the magazine has 220 x 275mm. A long essay had around 20,000 characters including spaces. That means four full pages in the new layout. So in addition to the design, there was also the huge challenge to throw our learned concepts overboard and completely reorganize the editorial work.
Research: Bi-weekly staff meetings are used to talk about the text entries and also the design and illustration concepts for each issue. There is a lot of feedback in input from the teammates that come for a non-design perspective. That this is one of the most fruitful ways to design a good product: Talking to the recipients and people who have a different perspective of the product.
Inspiration: The magazine was founded the project together with Pia Lobodzinski in 2015. Pia and Julia graduated from high school together. A few years after graduation, they both wanted to start a project together again. Pia had just started studying literature and Julia had graduated as a graphic designer. So the foundation of a magazine was almost obvious. For the look and feel of the magazine the constantly growing and lively self-publishing scene and a variety of exciting and unseen magazines were the source of inspiration.
Project Duration: The project was founded 2015 in Munich. Today the editorial team works form Munich, Berlin and Switzerland. The design work is done from Julia Hells Berlin-based studio. The project is ongoing releasing one issue per year.
Operation Flow: The first six issues of the magazine were printed on newspaper paper in the Berliner format. This made the product fragile and after reading it cover to cover it was basically destroyed. The magazine was completely revised and redesigned in 2020. In the course of this, the format was adapted as well as paper and a firm binding. The goal was to get a product that was sustainable and long lasting so that our readership would keep the magazines on their bookshelves.
Team Members: Illustrator: Carmen Reina