Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo by Jin-Zhi Liao

Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo by Jin-Zhi Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Inyandiko Zisohoka Competition Category.

IcyumaInyandiko Zisohoka· 2022

Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo

by Jin-Zhi Liao

Client: Faces Publishing LTD.

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Inyandiko Zisohoka Category

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The Design

About Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo

Pool ni igikonoshwa cy'igitabo gikorwaho ihuriro ryakozwe ku bwo gutangaza inyandiko z'ubumenyi. Iyi shusho isubiramo imiterere y'ibinyabuzima byo mu mazi (algae) hifashishijwe inyuguti z'Igishinwa, kandi imiterere nyinshi y'aya moko ya algae ishyizwe hirya no hino ku gikonoshwa kugira ngo abasomyi bahite bumva icyo inyandiko ivuga. Amashusho asobanura ubwoko butandukanye bwa algae yasizweho spot varnish, ikorera hamwe uburyo bwo kwerekana ikigaragara nk'amazi n'imiterere ifatika kandi isa n'iy'ukuri. Aya mashusho akwira ku gikonoshwa cyose kugira ngo agaragaze ishusho y'ikiyaga cyuzuye algae. Amabara ya neon y'umuhondo hamwe n'aya kimeza-icyatsi yerekana ubwinshi n'itandukaniro ry'amoko ya algae. Ikizamini gito cyo guhuza amazina ku ruhande rw'imbere rw'igikonoshwa gifasha abasomyi kwiga amazina ya algae.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Pool Igikonoshwa cy'Ibitabo yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Designer redesigns the look of algae with the Chinese character, and combined with numbers of algae on the cover, leading readers to associate with the topic immediately. Doodles of various types of algae are coated with translucent varnish which creates senses of watery reflection. They extend through the whole cover to create an image of pond that full of algae. A small matching quiz is designed on the inner cover for readers to get to know the names of algae.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 148 mm x Height 210 mm
Tags: book, press, meadia, graphic, algae, pond, pool
Production Technology: For the main visual design, it is coated with spot varnish to emphasize the vivid effect and the realistic texture while it is brightly colored with neon yellow and greenish tones.
Design Challenge: The process of finding an attractive and an eye-catching way to design a science book cover requires several attampts and brain-storming.
Inspiration: It starts from a small pond which is filled with algae floating on the top of the surface, and can be found everywhere. The colorful design is meant to show the diversities and interesting sides of algae. Readers can also associate with the algae they have seen by touching the varnished algae doodles.
Project Duration: The designing project started and finished in December 2019 in Tainan, Taiwan, and was published in Taiwan on 5th of Decenber, 2019.
Operation Flow: Besides from the vivid color it used. A samll interactive quiz is designed on the inner cover of the book. Readers can choose the corresponded names to match the correct algae.
Image Credits: Book Author in original language: Ruth Kassinger
Graphic Designer: Jin-Zhi, Liao