Xicang Market Igitabo by Dong Qi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Inyandiko Zisohoka Competition Category.

IfezaInyandiko Zisohoka· 2019

Xicang Market Igitabo

by Dong Qi

Client: Local本地

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

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The Design

About Xicang Market Igitabo

Isoko rya Xicang ni igitabo cyandika isoko ry'umuhanda riba buri cyumweru mu mujyi wa Xi'an, mu Bushinwa. Iki gitabo cyandika ibintu bikoreshwa nk'ibiciro by'abacuruzi, uburyo bwo kwerekana ibicuruzwa, ibyapa byanditswe n'intoki n'isano hagati y'abantu n'ibintu. Igishushanyo cyagumye ari kimwe cyoroheje kugira ngo ibikoresho byerekanwe mu buryo bworoshye. Igitabo kigabanyijemo ibice umunani: aho biherereye, isoko, ibyapa, ibiciro by'abacuruzi, inkuru zivuzwe n'akanwa, ibicuruzwa, igiciro n'abacuruzi. Buri gice kigenga cyonyine kandi gigarura igice cy'ibyabereye ku isoko. Impapuro zisa n'udupapuro tw'ubwamamaza tuboneka ku isoko zatoranyijwe ku gice kimwe.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Xicang Market Igitabo 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. Xicang Market Igitabo 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. Xicang Market Igitabo 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: Observe the Transitional China from the Disappearing Market in Urban Areas.Xi'an, the ancient city in China, is in a great change. A market like Xicang market, held at the same time and same place every week, preserving all the vivid civil life here,,rarely exists now in a city. The design of the book also well conformed to the creator's intention,simply a presentation.
Dimensions & Packaging: 185mm x 55mm x 240mm
Tags: raw,locally,handwriting,Unmodified,portrait
Production Technology: The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace (e.g. the supplement part) by every independent chapter. For example, the paper of advertising flyers frequently appeared in Xicang market is the option as the paper of certain chapter of the book to reflect the character of a market by its special texture.
Design Challenge: Xicang market was 100 years old and has certainly changed a lot over the 20 years in China,The design of the book also well conformed to the creator’s intention- simply a presentation. The whole book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors according to the main elements of a local market. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace (e.g. the supplement part) by every independent chapter.
Research: Observe the Transitional China from the Disappearing Market in Urban Areas ,Xi’an, the ancient city in China, is in a great change. A market like Xicang market, held at the same time and same place every week, preserving all the vivid civil life here, rarely exists now in a city. People here are unusually vivid, typical Xicang and local.We hope to record and present with this book.
Inspiration: The choice of the objects to be used as stalls, the way of displaying, the daily design of the handwritten signs and the relationship between people and objects, are the most prominent features the book want to show. Therefore, the idea is to minimize the design and restore the scene of the marketplace by every independent chapter.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2015 in Xi'an and finished in August 2018 in Xi'an,and was exhibited in Xi'an urban memory museum in October 2018.
Operation Flow: Xicang market has held two exhibitions, with books and image record. The vendors and local residents of Xicang Market and the local government were invited to visit.
Team Members: Song Qun,Geng Nannan,Tian Yuan,Sun Mingjia,Zhao Yanpeng,Sun Quncui,Guo Xin,Cheng Jiayuan,Ding Rui,Chen Gang,Zhao Shuang