The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo by Junheng Li

The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo by Junheng Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Inyandiko Zisohoka Competition Category.

BuronzeInyandiko Zisohoka· 2020

The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo

by Junheng Li

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

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The Design

About The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo

Icyanditswe mu Gitabo: The Classic of Tea ni igishushanyo cy'igitabo gishingiye ku nyandiko ya kera izwi kurusha izindi zerekeye icyayi. Igitabo n'ipaki yacyo byakozwe hose mu giti cya beech. Umutwe w'ingenzi wabajwe mu mugarura utukura (red copper). Buri paji ni urupapuro rw'igiti rushobora gukurwaho no kurebwa ku giti cyaryo. Igipfundikizo gifungurwa hagati bugana ku mpande zombi, bityo igitabo cyose gishobora gukurwamo. Amapaji yakozwe hifashishijwe imashini y'ubwoko bwa laser (laser engraving machine) hamwe n'amarangi. Guhitamo aya materiyari byerekana umuco wa kera w'Ubushinwa, aho inyandiko zandikwaga ku mikara y'ibihooho (bamboo), ku giti no ku mugarura, ari na yo materiyari zifitanye isano n'umuco wa mbere w'icyayi.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo 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. The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo 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. The Classic of Tea Igishushanyo cy'Igitabo ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Redesigned The Classic of Tea, which is the world's earliest book recording tea. The book is wholly made and packaged by beech wood. The central title is carved with red copper. Ancient Chinese culture before Christ was mostly handed down by bamboo, trees and bronze, and tea culture also evolved from these three materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: packaging:230mm*230mm*60mm
page:210mm*210mm*1.2mm
Tags: tea, book, wood, copper, traditional
Production Technology: Beech wood, red copper, painting, laser engraving machine,
Design Challenge: The combination of the power, speed, and engraving material density of the laser machine is the key to improving use rate of the finished product rate. I have tested more than 30 times in total.
Research: Re-editing ancient books with Adobe Illustrator, then using laser engraving mechanisms for finished products, controlling the balance between laser engraving machines and paints is the most difficult part of the project
Inspiration: As Laozi recorded in the Tao Te Ching "nature from the way, and the way from what is beneath abstraction". There is a close relationship between tea culture and traditional Chinese Taoist culture. The ancient people enjoyed the return to nature and self in the process of drinking tea,coinciding with the Taoist concept of "harmony between man and nature".
Project Duration: Production starts in 2017 and ends in Beijing in 2018
Operation Flow: Open the lid of the book from the middle to the sides, take out the whole book, each page of the book is made of wood, can be taken out separately to watch
Image Credits: Designer Junheng Li，The classic of tea，2018