Frank and the Frog चित्रपुस्तकम् by Bence Meszaros is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः in आलेखिका, चित्रण एवं दृश्य सम्प्रेषण अभिकल्पना Competition Category.
रजतम्आलेखिका· 2022
Frank and the Frog चित्रपुस्तकम्
Client: Bence Mészáros
A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः Winner in आलेखिका Category
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The Design
About Frank and the Frog चित्रपुस्तकम्
फ्रैङ्कः मण्डूकश्च इति बालानां चित्रपुस्तकं वियोगस्य स्मरणस्य च विषये अस्ति। कथा फ्रैङ्कं नाम बालकम् अनुसरति, यः एकदा प्रबुध्य स्वपितामहीं प्राप्तुं न शक्नोति। फ्रैङ्कः तां अन्वेष्टुं गृहात् निर्गच्छति, तत्र च एकं मण्डूकं मिलति यः तस्य मित्रं सहायकश्च भवति। यात्रायाः अन्ते फ्रैङ्कः पश्यति यत् तस्य पितामही सुरक्षिते शान्ते च स्थाने अस्ति, ततः सः विदायं वदति। पुस्तके द्वादश चित्रिताः पृष्ठाः सन्ति ये वामतः दक्षिणं प्रति प्रवहन्ति, सम्मुखीनाः पृष्ठाः च विरोधेन युग्मिताः सन्ति। हस्तेन कृताः रेखाकृतयः पोतश्च अङ्कीयरूपेण संयोजिताः वर्णिताश्च सन्ति।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः
Frank and the Frog चित्रपुस्तकम् A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारस्य विजेता अस्ति; अयम् अत्यसाधारणतया प्रतिष्ठितः सम्मानः सर्वोच्चश्रेणीयेभ्यः सुन्दरेभ्यः प्रभावशालिभ्यश्चाभिकल्पेभ्यो दीयते। रजतविजेतारोऽतितेजस्विन्योऽत्यन्तं सृजनशीलाश्च कृतयः सन्ति, ताः स्वाभिकल्पकानाम् उत्कृष्टां विशेषज्ञतां प्रतिभां सूक्ष्मप्रज्ञां च प्रदर्शयन्ति। Frank and the Frog चित्रपुस्तकम् अद्भुतं प्रदर्शनीयं कार्यम् उल्लेखनीयतया व्यावसायिकं गम्भीरनवोन्मेषयुक्तं च भविष्यतीति प्रत्याशा क्रियते। A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारं जितवद् एतद् अभिकल्पकार्यम् अतीवोल्लेखनीयः प्रशंसित आविष्कारोऽस्ति, यो लाभं ददाति कलाया विज्ञानस्याभिकल्पस्य प्रौद्योगिक्याश्च सीमा विस्तारयति च। Frank and the Frog चित्रपुस्तकम् बहुभिरीर्ष्यमाणा सृष्टिरस्ति, या कामना उद्बोधयति, सकारात्मकभावान् आनयति, विस्मयस्य आश्चर्यस्य च स्फुलिङ्गान् प्रज्वालयति।
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Frank and the Frog is designed to give an escape world to anybody who needs to find peace after losing a beloved one. The book tells the story of a little kid called Frank, who wakes up one day and can't find his Granny. Frank decides to leave his home to find Granny and bring her home. During his journey, he meets a frog, who becomes his friend and helps him through the adventures. In the end, Frank sees Granny is in a safe and peaceful place; he decides to say goodbye and let her go.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 300 mm x Depth 15 mm x Height 300 mm
- Tags
- illustration, picturebook, children, book, bookdesign, childrenbook
- Production Technology
- Mixed media. Manual linework and textures, digitally composed and colourized.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was, of course, how to bring the topic of death into the picture book in a kid-friendly way. Another thing I had to consider during the development phase was that even though I always spend a lot of time thinking about death, I never had an intimate experience with it. So I wanted to be respectful with this topic.
- Research
- RESEARCH ABSTRACT**:
A big part of my research was to find the right mentor for Frank.
I was looking into different mythology characters, symbols, characters from my life, etc. When I find frogs, I immediately fall in love with the idea. I think they are visually exciting; frogs are travellers, and they can travel through lands, through the water. In the shaman culture, frogs as totem animals have the power of transformation and travelling between the human world and the spirit realm. - Inspiration
- My main goal with this picture book was to tell a story and tackle a topic that is not that common in children's literature. A topic that was hard to understand when I was a kid and had me confused for a long time. The subject of death.
I am lucky to have all four of my grandparents alive and know them, but this is a rare phenomenon in my environment. Many people lose their grandparents during their childhood. The base idea comes from my childhood: I was always (and still am) scared of what would happen when my grandparent won't be here anymore. - Project Duration
- The project started in June 2021 in Helsinki.
- Operation Flow
- This picturebook has 12 fully illustrated pages. All the pages have a left-to-right flow, leading the eyes of the reader to the next page. The spreadsheets next to each other are designed to pair up based on different contrasts: e.g., on one page, when the composition is complex, then on the next page, the layout is minimal, or when Franks is high up in the sky, on the next page he goes deep under the ocean.
- Patents
- Copyright 2022 by Bence Mészáros
Written by Barnabás Csukás, based on an original story by Bence Mészáros - Team Members
- Designer, Illustrator: Bence Mészáros
Writer: Barnabás Csukás - Image Credits
- Creator Bence Mészáros, Frank and the Frog
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