Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب by Hsiao-Wen Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award چاندي انعام in ڇپائي ۽ شايع ٿيل ميڊيا ڊيزائن Competition Category.

چانديڇپائي· 2021

Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب

by Hsiao-Wen Hu

Client: Pratt Institute

A' Design Award چاندي انعام Winner in ڇپائي Category

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The Design

About Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب

هي پروجيڪٽ موجوده ڊجيٽل دور ۾ هڪ بچاءُ واري طريقي جي طور تي ڪرافٽ ٺاهڻ تي Hsiao-Wen's Thesis تحقيق جو آخري دستاويز آهي. ڪتاب ٽن حصن تي مشتمل آهي، جسماني ۽ مجازي، مواد ۽ ڊيٽا، صارف جي مصروفيت ۽ تجربو جي وچ ۾ منتقلي کي هٿ ڪرڻ ۽ تحفظ جي نقطه نظر کان. جيئن ته دنيا جسماني سرگرمين کان مجازي رابطي ڏانهن منتقل ٿي وئي، نئين ضرورتن ۽ مصروفيت جا فارم اسان جي ماحول سان گڏ ڪيا ويا. اهڙي تبديلي نه رڳو اعتراض ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جي ذريعي، پر سڄي ثقافت پڻ وڏي پيماني تي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award چاندي انعام

Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب A' Design Award چاندي انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، غير معمولي حد تائين معزز اعتراف جيڪو اعليٰ ترين درجي جي، شاندار ۽ متاثر ڪندڙ ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. چاندي جا کٽيندڙ تمام گهڻا روشن ۽ انتهائي تخليقي ڪم آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي شاندار مهارت، صلاحيت ۽ ذڪاوت کي ظاهر ڪن ٿا. Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ شاندار نمائشي ڪم هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ ڳوڙهي جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award چاندي انعام کٽيو آهي، هڪ انتهائي قابل ذڪر، ساراهيل ايجاد آهي جيڪا فائدو ڏئي ٿي ۽ فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جون حدون وڌائي ٿي. Craft as Time Capsule ڪتاب هڪ اهڙي تخليق آهي جنهن تي گهڻا حسد ڪن ٿا، جيڪا خواهشون جاڳائي ٿي، مثبت جذبا آڻي ٿي ۽ حيرت ۽ تعجب جي چڻنگ ٻاري ٿي.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is a documentation of Hsiao-Wen's thesis research on craft making as a preservation methodology in the current digital age. The book consists of three parts, examining the intertranslation between the physical and the digital from the perspectives of crafts. The typographic choices in this book are a combination of Serif, Sans Serif, and Script typefaces, symbolic of the longevity of crafts and human’s use of technology.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of the book is in US letter size: 216 mm x 279 mm.
Tags: design research, book design, editorial design, graphic design, typography, print, craft, technology, archive, postdigital, preservation
Production Technology: The book was intended to be printed on newsprint papers and have debossing on the cover. Unfortunately, the plan was postponed due to the pandemic.
Research: This research aims to look at the transition between the physical and virtual, material and data, user engagement and experience from the perspective of craft making and preservation. Craft has always been a reflection of culture and identity. As our lives transitioned from physical activities to virtual interactions, new needs and forms of engagement with our surroundings were prompted. And such change not only exhibits via the object and the technology, but also the whole culture at large.

As craft and preservation being the two main cores of this research, it is important to explore different ways to archive the research process. In addition to this book, the designer had also built a website to document the research in another format. It is also interesting to compare the same content on two different mediums.
Inspiration: This book can be seen as an archive that not only documents the designer's research in writing but also organizes several other design projects, experiments, and references in a clear structure that supports the main thesis. The grid and the rigid layout of the book are inspired by letterpress, which plays a key role in my research on technology and web interface design.
Project Duration: This research started in 2019 and was finalized in May 2020. The book was designed after the completion of the research, from June to August 2020.