Wood and Tree Plakat by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award in Grafično oblikovanje, ilustracija in vizualna komunikacija Competition Category.

SrebrnaGrafika· 2020

Wood and Tree Plakat

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Plakat

Wood and Tree je plakat, ustvarjen za arhitekturni seminar, ki je potekal v Tokiu na Japonskem. Tema seminarja je nova raba lesa, klasičnega materiala, v sodobni arhitekturi. Plakat uporablja sodoben grafični jezik za simulacijo klasične risbe letnic dreves. Za oblikovanje vzorca so bile preizkušene črte različnega števila, debeline, ukrivljenosti in barve. Rezultat je matematičen po strukturi, a naravna lepota ostaja. Plakat meri 210 krat 297 milimetrov. Razstavljen je bil pri vhodu, kjer so obiskovalci lahko vzeli majhne letake.

The Recognition

About the Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award

Wood and Tree Plakat je prejemnik Srebrne nagrade A' Design Award, izjemno prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje čudovitim, impresivnim vrhunskim oblikovanjem. Prejemniki Srebrne nagrade so izjemno briljantna in zelo ustvarjalna dela, ki ponazarjajo izjemno strokovnost, talent in bistrost svojih oblikovalcev. Od Wood and Tree Plakat se pričakuje, da bo čudovito, zgledno delo, opazno profesionalno in globoko inovativno. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno s Srebrno nagrado A' Design Award, je zelo opazen, občudovan izum, ki koristi in premika meje umetnosti, znanosti, oblikovanja in tehnologije. Wood and Tree Plakat je stvaritev, ki ji mnogi zavidajo, ki prebuja želje, prinaša pozitivna čustva in vzbuja začudenje in občudovanje.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It's a poster for an architecture seminar which is called "Wood & Tree" in Tokyo, Japan. The theme is about new possibility of application of wood which is a kind of classic material on modern architecture. So modern graphic language is used to simulate classic drawing to express annual ring. The main vision is mathematical but still can feel natural beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 210mm x Height 297mm
Tags: Modern, mathematical, nature, minimal, geometric
Production Technology: Hundreds of annual ring's photo was collected as a reference. Adobe Illustrator is the main software to complete the poster.
Design Challenge: The hardest part is using mathematical graphic to simulate nature shape such as annual ring and expressing both aesthetics at the same time.
Research: The number, thickness, curvature, color, etc. of the lines have been extensively tested to express annual ring.
Inspiration: The inspiration is from annual ring. Wood is a kind of material without life. But different from other material, people can still feel vitality by the smell and texture and so on. The annual ring is the evidence which can prove it was lived as a tree. And the beautiful curve is intoxicating.
Project Duration: The project started in Aug 2018 and finished in September 2019 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in gallery of Myojyuji Saruein September 2018.
Operation Flow: It was displayed at the entrance, visiter could take the small flyers by themselves to understand the theme of the exhibition.
Team Members: Zhuang Yu
Image Credits: Image #1: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #2: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #3: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #4: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #5: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.