Time Capsule Tusi Mamanu by Yuchen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Lolomi Competition Category.

UʻameaLolomi· 2022

Time Capsule Tusi Mamanu

by Yuchen Chen

Client: Absolutely Shock You Studio

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Lolomi Category

12,051

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #116880

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Time Capsule Tusi Mamanu

O le tusi e fa'atatau i le tala fa'asolopito o ata fa'ata. E manaʻo le tagata faʻataʻitaʻi e faʻaogaina le au maimoa i se faʻamatalaga faʻamatalaga sili atu ona malosi ma fesoasoani ia i latou i le taimi lava e tasi ia malamalama atili i le tusi. Ina ia mafai ona taofi le fiafia o le aofia, faaopoopo interactiveness i le tusi, mamanu faia le tusi e foliga mai e umi se talafaasolopito e pei o aganuu, o lenei tusi taumafai e taʻitaʻia le aofia e ofuina totigilima puipuia o le pefu ma ave i luga pulumu ma faalautele, galue e pei o suʻesuʻega suʻesuʻe. le talafaasolopito. O se tusi e manaʻomia ai gaoioiga a le aofia ma e tatau foʻi ona taulimaina ma poto masani.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Time Capsule Tusi Mamanu, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Time Capsule Tusi Mamanu e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Time Capsule Tusi Mamanu ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The content of the book is about the history of graphic design. The book design inspired by archaeology. Designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics. He choose unusual book design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience’s actions and also to be handled and experienced.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 220 mm x Height 200 mm, 15 independent pages with package box.
Tags: book design, typography, history, graphic design, research, archaeologist, antique
Production Technology: The Book Design includeing Typography Design, Layout Design, Graphic Design and Package Design. it's not the traditional book binding design.
The book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book.
Design Challenge: It was a very urgent design case which only have one week to realized from concept to the real book. It was big challenge for designer.
Research: This book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. Designer don’t want to use the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
Inspiration: Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. he make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. The text word size also designed too small to invisible on purpose, which is have to use magnifier to read. This unusual book design will guide the audience act like archaeologist to research the history.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2013 in Hangzhou and finished in January 2013 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: Designer did not choose the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.