Wood and Tree Primary Function: Pepa Fa'asalalau by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Ata Fa'atusa Competition Category.
ArioAta Fa'atusa· 2020
Wood and Tree Primary Function: Pepa Fa'asalalau
by Yu Zhuang
Client: Jia Saitama
A' Design Award Ario Winner in Ata Fa'atusa Category
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About Wood and Tree Primary Function: Pepa Fa'asalalau
O le La'au ma le Fa'ato'aga o se pepa fa'asalalau na faia mo se semina tusiata fale na faia i Tokyo, Iapani. O le autu o le semina o le fa'aaogaina fou o le la'au, o se mea fa'aleaganu'u, i tusiata fale fa'aonaponei. O le pepa fa'asalalau e fa'aaoga ai se gagana kalafi fa'aonaponei e fa'ata'ita'i ai se ata masani o mama o la'au. Na fa'ata'ita'iina laina o numera, mafiafia, pi'opi'o ma lanu eseese e fai ai le mamanu. O le i'uga e fa'amatematika i le fausaga, ae o lo'o tumau pea le matagofie fa'alenatura. O le pepa fa'asalalau e 210 i le 297 milimita le tele. Na fa'aali i se faitoto'a, lea e mafai ai e tagata asiasi ona ave ni tama'i pepa laiti.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Ario
O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Wood and Tree Primary Function: Pepa Fa'asalalau, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Wood and Tree Primary Function: Pepa Fa'asalalau e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Wood and Tree Primary Function: Pepa Fa'asalalau o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.
Behind the Design
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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.
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