About Furniture Libri by Karla Kocijan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Çmimi i Hekurt A' Design Award in Dizajni i Medias së Shtypur dhe të Publikuar Competition Category.

HekuriShtyp· 2023

About Furniture Libri

by Karla Kocijan

Client: Jesenski & Turk

Çmimi i Hekurt A' Design Award Winner in Shtyp Category

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The Design

About About Furniture Libri

Ka shumë literaturë për mobiljet në Kroaci, megjithatë, shumica e saj është e drejtuar për audiencën profesionale. Me librin Rreth mobiljeve, qëllimi ishte krijimi i një manuali gjithëpërfshirës që shërben si një burim i vlefshëm si për studentët ashtu edhe për ekspertët. Ky manual do të ofrojë informacion themelor, por me vend mbi historinë, kategorizimin dhe projektuesit e shquar të mobiljeve, duke e bërë atë një mjet të referuar shpesh për ata që kërkojnë një kuptim themelor të temës. Të gjitha vizatimet janë bërë me dorë nga Diana Sokolic.

The Recognition

About the Çmimi i Hekurt A' Design Award

About Furniture Libri është fitues i Çmimit të Hekurt A' Design Award, një njohje prestigjioze që u akordohet dizajneve të mira që plotësojnë kërkesat profesionale e industriale që priten nga krijimet e dizajnuara mirë. Fituesit e Hekurt shfaqin aftësi të madhe, specializim të lartë, kuptim ekspert dhe kapacitet krijues të autorëve të tyre. About Furniture Libri pritet të jetë një krijim shumë i vlerësuar, i admiruar e i dashur, praktik dhe inovativ. Ky dizajn fitues i Çmimit të Hekurt A' Design Award integron praktikat më të mira të industrisë dhe ka karakteristika teknike të afta, të lidhura me njohuri dhe talent. About Furniture Libri respektohet për përpikërinë e tij dhe është dizajnuar për të ofruar përmirësime të cilësisë së jetës që ndihmojnë ta bëjnë botën një vend më të mirë.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The book is illustrated by hand with 140 illustrations which makes it unique since all the other books about furniture use photographs.
The book has four chapters: history of furniture, furniture in Croatia from 1945 till today, iconic world furniture designs and their authors, vocabulary of forgotten furniture names and a glossary of art history terms. The book is illustrated by hand with 140 illustrations which make it unique since all the other books about furniture use photographs.
Dimensions & Packaging: The book has 230 pages
Quantity printed: 700
Printer: offset
Typeface: Monserat, Raleway
Jacket printer: offset, color
Paper: Holmen 80g
Binder: hard cover
Size: 170 x 25 x 245 mm
Editor: Jesenski & Turk, Zagreb, Croatia
Tags: book, furniture, handbook
Production Technology: There were more than 300 drawings made by professional artist Diana Sokolic, but only 140 are used in the book in order to make it simple, short, and informative. Huge research was undertaken to present basic and relevant information about characteristics of the furniture history styles, authors and their works.
Design Challenge: Finding relevant information about women designers was the most challenging part of the research. Their work and lives are hidden under the names of factories or architects and their studios, especially in Croatia, where educated women designers worked for a monthly pay designing brilliant pieces under the name of the factory they worked for.
Research: Researching for the book was long and it took over 7 months since the goal was to give the most important information about the history of furniture and most relevant authors, especially highlighting the work of female authors who were working in big corporations or studios, anonymously until today.
Inspiration: There are many books about furniture in Croatia, but most of them are written for professional use. The idea was to fill the gap by making a handbook with the basic information, a book for students as well as scholars; the book that will be used often to get the first but relevant information about the history, types, or authors of furniture.
Project Duration: This project started in Zagreb, Croatia, during Covid-19 lockdown time - the ideal time for studying and writing the book in peace. It was finished the same year, but, due to import and printing problems caused by Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine - publishing was delayed until the end of 2022.
The book was published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture.