Wood and Tree Poster by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Perak in Grafis Competition Category.

PerakGrafis· 2020

Wood and Tree Poster

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

A' Design Award Perak Winner in Grafis Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Poster

Wood and Tree nyaéta poster nu dijieun pikeun hiji seminar arsitéktur nu digelar di Tokyo, Jepang. Téma seminarna nyaéta pamakéan anyar tina kai, hiji bahan klasik, dina arsitéktur modéren. Poster ieu ngagunakeun basa grafis modéren pikeun nyontoan gambar klasik ngeunaan cingcin tangkal. Garis-garis nu rupa-rupa jumlah, kandelna, béngkokna, jeung warnana diuji pikeun ngawangun pola éta. Hasilna matematis dina strukturna, tapi kaéndahan alam tetep aya. Ukuran poster ieu 210 kali 297 miliméter. Poster éta dipajang di lawang, dimana para nu datang bisa nyokot leaflet leutik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perak

Wood and Tree Poster mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perak, pangakuan anu luar biasa bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain kelas luhur, endah jeung matak kagum. Para juara Perak téh karya anu pohara cemerlang jeung pohara kréatif anu ngagambarkeun kaahlian, bakat jeung kapinteran para désainerna. Wood and Tree Poster diharepkeun jadi karya anu éndah, karya andalan anu pohara profésional jeung pohara inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perak ieu mangrupa panemuan anu pohara kasohor jeung dikagumi anu mangpaat sarta ngamajukeun watesan seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi. Wood and Tree Poster mangrupa kréasi anu pohara diirikeun anu ngahudang kahayang, ngabawa rasa positip, jeung ngahudangkeun rasa heran jeung kagum.

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.