ZhuZi Art Kitabu by Xi Alice Zong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Uchapishaji na Machapisho Competition Category.
DhahabuUchapishaji· 2020
ZhuZi Art Kitabu
Client: ZHUZI Art Center
Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Uchapishaji Category
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The Design
About ZhuZi Art Kitabu
Mfululizo wa matoleo ya vitabu vya kazi zilizokusanywa za calligraphy ya jadi ya Uchina na uchapishaji huchapishwa na Jumba la Sanaa la Nanjing Zhuzi. Kwa historia yake ndefu na mbinu ya kifahari, uchoraji wa jadi wa Kichina na calligraphy unathaminiwa kwa rufaa yao ya kisanii na ya vitendo. Wakati wa kubuni mkusanyiko, maumbo ya kawaida, rangi, na mistari zilitumiwa kuunda hisia thabiti na kuonyesha nafasi tupu katika mchoro. Kujitahidi hulingana na wasanii katika mitindo ya jadi na uchoraji wa calligraphy.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award
ZhuZi Art Kitabu ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. ZhuZi Art Kitabu inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. ZhuZi Art Kitabu huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A series of the Book editions for the collected works of traditional Chinese calligraphy & Chinese painting is published by Nanjing Zhuzi Art Museum. With its long history and elegant technique, the traditional Chinese paintings & calligraphy is treasured for it's highly artistic and practical appeal. When designing the collection, abstract shapes, colors, and lines was used to create a consistent sensuality and highlight the blank space in the sketch. The effortless coincides with artists in traditional painting and calligraphy styles.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 10 inch x Height 13 inch, soft cover editions
- Tags
- Book Design, Typography, Graphic Design, Layout Design, Illustration
- Production Technology
- After researching for the traditional Chinese calligraphy & Chinese Painting, I interviewed each artist and collected their painting & calligraphy art pieces that they would like to feature in the books. Then I created the different theme & logos for each book. The layout of the books are done in Adobe InDesign. Then made the application with photography and Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom CC.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge of this project is to keep the authenticity of the traditional Chinese painting & calligraphy and the visually pleasing modern design layout. To have a better understanding of the balance of both traditional & modern visual styles, I interviewed most of the calligraphers and Chinese painters, collected their opinions and suggestions after several draft options and finally came up with the best solution that could blend both styles well and show in the book design.
- Research
- The research included traveling back to China and visiting multiple cities, people & their families, learning about the authentic traditional Chinese Painting & Calligraphy. Learning about how Chinese people are thinking about the traditional Chinese Painting & Calligraphy and why each element are so exquisite and made such luxuriant cultural implication of China.
- Inspiration
- This collection of book editions was inspired by traditional Chinese painting & Chinese calligraphy art. With its long history and elegant technique, the traditional Chinese paintings & calligraphy is treasured for it's highly artistic and practical appeal.
- Project Duration
- The first edition started in February 2019 in both China & U.S. and finished in May 2019. All four editions were published by ZHUZI Art Center.
- Operation Flow
- With all the visual concepts in mind, and with all the Chinese painting & calligraphy art collected as digital art, 4 book editions started to developed, where each book is made out of the combination of the traditional Chinese element, bringing all the inspirations together and creating a unique, delicate Chinese style of impressionistic, which shows exquisite elegance and luxuriant cultural implication of China.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Xi Alice Zong, 2020.
- Team Members
- Xi Alice Zong
- Image Credits
- Image #1 Chinese Calligrapher: Ziliang Guo
Optional Image #1 Chinese Painter: Dongli Pan
Optional Image #3 Chinese Calligrapher: Deling Zhu
Optional Image #4 Chinese Calligrapher: Zuotang Yang
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