$Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ by Ching-Fa Lung$

Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ by Ching-Fa Lung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ሕትመትን ዝተሓትመ ሚዲያን Competition Category.

ብሩርሕትመት· 2021

Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ

by Ching-Fa Lung

Client: Art Center College of Design

ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ሕትመት Category

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The Design

About Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ

Refracting Reality እቲ ብዛዕባ ብርሃንን ስምዒት ደቂ ሰብን ዝገልጽ መጽሓፍ እዩ። እዚ መጽሓፍ ኣርባዕተ ባህርያት ብርሃን፡ ምጥዋይ (refraction)፡ ምንጽብራቕ (reflection)፡ ምብትታን (diffraction) ከምኡ'ውን ምትሕንፋጽ (interference) ይምርምር። እዞም ባህርያት ኣብ 368 ገጻት ብዝርከብ ኣገባብ ጽሑፍን ስእልታትን ይግለጹ። ንዝተፈላለየ ስምዒት ብርሃን ንምድጋፍ ዝተለበጠን ዘይተለበጠን ወረቓቕቲ ተመሪጹ። ኣብ ዓንዲ ሕቖ እቲ መጽሓፍ ጽኑዕ ፕሪዝም ተታሒዙ ብኣንባቢ ክውጻእ ይኽእል። በዚ ፕሪዝም ኣንበብቲ ባህሪ ብርሃን ብቐጥታ ክዕዘቡን ምስቶም ዝተሓትሙ ስእልታት ክራኸቡን ይኽእሉ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award

Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። Refracting Reality ምድላው መጽሓፍ ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The book expressed light characteristics: Refraction, Reflection, Diffraction, and Interferer through typography and imageries. The light experience was considered in the book's materials, such as coated paper, uncoated paper, and a solid prism. The prism of the book spine was used to manifest the perception of light.
Dimensions & Packaging: W8.5" x D1.75" x H11.75", 368 pages
Tags: Book Design, Editorial Design, Typography, Transmedia Design
Production Technology: The book was printed with the Epson P600 inkjet printer and using the Red River paper. Coated paper and uncoated paper were used for inner pages and the prism was used as a book's spine accessory.
Design Challenge: To create a 368-page book designed from extensive research on a chosen topic. Not only design a book but also curate the contents, edit and create a compelling narrative for readers to experience the book extensively.
Research: In modern society, light is commonly used as a medium throughout a lot of screen time and various screen types. The designer wants to understand deeply the history of how humans started using light and what metaphors light has been bringing to humanity throughout centuries.

Not only looking at light as an art medium but also looking at the different meanings of light brings different cultures and religions in history. Different perspectives that humans observed light was the interesting context of the research for this project.
Inspiration: Light has been the main part of our world since the beginning of time. Humans have learned to use light to tell stories, relate, experience, and communicate. This book questions our perception of the world by examining the light through different forms of expression.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2019 in Pasadena and finished in April 2010 in Pasadena.
Operation Flow: Prism can be taken out of the book spine and readers can experience traits of light such as reflection, refraction, diffraction, and Interfere by using the actual prism. They can also interact with the book because a lot of imageries were curated considering this interaction.
Image Credits: Photographer: Kevin Martin