Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ by Basem El Koury

Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ by Basem El Koury is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ሕትመትን ዝተሓትመ ሚዲያን Competition Category.

ሓጺንሕትመት· 2020

Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ

by Basem El Koury

Client: FH JOANNEUM Graz

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ሕትመት Category

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The Design

About Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ

ኢንፎካስል ብዛዕባ ምትሕንባብ ቨርችዋል ናይ እቲ ኦበርካፍንበርግ ዝብሃል ግምቢ ኣብ ኦስትሪያ ዝገልጽ ናይ ማስተር ተሲስ መጽሓፍ እዩ። እዚ መጽሓፍ ከመይ ገይሩ ቨርችዋል ሪያሊቲ ባህላውን ተፈጥሮኣውን ውርሻ ብዲጂታል ኣገባብ ክዕቅብ ከምዝኽእል ይገልጽ። ንግምቢ ከምቲ ኣብ ግዜ ሪነሳንስ ዝነበሮ ቅርጺ ንምህናጹ፣ ፕላናት፣ ስእልታትን ፎቶግራፍታትን ተኣኻኺቡ ተጠቒሙ። እዚ ተሓቲሙ ዘሎ መጽሓፍ 200 ብ 25 ብ 200 ሚሊሜተር ዝዓቐኑ ኮይኑ፣ ኣብ ናይ ዕንጨይቲ ስሊፕከይስ ዝቐመጠ እዩ። እቲ ዕንጨይቲ ካብቲ እቲ ግምቢ ተሃንጹሉ ዝነበረ ዘግራ (ጫካ) ዝተረኸበ እዩ። ኣብ ላዕሊ ገበር እቲ መጽሓፍ ዘሎ ሆሎግራም፣ መጽሓፍ ኣብ ትሕቲ ብርሃን ምስ ተታሓዘ፣ ንሲ-ዲ (ሲ-ዲ) ቅርጺ ናይቲ ግምቢ ብሶስተ-ዲመንሽናል ኣገባብ ይርኢ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Infocastle ናይ ተሲስ መጽሓፍ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The book is a master thesis about the project of a VR 3D simulation of the castle "Oberkapfenberg" (Austria), in its original state during the Renaissance. The thesis was bound with materials, that fit to the concept of the project, to give its portrayal a high standard value. The appearance should be a link between the historical aspect of the castle (wood) and to the technology of VR (hologram).
Dimensions & Packaging: The thesis is a 200 mm x 25 mm x 200 mm printed book with a 206 mm x 36 mm x 211 wooden slipcase.
Tags: VR, book, 3D, simulation, hologramm, wood, diploma, castle, oberkapfenberg
Production Technology: For the VR simulation of the castle, all information (plans, paintings, photographies, etc.) had to collected used for the reconstruction. A user will be able to see and walk in the castle in its original state as it was in the time of the Renaissance. The thesis binding is made from the wood of a tree, that originated from the forest where the castle was built. To make the front cover fitting to the concept of the project, a hologram of the 3D castle was made.
Design Challenge: I had to learn 3D (Blender), the game engine (Unity3d) and the techniques of VR from the first day I started the project. Moreover, I needed to collect all information about the castle Oberkapfenberg to be able to recreated as original as possible. To receive that specific wood and the hologram for the project was nearly impossible.
Research: Historical relics disappear due to natural and human causes. Therefore, Virtual Reality is a suitable solution to render those as real as possible as a digital form. This diploma thesis explains in detail which methods are available, which make it possible to digitally preserve these relics or to rebuild them virtually using documents. The Diploma is accompanied and explained by a 3D simulation, built by the author himself, of the castle Oberkapfenberg at the time of the Renaissance.
Inspiration: The thesis is covering the importance of digital preservation of cultural and natural heritages with the usage of Virtual Reality (VR). Therefore, the thesis was bound in a style that reminds the reader of the look of an old book, with the elements of minimalism and simplicity in the design.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2017 in Graz (Austria) and finished in Mai 2019 in Graz (Austria) and it was for the master's thesis.
Operation Flow: As soon as the reader picks up the book, s/he will notice the fine balance between nature and technology. When the reader hold the wooden book to a light source, s/he will see the rendered version of the castle in the black square, which is the hologram. By the slightest rotation of the book, the reader will see the castle from each perspective.
Image Credits: Basem El Koury, 2019