Wood and Tree Plakat by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kümüş Baýragy in Grafika, Illýustrasiýa we Wizual Aragatnaşyk Dizaýny Competition Category.

KümüşGrafika· 2020

Wood and Tree Plakat

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

A' Design Award Kümüş Baýragy Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Plakat

"Agaç we Ösümlik" – Ýaponiýanyň Tokio şäherinde geçirilen binagärlik seminary üçin döredilen plakatdyr. Seminaryň mowzugy nusgawy material bolan agajyň häzirki zaman binagärliginde täzeçe ulanylyşydyr. Plakat nusgawy agaç halkalarynyň suratyny şekillendirmek üçin häzirki zaman grafiki dilini ulanýar. Nagşy emele getirmek üçin dürli sanly, galyňlykly, egrilikli we reňkli çyzyklar synag edildi. Netije gurluş taýdan matematikidir, ýöne tebigy gözelligi saklanýar. Plakatyň ölçegi 210-a 297 millimetrdir. Ol girelgede sergilenip, gelýänler kiçi bukletleri alyp bilerdiler.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kümüş Baýragy

Wood and Tree Plakat A' Design Award Kümüş Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu owadan, belent we täsirli ýokary derejeli dizaýnlara berilýän adatdan daşary abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Kümüş ýeňijileri dizaýnerleriniň ajaýyp bilimini, zehinini we ýiti aňyny görkezýän aşa ýalpyldawuk we örän döredijilikli eserlerdir. Wood and Tree Plakat ajaýyp, nusgalyk, üns çekiji derejede hünärmenlikli we çuňňur täzelikçi eser bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Kümüş Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn sungatyň, ylmyň, dizaýnyň we tehnologiýanyň çäklerine peýda berýän we ony öňe sürýän örän üns çekiji, haýran galynýan oýlap tapyşdyr. Wood and Tree Plakat köpüň gabanjyna sezewar bolýan, isleglerimizi oýarýan, oňyn duýgulary getirýän we haýranlyk we geň galmagy döredýän eserdir.

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.