Vicereines of Ireland אַקאַדעמישע בוך by Jurga Rakauskaite-Larkin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award אין אײַזן in דרוק און פֿאַרעפֿנטלעכטע מעדיע דיזײַן Competition Category.
אײַזןדרוק· 2022
Vicereines of Ireland אַקאַדעמישע בוך
Client: The Office of Public Works
A' Design Award אין אײַזן Winner in דרוק Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #135430The Design
About Vicereines of Ireland אַקאַדעמישע בוך
װייסראָוינעס פֿון אירלאַנד איז אַן אַקאַדעמישע בוך װעגן אַ גרופּע פֿרױען אין דער אירישער געשיכטע װאָס מ׳האָט איבערגעזען. דער דיזײַן כאַפּט אָפּ די רײַכע מאַטעריעלע װעלט פֿון די פֿרױען און שפּיגלט אױך אָפּ די מענטשלעכקײט פֿון זײערע מעשׂים. די קאָלירן־פּאַלעטע איז גענומען געװאָרן פֿון בלאַש־ראָזעװע פֿאַרבן װאָס בלײַבן איבער אױף דער פֿאַרב־פּאַלעטע פֿון אײנער פֿון די פֿרױען. די סוף־בלעטער זײַנען באַגײַסטערט געװאָרן פֿון אַן אַלטן איטאַליענישן מירמלדיקן העפֿט און זײַנען געמאַכט געװאָרן מיט אַ טראַדיציאָנעלער "שפּאָט־מירמלינג" טעכניק װאָס איז דערנאָך דיגיטאַל אַדאַפּטירט געװאָרן. אַ גאָלד־פֿאָליע ראָם איז געבלאָקט אױפֿן האַרטן דעקבלאַט הינטער דער קאָװער־בילד, אַזױ אַז די פֿרױ װאָס װערט געװיזן קומט אַרױס פֿאָרנט.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award אין אײַזן
Vicereines of Ireland אַקאַדעמישע בוך איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין אײַזן, אַן פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו גוטע דיזײַנס וואָס טרעפֿן די פּראָפֿעסיאָנעלע און ינדוסטריעלע פֿאָדערונגען וואָס מען דערוואַרט פֿון גוט-דיזײַנטע באַשאַפֿונגען. אײַזן-געווינער ווײַזן גרויסע בקיאות, הויכע ספּעציאַליזאַציע, מומחה-פֿאַרשטאַנד און קרעאַטיווע פֿעיִקייט פֿון זייערע שאַפֿער. פֿון Vicereines of Ireland אַקאַדעמישע בוך ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ הויך געשעצטע, באַוווּנדערטע און ליבע באַשאַפֿונג וואָס איז פּראַקטיש און אינאָוואַטיוו. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין אײַזן פֿאַראײניקט די בעסטע פּראַקטיקן פֿון דער ענף און האָט בקיאותדיקע טעכנישע אייגנשאַפֿטן פֿאַרבונדן מיט וויסן און טאַלאַנט. Vicereines of Ireland אַקאַדעמישע בוך ווערט געערט פֿאַר זײַן גרינטלעכקייט און איז דיזײַנט צו פּראָווידן פֿאַרבעסערונגען פֿון לעבנס-קוואַליטעט וואָס העלפֿן מאַכן די וועלט צו אַ בעסערן אָרט.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Aim of the design was to capture rich material world, and also to reflect these women's humanity. The choice of a simple cover rather than grand portrait, that mainly appear on the covers of art history books, reflects this approach. The gilded frame that usually surrounds many portraits is placed not around the portrait image but behind it, on the hard cover, allowing the image of the woman to come forward. It encourages reader to look beyond the superficial image of women as decorative partners to powerful men.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Size:
21.46 x 2.79 x 24.51 cm portrait,
Cover:
Hardcover with Luxor 220 Gold foil block on the front and spine
Dust jacket with Matt Black foil block on the front and spine,
Printed: 4/4 CMYK,
Binding:
Hardcover, head and tail gold bands, 2.5 mm boards, thread sewn,
Black silk ribbon,
Repro:
Images supplied digitally, image and colour corrections,
One set of digital colour proofs - Tags
- book, irishdesign, irishculture,
- Production Technology
- The making of the book was a dialogue between the written content, the visual material discovered during the research, and current design practices. One of the key sources used in the writing of the book was an old Italian marbled notebook that belonged to one of the women. This inspired the creation of artwork for the book's end papers. The book's colour palette was sent to an artist, who created six bespoke patterns using a traditional spot marbling technique. After selecting the most suitable, the pattern was digitally manipulated to give this traditional pattern a contemporary look.
- Design Challenge
- As an academic book, there were specific design conventions which had to be followed. The challenge was to strike a balance between meeting these criteria and reflecting the seriousness of the book's content, while also pushing the creative boundaries to modernise the image of the art history book. A bold colour palette, unexpected cover image (and application of it), use of a ribbon bookmark inspired by the diaries of the vicereines and the choice of contemporary serif typography all helped to overcome this challenge.
- Research
- The research for the design grew out of several years of original research for the book. This research was carried out in public and private archives across Ireland, Britain and the USA, and attracted funding from bodies including the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. The main sources were the letters and diaries of these women, as well as their private collections of textiles, sketches and personal objects. One of the most inspiring of these objects was the paint palette of one of the women featured in the book. The book's colour scheme was taken from the blush pink paint colours that have survived on the palette since the 1780s.
- Inspiration
- The book tells the untold story of a group of overlooked women in Irish history. As the wives of the countrys rulers, they were the female faces of the British administration in Ireland before independence. Even though their privileged world was one of shimmering fabrics, sparkling pearls and blossoming flowers, many of these women worked hard to relieve crushing poverty, promote Irish fashion and mitigate injustices. Despite their pioneering efforts, they have long been almost entirely forgotten in Irish history. Their story, and the value of telling it for the first time, inspired the project.
- Project Duration
- Project started in 2019 and was finished in 2021 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Team Members
- Editor: Myles Campbell
Project Manager: Mary Heffernan
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Printed: Kopa Print - Image Credits
- Image #1 Unknown artist, The Right Hon. The Countess of Buckinghamshire (detail), 1778. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
Image #2 Ausra Lazauskiene, Marbling artist
Image #4 Robert French (photographed by), The vicereine’s boudoir at the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.
Image #5 After Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lady Henrietta Cole, Lady Grantham, later Countess de Grey, National Trust, Florence Court, County Fermanagh
Henri Gascar, Frances Talbot (née Jennings), Duchess of Tyrconnell, Bridgeman Images.
Maria Phipps, Countess of Mulgrave, later Marchioness of Normanby
Montego Bay, Jamaica, Photograph by Scott Wicking, reproduced courtesy of the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby.
Photographer: Kevin Fox, 'We Shoot'
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