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January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג by Izabela Jurczyk

January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג by Izabela Jurczyk is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award אין אײַזן in דרוק און פֿאַרעפֿנטלעכטע מעדיע דיזײַן Competition Category.


אײַזןדרוק· 2024

January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג

by Izabela Jurczyk

Client: The National Library of Poland

A' Design Award אין אײַזן Winner in דרוק Category

Colors

The Design

About January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג

דער יאנואר־אויפשטאנד איז א קאטאלאג פון דאקומענטן פונעם אלטעגליכן געזעלשאפטלעכן לעבן פון דער תקופה פון דעם פויליש נאציאנאלן אויפשטאנד קעגן דעם רוסישן אימפעריע, וואס האט זיך אנגעהויבן אין יאנואר 1863 און זיך געענדיקט אין הארבסט 1864. דער קאטאלאג איז ארויסגעגעבן געווארן לכבוד דעם 160סטן יאָרטאָג פונעם אויסברוך פונעם אויפשטאנד. דער צערעמאניעלער כאראקטער פונעם בוך ווערט אויסגעדריקט דורך דער גאלדענער קאלירן, וואס דערמאנט אן שיינענדיקן יאנואר־שניי, א הארטן דעקל אריינגעדרוקט מיט גאלד־פאליע, און גאלדענע פאנעלן וואס פאררעמען די אילוסטראציעס אזוי ווי בילדער. די מאָדעסטע סעקרעטע דרוקן ווערן דערמיט פארגעשטעלט ווי קונסטווערק.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין אײַזן

January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג 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 January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג 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. January Uprising דאקומענטן־קאטאלאג 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
Book is a catalog of unique documents of everyday social life from the period of the Polish national uprising against the annexation of Poland by the Russian Empire in January 1863. It was the largest and longest national uprising in Poland (as well as in Lithuania and parts of Belarus) – it collapsed in the fall of 1864. The catalog was issued as an anniversary publication on the 160th anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising. The ceremonial nature of the publication was emphasized by the gold color (which is also reminiscent of the shimmering January snow), hardcover and golden panels, making the illustrations look like paintings in a passe-partout or golden frame. Thanks to the large number of illustrations and the way they are displayed, leaflets obtain an unexpected form – modest prints become works of art presented in an art gallery.
Dimensions & Packaging
175 mm x 36 mm x 245 mm
Tags
book, poland, uprising, leaflets
Production Technology
Hardcover, embossed with gold foil. CMYK and pantone gold printed
Inspiration
The inspiration for the choice of colors, which are the main element of the design, was the snow shimmering in the sun, reminiscent of the once snowy January in Poland – crystal clear in places, soiled in others. The golden frames of the illustrations reflect the formal, royal character of the prints, most of which concern the operation of a national institution called the secret Polish state in the Kingdom of Poland under Russian rule. The purpose of displaying everyday documents in this way was to recognize their official, state character – contrast was used to show that the gray prints presented in the catalog had "royal" significance for the Polish nation and were an expression of the still existing state structure. Ceremonial treatment of these prints owed to official documents shows their role in maintaining hope in the nation and the continuity of the state. The handwritten subtitle "Katalog" on the cover emphasizes the personal nature of this collection of prints, in the sense of being close to everyday life and close to the hearts of Poles living under foreign rule.
Project Duration
The project started in September 2023 in Lodz and finished in December 2023 in Warsaw
Operation Flow
First of all, the publication is a souvenir of the national uprising that was very difficult for Poles, a commemoration of their efforts, and a reminder of the 160th anniversary of the uprising. This character is immediately visible thanks to the form of the publication – a hard cover and a book block printed with 10 liters of Pantone gold color. This conventionally ceremonial way of celebrating an important national event is balanced by the mundane nature and physical ordinariness of the presented prints, which are not decorative, impressive writings, but documents created in secret printing houses, distributed secretly, transmitting information from the bottom up that, under normal conditions in the country, is communicated from above. This tension between the everyday and the ceremonial, between the pure white and the worn-out gray is the most important sensation the reader is to experience. Moreover, the description of the prints is presented in an extremely clear manner. Some of the descriptions repeat the text visible on the prints, which brings the reader even closer to the content and introduces him to the world of the institutional and social reality of Poles under Russian rule.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #2: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #3: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #4: Photographer Robert Bobryk
Image #5: Photographer Robert Bobryk

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