Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji by Na An and Huanyi Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìtẹ̀wé àti Àtẹ̀jáde Competition Category.

IrinÌtẹ̀wé· 2020

Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji

by Na An and Huanyi Liu

Client: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ìtẹ̀wé Category

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The Design

About Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji

Ọrọ Iwe: Ohun Gbogbo jẹ eto awọn iwe meji nipa aṣa ibile China. Ẹka mejila ti ilẹ ni akoonu akọkọ, ti a papọ pẹlu awọn àkókò, awọn ọjọ oorun ati awọn ẹranko zodiac China. Iwe kọọkan wọn 170 nipasẹ 300 nipasẹ 25 millimeters ati pe a fi igi ati iwe pataki ṣe. Ìdè náà tẹle ọ̀nà ìṣàṣejáde àwọn ìwé ìgbàanì ti China, nítorí náà àwọn ojú ìwé máa ń yí padà ní rọrùn, wọ́n sì lè ṣí ní apá kan tàbí ní kíkún. Ìṣelọ́pọ̀ pẹ̀lú fífín pẹ̀lú laser, títẹ̀ pẹ̀lú laser, kíkúrò àti ìtẹ̀wé gbígbóná. Ìlàyẹ̀ náà ń lo àwọn àwòrán tí a fi ọwọ́ yà, iṣẹ́ ọ̀nà tẹ́kísítọ̀, àti àwọn àwọ̀ eérú gíga.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Everything Ohun Gbogbo Ni Iwe Meji nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: These are books about traditional culture, it contains the philosophy of development and change of everything. The book is created with the twelve earthly branches as main content, combined with seasons, solar terms, Chinese zodiac. In layout design, it selects objects like leaves, buds, flowers and stones, uses methods of combination, reconstruction, contrast. In binding process, it was bind in folding form of ancient Chinese books, used wood, special paper and hot stamping materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: There are two books altogether, the size of each book: 170mm x 300mm x 25mm.
The books are available for printing media, motion graphics and installation art now, and they will be used for web pages, App, digital media in the future.
Tags: traditional culture, the twelve earthly branches, everything, reconstruction, Chinese book, bind in folding form, wood, special paper, hot stamping
Production Technology: Books are made of wood and special paper. Printing process includes laser engraving, laser printing, creasing and hot stamping. In layout design, the books used hand-drawn graphics, texture art and the hue of the high gray. The software being used are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is the exact expression. From a historical perspective, everything changes in a regular way, people should go with nature and seize the moment. From a social perspective, things are small, the world is big, people need to be open-minded, keep harmonious coexistence with everything. How to express Chinese culture and traditional philosophy through bookbinding and layout design is the research challenge.
Research: The research objectives is the redesign of traditional culture, it is also a response to the growing demand for traditional culture and Chinese elements in commercial design. The design methods include folding and binding, layout design, material application, etc. Printing tools includes laser engraving, laser printing and hot stamping. The conclusion is that the ingenious combination of modern elements and historical culture can achieve better design results.
Inspiration: Firstly, the rise of Chinese culture and national traditions in both commercial design and academic field is a important background factor. Secondly, the research on ancient Chinese books has given the project a lot of technical support. Thirdly, with the development of media, the research on media of books has been further deepened, the physical book should continuously enhance its artistry and collectivity. Finally, the philosophical, traditional and cultural content is the inspiration in design.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 and finished in June 2019 in China.
Operation Flow: The binding form of folding comes from the ancient book. It has the advantage of being easy to turn the pages, and gives people a sense of history and philosophy. This kind of page binding, book could be expanded as needed, in part or all. When the person reads, can produce a lot of continuous space. This is an elegant dynamic process, the layout is constantly changing, whether the book closed or open, will produce different three dimensional display.
Team Members: Huanyi Liu