Time Capsule Apẹrẹ Iwe by Yuchen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìtẹ̀wé àti Àtẹ̀jáde Competition Category.

IrinÌtẹ̀wé· 2022

Time Capsule Apẹrẹ Iwe

by Yuchen Chen

Client: Absolutely Shock You Studio

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

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The Design

About Time Capsule Apẹrẹ Iwe

Iwe naa jẹ nipa itan-akọọlẹ ti apẹrẹ ayaworan. Apẹrẹ fẹ lati ṣe olugbo awọn olugbo ni iriri alaye ti o ni agbara diẹ sii ati ṣe iranlọwọ fun wọn ni akoko kanna lati loye iwe naa ni irọrun diẹ sii. Lati le ni anfani ti awọn olugbo, fifi ibaraenisepo si iwe naa, apẹẹrẹ jẹ ki iwe naa dabi ẹni ti o ni itan-akọọlẹ gigun bi awọn ohun elo aṣa, iwe yii ngbiyanju lati dari awọn olugbo lati wọ awọn ibọwọ idena eruku ati mu fẹlẹ ati magnifier, ṣe bi archaeologist lati ṣe iwadii itan. O jẹ iwe ti o nilo awọn iṣe ti awọn olugbo ati tun lati ni ọwọ ati ni iriri.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Time Capsule Apẹrẹ Iwe 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 Time Capsule Apẹrẹ Iwe 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 Time Capsule Apẹrẹ Iwe 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: The content of the book is about the history of graphic design. The book design inspired by archaeology. Designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics. He choose unusual book design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience’s actions and also to be handled and experienced.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 220 mm x Height 200 mm, 15 independent pages with package box.
Tags: book design, typography, history, graphic design, research, archaeologist, antique
Production Technology: The Book Design includeing Typography Design, Layout Design, Graphic Design and Package Design. it's not the traditional book binding design.
The book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book.
Design Challenge: It was a very urgent design case which only have one week to realized from concept to the real book. It was big challenge for designer.
Research: This book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. Designer don’t want to use the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
Inspiration: Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. he make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. The text word size also designed too small to invisible on purpose, which is have to use magnifier to read. This unusual book design will guide the audience act like archaeologist to research the history.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2013 in Hangzhou and finished in January 2013 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow: Designer did not choose the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.