Frank and the Frog Primary Function: Ìwé Àwòrán by Bence Meszaros is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àwòrán, Àpèjúwe àti Ìbánisọ̀rọ̀ Ojú-Ìwòran Competition Category.
FàdákàÀwòrán· 2022
Frank and the Frog Primary Function: Ìwé Àwòrán
Client: Bence Mészáros
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Àwòrán Category
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The Design
About Frank and the Frog Primary Function: Ìwé Àwòrán
Frank àti Àkèré jẹ́ ìwé àwòrán fún àwọn ọmọdé nípa àdánù àti ìrántí. Ìtàn náà tẹ̀lé Frank, ọmọkùnrin kékeré kan tí ó jí ní ọjọ́ kan tí kò sì lè rí ìyá àgbà rẹ̀. Frank kúrò nílé láti wá a, ó sì pàdé àkèré kan tí ó di ọ̀rẹ́ àti olùrànlọ́wọ́ rẹ̀. Ní ìparí ìrìnàjò náà, Frank rí i pé ìyá àgbà rẹ̀ wà ní ibi ààbò àti àlàáfíà, ó sì dágbére. Ìwé náà ní ojú-ewé méjìlá tí a fi àwòrán ṣe tí ó ń ṣàn láti òsì sí ọ̀tún, àwọn ojú-ewé tí ó dojúkọ ara wọn ni a sì so pọ̀ nípa ìyàtọ̀. Àwọn ìlà àti àwòṣe ọwọ́ ni a ṣàkójọ tí a sì fi àwọ̀ dígítà kùn.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Frank and the Frog Primary Function: Ìwé Àwòrán jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Frank and the Frog Primary Function: Ìwé Àwòrán yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Frank and the Frog Primary Function: Ìwé Àwòrán jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Frank and the Frog is designed to give an escape world to anybody who needs to find peace after losing a beloved one. The book tells the story of a little kid called Frank, who wakes up one day and can't find his Granny. Frank decides to leave his home to find Granny and bring her home. During his journey, he meets a frog, who becomes his friend and helps him through the adventures. In the end, Frank sees Granny is in a safe and peaceful place; he decides to say goodbye and let her go.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 300 mm x Depth 15 mm x Height 300 mm
- Tags
- illustration, picturebook, children, book, bookdesign, childrenbook
- Production Technology
- Mixed media. Manual linework and textures, digitally composed and colourized.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was, of course, how to bring the topic of death into the picture book in a kid-friendly way. Another thing I had to consider during the development phase was that even though I always spend a lot of time thinking about death, I never had an intimate experience with it. So I wanted to be respectful with this topic.
- Research
- RESEARCH ABSTRACT**:
A big part of my research was to find the right mentor for Frank.
I was looking into different mythology characters, symbols, characters from my life, etc. When I find frogs, I immediately fall in love with the idea. I think they are visually exciting; frogs are travellers, and they can travel through lands, through the water. In the shaman culture, frogs as totem animals have the power of transformation and travelling between the human world and the spirit realm. - Inspiration
- My main goal with this picture book was to tell a story and tackle a topic that is not that common in children's literature. A topic that was hard to understand when I was a kid and had me confused for a long time. The subject of death.
I am lucky to have all four of my grandparents alive and know them, but this is a rare phenomenon in my environment. Many people lose their grandparents during their childhood. The base idea comes from my childhood: I was always (and still am) scared of what would happen when my grandparent won't be here anymore. - Project Duration
- The project started in June 2021 in Helsinki.
- Operation Flow
- This picturebook has 12 fully illustrated pages. All the pages have a left-to-right flow, leading the eyes of the reader to the next page. The spreadsheets next to each other are designed to pair up based on different contrasts: e.g., on one page, when the composition is complex, then on the next page, the layout is minimal, or when Franks is high up in the sky, on the next page he goes deep under the ocean.
- Patents
- Copyright 2022 by Bence Mészáros
Written by Barnabás Csukás, based on an original story by Bence Mészáros - Team Members
- Designer, Illustrator: Bence Mészáros
Writer: Barnabás Csukás - Image Credits
- Creator Bence Mészáros, Frank and the Frog
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