Kon Paper Iwe Iroyin by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìtẹ̀wé àti Àtẹ̀jáde Competition Category.

IdẹÌtẹ̀wé· 2022

Kon Paper Iwe Iroyin

by Julia Hell

Client: [kɔn] Paper e.V.

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

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The Design

About Kon Paper Iwe Iroyin

Kon Paper jẹ́ ìwé ìròyìn fún ìwé kíkọ àti àṣà. Ìwé ìròyìn náà ní àwọn abala mẹ́ta: àròkọ, feuilleton àti iṣẹ́-ọnà ọ̀rọ̀. Ìlàyáwọ̀n náà ṣàwárí àwọn ààlà tí ó wà láàrin onírúurú ọ̀nà ìkọ̀wé, ó sì fi wọ́n sí ọ̀nà tuntun, pẹ̀lú àwòṣe akáǹtì ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ fún abala kọ̀ọ̀kan. Àwọn àwòrán tí àwọn oníṣẹ́-ọnà oríṣiríṣi ṣe ń bá àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ náà rìn. Ìwọ̀n rẹ̀ jẹ́ mílímítà 220 sí 275, ó sì ní ojú-ìwé 52, tí a rọ̀ pọ̀ pẹ̀lú súfèé irin méjì ní ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀. Wọ́n lo bébà tí a tún ṣe àti inki tí kò léwu fún àyíká fún ẹ̀rọ ìtẹ̀wé. Àtúnṣe tí a ṣe ní ọdún 2020 fojúsùn láti ṣẹ̀dá ìwé ìròyìn tí ó lè pẹ́, tí àwọn òǹkàwé yóò máa fi pamọ́ sí àpótí ìwé wọn.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award

Kon Paper Iwe Iroyin jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Kon Paper Iwe Iroyin yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Kon Paper Iwe Iroyin ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: kon Paper is a magazine for literature and culture. The design and layout explores the boundaries of different texts and text forms. In three genres – essay, feuilleton and wortkunst – the known reading environments for the texts are questioned and sometimes brought into new contexts. The submitted texts are accompanied by illustrations, for which we collaborate with changing artists. The magazine was redesigned in 2020 and in the course of this, the format was adjusted as well as paper and a solid binding.
Dimensions & Packaging: The format of the magazine is 220 x 275 mm and contains 52 pages including the cover pages. We print on Vivus recycled paper. The inner part is 90g/m2 and the cover is 250g/m2. The booklet is bound with two staples through the spine. We cooperate with a printing company that focuses on sustainability. The printing inks are also environmentally friendly.
Tags: Magazine, Mage, Zine, Editorial, Layout, Illustration, Literature, Print
Production Technology: The magazine is printed on eco friendly recycling paper (Vivus 100)
with 90 grams per square meter for the content pages and 250 grams per square meter for the cover. Using sustainable ink, the whole magazine is now much more environmentally friendly then before the relaunch.
Design Challenge: Rethinking the new format. Previously printed in the Berlin newspaper format - one page is over A3 in size. Now the magazine has 220 x 275mm. A long essay had around 20,000 characters including spaces. That means four full pages in the new layout. So in addition to the design, there was also the huge challenge to throw our learned concepts overboard and completely reorganize the editorial work.
Research: Bi-weekly staff meetings are used to talk about the text entries and also the design and illustration concepts for each issue. There is a lot of feedback in input from the teammates that come for a non-design perspective. That this is one of the most fruitful ways to design a good product: Talking to the recipients and people who have a different perspective of the product.
Inspiration: The magazine was founded the project together with Pia Lobodzinski in 2015. Pia and Julia graduated from high school together. A few years after graduation, they both wanted to start a project together again. Pia had just started studying literature and Julia had graduated as a graphic designer. So the foundation of a magazine was almost obvious. For the look and feel of the magazine the constantly growing and lively self-publishing scene and a variety of exciting and unseen magazines were the source of inspiration.
Project Duration: The project was founded 2015 in Munich. Today the editorial team works form Munich, Berlin and Switzerland. The design work is done from Julia Hells Berlin-based studio. The project is ongoing releasing one issue per year.
Operation Flow: The first six issues of the magazine were printed on newspaper paper in the Berliner format. This made the product fragile and after reading it cover to cover it was basically destroyed. The magazine was completely revised and redesigned in 2020. In the course of this, the format was adapted as well as paper and a firm binding. The goal was to get a product that was sustainable and long lasting so that our readership would keep the magazines on their bookshelves.
Team Members: Illustrator: Carmen Reina