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Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde by Yu Zhuang

Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àwòrán, Àpèjúwe àti Ìbánisọ̀rọ̀ Ojú-Ìwòran Competition Category.


FàdákàÀwòrán· 2020

Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Àwòrán Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde

Igi àti Ọ̀gbìn jẹ́ àpèjúwe ìkéde tí a ṣẹ̀dá fún ìpàdé àpérò lórí iṣẹ́ ọnà ilé kíkọ́ tí ó wáyé ní Tokyo, ní orílẹ̀-èdè Japan. Àkòrí ìpàdé àpérò náà ni bí a ṣe lè lo igi, ohun èlò àtijọ́, ní ọ̀nà tuntun nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà ilé kíkọ́ ti òde òní. Àpèjúwe náà lo èdè àwòrán ti òde òní láti ṣàfihàn àwòrán àtijọ́ ti àwọn òrùka igi. A dán àwọn ìlà tí ó yàtọ̀ ní iye, ní bí wọ́n ṣe nípọn tó, ní bí wọ́n ṣe wọ́ tó, àti ní àwọ̀ wò láti ṣe àpẹẹrẹ náà. Àbájáde rẹ̀ jẹ́ èyí tí ó ní ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ ìṣirò, síbẹ̀ ẹwà àdánidá rẹ̀ ṣì wà. Àpèjúwe náà ní ìwọ̀n mílímítà 210 ní 297. A fi hàn ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà, níbi tí àwọn àlejò ti lè mú àwọn ìwé pẹpẹ kékeré.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award

Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde 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 Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde 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. Wood and Tree Àpèjúwe Ìkéde 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
It's a poster for an architecture seminar which is called "Wood & Tree" in Tokyo, Japan. The theme is about new possibility of application of wood which is a kind of classic material on modern architecture. So modern graphic language is used to simulate classic drawing to express annual ring. The main vision is mathematical but still can feel natural beauty.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 210mm x Height 297mm
Tags
Modern, mathematical, nature, minimal, geometric
Production Technology
Hundreds of annual ring's photo was collected as a reference. Adobe Illustrator is the main software to complete the poster.
Design Challenge
The hardest part is using mathematical graphic to simulate nature shape such as annual ring and expressing both aesthetics at the same time.
Research
The number, thickness, curvature, color, etc. of the lines have been extensively tested to express annual ring.
Inspiration
The inspiration is from annual ring. Wood is a kind of material without life. But different from other material, people can still feel vitality by the smell and texture and so on. The annual ring is the evidence which can prove it was lived as a tree. And the beautiful curve is intoxicating.
Project Duration
The project started in Aug 2018 and finished in September 2019 in Tokyo, and was exhibited in gallery of Myojyuji Saruein September 2018.
Operation Flow
It was displayed at the entrance, visiter could take the small flyers by themselves to understand the theme of the exhibition.
Team Members
Zhuang Yu
Image Credits
Image #1: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #2: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #3: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #4: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.
Image #5: illustrator Zhuang Yu, 2018.

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