Time Book 书挡 by Yi Tong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金奖 in 家具设计 Competition Category.

金家具· 2020

Time Book 书挡

by Yi Tong

Client: Quinsay

A' Design Award 金奖 Winner in 家具 Category

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The Design

About Time Book 书挡

《时间之书》是一款可用于书桌或书架的书挡。每件书挡均由手工抛光的水晶玻璃块制成,表面以特殊油墨丝网印刷,并经高温固化处理。水晶玻璃的高密度赋予书挡使用时的稳定性。该设计在功能、形态与材质上皆追求极简,宛如一件书形雕塑,以形态清晰地呈现其功能。印刷文字采用 Quinsay Parto 字体,书脊上的字母 MMXIX 即为罗马数字的 2019。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金奖

Time Book 书挡是 A' Design Award 金奖得主，这是授予一流、绝妙而杰出设计的极为崇高的认可。金奖得主是极具创新、极富远见且璀璨夺目的创作，反映出其设计师的天才、智慧与才干。预计Time Book 书挡将成为一项备受赞誉、引领潮流、气势恢宏的发明，带来前所未有的价值。这件赢得 A' Design Award 金奖的设计是一个壮观而受人敬重的项目，极大地造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Time Book 书挡激起强烈的渴望，唤起激情，鼓励创造力，令我们着迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Bookends are made by hand-polished crystal glass blocks. Special ink was screen printed on the surface and cured at high temperature. The high density of crystal glass gives them perfect stability when in use.
Time Book is minimalistic in terms of function, form and material, it’s like a book-shaped sculpture. The function is clearly presented by its form.
The text on the book uses Quinsay Parto typeface designed by Time book’s designer. The “MMXIX” on the book spine is the Roman numeral writing of “2019”.
Dimensions & Packaging: 120(l), 55(w), 135(h)mm
Tags: Bookend, Book, Glass, Typography, Font
Production Technology: Crystal Glass
Design Challenge: Designers wish to keep their design minimalistic in terms of function, form and material. Time Book is like a book-shaped sculpture. The function is clearly presented by its form.
Research: Bookends are made by hand-polished crystal glass blocks. Special ink was screen printed on the surface and cured at high temperature. The high density of crystal glass gives them perfect stability when in use.
Inspiration: Time Book is inspired by Marquez’s novel. The opening of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is printed on Time Book. It is the beginning of a great novel.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2018 and finished in December 2018 in Hangzhou(China), and was exhibited in Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai in February 2019.
Operation Flow: Time Book can be placed on a desk or a bookshelf. The high density of crystal glass gives them perfect stability when it is used.stability when in use.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Quinsay Design,2019
Team Members: Creative Director:Tong Yi
Product Designer:Tong Yi
Typeface Designer:Tong Yi
Image Credits: Photographe:Wu Wenbin