Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册 by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册 by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 印刷与出版媒体设计 Competition Category.

铜印刷· 2021

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Client: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册

《斯卡尔内波德哈莱地区音乐》是一套学习高地民族音乐的教程。这套三卷本涵盖乐理、指法记谱与五线谱记谱，并附有录音资料。每一卷均可完全平摊展开，便于演奏音乐时舒适翻阅使用。封面图形将山峦地平线与音乐编辑软件中声波录音的视觉形态相结合，构成镜像式画面，令人联想到山间湖泊中的倒影。书名与图形采用丝网印刷工艺印制于带有红色织线的原色亚麻布上，呼应传统高地民族服饰。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音乐教学手册出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The textbook prepared by Krzysztof Trebunia-Tutka is the first such comprehensive publication in Poland devoted to highlander music. They consist of 3 volumes: "A handful of theories" (the most substantively and visually diverse), "Finger notation" and "Music notation" as well as recordings with which people who want to learn the secrets of highlander music should become familiar with.

The graphics on the covers refer to the mountain horizon view and sound recording (recording the soundtrack in a music editing program). It is also an optical illusion of a reflection in the water (a reference to mountain lakes in which mountains "look at each other"), as well as a reflection of the notes: note and finger, which represent the same content in two different forms. Horizontal typography completes the division of the reflection and strengthens the game of associations.
The cover image is vivid, expressive. Strongly contrasting combination of intense green and deep black emphasizes the emotionality and energy of highlander music.
In volumes 2 and 3, color inversion was used, in volume 1 (theoretical), the form of a sketch / drawing / outline was used - in order to distinguish it from the materials for the practical learning of the game. Such a procedure makes it possible to refer indirectly to the outline of the theory.
Dimensions & Packaging: Format: 23,5 cm x 30,5 cm;
Number of pages: vol. 1: 88, vol. 2: 344, vol. 3: 300;
Cover: 73250 Brillance canvas, silkscreen;
End paper: Antalis PopSet Ultra Red 120 g/m2;
Inside paper: Alto Naturel vol. 1,5, 100 g/m2;
Inside print: vol. 1: offset 5+5 (186 U Pantone + CMYK), vol. 2: offset 2+2 (black + Pantone 583 U), vol. 3: offset 2+2 (black + Pantone 583 U);
Circulation: 1000;
sewn-glued binding;
red threads;
red elastic-belly band
Tags: music, tradition, mountains, music processing program, highlander, tatra, notes, music notes,
Production Technology: The title and graphics printed on covers are in the silk-screen technology.

The elastic belly band around the three-volume release evokes associations with a vertical line ("scale" - marker) in an audio processing program. Red color accents: threads, end paper and elastic contrast with the green and black of the covers, they are an additional portion of energy.

The use of raw linen with a strong weave and red threads is a reference to traditional highlander costumes.
Design Challenge: The publication is a specific anthology of the most important and beautiful highlander melodies and songs, often forgotten or rarely performed.
Inspiration: The aim of the graphic design was to translate the foundations of highlander traditions into modern design ideas.
The project priority was to show the "spirit of Polish mountains" and the energy of highlander music. The concept is a story intertwined from several threads that overlap and harmonize with the content on different levels.
Conditions: traditional Polish highlander (Tatra) music, energy, mountains’ landscape, music processing program.
Project Duration: 2019–2021; Kraków; Poland
Operation Flow: The publication is opened "flat", which ensures the comfort of using individual volumes while performing music.
Team Members: Aleksandra Toborowicz
Image Credits: Aleksandra Toborowicz – photos