Pool 书籍封面 by Jin-Zhi Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 印刷与出版媒体设计 Competition Category.

铁印刷· 2022

Pool 书籍封面

by Jin-Zhi Liao

Client: Faces Publishing LTD.

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Pool 书籍封面

《Pool》是为一本科学出版物设计的互动式书籍封面。设计以汉字重新诠释藻类的形态,并在封面上布满多种藻类形象,让读者一眼便与主题产生联结。不同种类藻类的涂鸦均施以局部UV上光,营造出水面反光效果与逼真质感。这些涂鸦延展至整个封面,构成一幅布满藻类的池塘图景。霓虹黄与偏绿色调展现出藻类的多样性。封面内页还设有一个小型配对问答,让读者了解各种藻类的名称。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Pool 书籍封面是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Pool 书籍封面将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Pool 书籍封面因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Designer redesigns the look of algae with the Chinese character, and combined with numbers of algae on the cover, leading readers to associate with the topic immediately. Doodles of various types of algae are coated with translucent varnish which creates senses of watery reflection. They extend through the whole cover to create an image of pond that full of algae. A small matching quiz is designed on the inner cover for readers to get to know the names of algae.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 148 mm x Height 210 mm
Tags: book, press, meadia, graphic, algae, pond, pool
Production Technology: For the main visual design, it is coated with spot varnish to emphasize the vivid effect and the realistic texture while it is brightly colored with neon yellow and greenish tones.
Design Challenge: The process of finding an attractive and an eye-catching way to design a science book cover requires several attampts and brain-storming.
Inspiration: It starts from a small pond which is filled with algae floating on the top of the surface, and can be found everywhere. The colorful design is meant to show the diversities and interesting sides of algae. Readers can also associate with the algae they have seen by touching the varnished algae doodles.
Project Duration: The designing project started and finished in December 2019 in Tainan, Taiwan, and was published in Taiwan on 5th of Decenber, 2019.
Operation Flow: Besides from the vivid color it used. A samll interactive quiz is designed on the inner cover of the book. Readers can choose the corresponded names to match the correct algae.
Image Credits: Book Author in original language: Ruth Kassinger
Graphic Designer: Jin-Zhi, Liao