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Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi by Yuchen Chen

Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi by Yuchen Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Okushicilelwe Competition Category.


InsimbiOkushicilelwe· 2022

Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi

by Yuchen Chen

Client: Absolutely Shock You Studio

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Okushicilelwe Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi

Incwadi imayelana nomlando wokuklanywa kwezithombe. Umklami ufuna ukubandakanya izethameli ekwazisweni okulandisayo okushukumisayo futhi azisize ngesikhathi esifanayo ukuthi ziqonde incwadi kalula. Ukuze ubambe isithakazelo sababukeli, wengeze ukusebenzisana encwadini, umklami wenza incwadi ibukeke sengathi inomlando omude njengezinsalela zamasiko, le ncwadi izama ukuqondisa izethameli ukuthi zigqoke amagilavu ​​okuvikela uthuli futhi zithathe ibhulashi nesikhulisa, zenze njengomvubukuli lapho cwaninga. umlando. Liyincwadi edinga izenzo zababukeli kanye nokuba isingathwe namava.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Time Capsule Umklamo Wencwadi iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The content of the book is about the history of graphic design. The book design inspired by archaeology. Designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics. He choose unusual book design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience’s actions and also to be handled and experienced.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 220 mm x Height 200 mm, 15 independent pages with package box.
Tags
book design, typography, history, graphic design, research, archaeologist, antique
Production Technology
The Book Design includeing Typography Design, Layout Design, Graphic Design and Package Design. it's not the traditional book binding design.
The book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book.
Design Challenge
It was a very urgent design case which only have one week to realized from concept to the real book. It was big challenge for designer.
Research
This book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. Designer don’t want to use the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
Inspiration
Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. he make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. The text word size also designed too small to invisible on purpose, which is have to use magnifier to read. This unusual book design will guide the audience act like archaeologist to research the history.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2013 in Hangzhou and finished in January 2013 in Hangzhou.
Operation Flow
Designer did not choose the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.

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