Wood and Tree Iphosta by Yu Zhuang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award in Igrafikhi Competition Category.

IsilivaIgrafikhi· 2020

Wood and Tree Iphosta

by Yu Zhuang

Client: Jia Saitama

Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Winner in Igrafikhi Category

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The Design

About Wood and Tree Iphosta

Ukhuni Nesihlahla iyiphosta eyakhelwe isiminari sokwakha esibanjwe eTokyo, eJapan. Indikimba yesiminari iwukusetshenziswa okusha kokhuni, okuyinto endala, ekwakhiweni kwesimanje. Iphosta isebenzisa ulimi lwe-graphic lwesimanje ukulingisa umdwebo omdala wamasongo esihlahla. Imigqa yenani, ukuqina, ukugoba nombala ehlukene yahlolwa ukuze kwakheke iphethini. Umphumela unesakhiwo sezibalo, kodwa ubuhle bemvelo busalele. Iphosta ikala amamilimitha angu-210 nga-297. Yaboniswa emnyango, lapho izivakashi zazingathatha khona amaphetshana amancane.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Wood and Tree Iphosta iwinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile ngokungajwayelekile okunikezwa imiklamo esezingeni eliphezulu, ebukekayo nethinta kakhulu. Abawinile beSiliva yimisebenzi egqamile kakhulu nedala kakhulu ebonisa ubungcweti obuphawulekayo, italente nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Wood and Tree Iphosta ilindeleke ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omuhle wesibonelo, onobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezijulile. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award uyinto entsha ebonakala kakhulu nethakazelisayo esiza futhi isunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Wood and Tree Iphosta iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

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.