Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊 by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊 by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 印刷設計 Competition Category.

銅印刷· 2021

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Client: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊

《斯卡爾內波德哈萊地區音樂》係一本學習高地音樂嘅教學手冊。呢套三冊嘅書籍涵蓋咗樂理、指法記譜同埋樂譜記譜法,並附有錄音。每一冊都可以完全攤平打開,方便喺演奏音樂嘅時候使用。封面設計結合咗山脈嘅輪廓線同音樂編輯軟件入面聲音錄製嘅視覺效果,形成一幅鏡像圖案,令人聯想起山中湖泊嘅倒影。書名同圖案係用絲網印刷技術,印喺帶有紅色綫嘅原色亞麻布上面,呼應咗傳統高地服飾嘅特色。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Music of the Skalne Podhale Region 音樂教學手冊出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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