Architectural Traces 書 by Stjepko Rosin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 印刷設計 Competition Category.

鐵印刷· 2022

Architectural Traces 書

by Stjepko Rosin

Client: Naklada Boskovic

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Architectural Traces 書

《建築軌跡》係一本關於一位達爾馬提亞建築師作品嘅書。書封有一個斜邊,遠睇好似鋪住典型羅馬瓦片嘅屋頂。近睇嗰陣,個圖案其實係嗰位建築師脊椎嘅真實磁力共振掃描影像。呢個視覺錯覺揭示咗喺受人讚賞嘅建築物背後,隱藏住嘅痛苦現實。呢本書尺寸為270毫米 x 270毫米 x 35毫米,採用膠印紙印刷,配以精裝線裝釘裝,冇外包裝。喺使用期間,書封會打開至一個傾斜嘅角度。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Architectural Traces 書是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Architectural Traces 書將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Architectural Traces 書因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Looking from a distance at the sloping side of the cover, we recognize a roof with typical Dalmatian Roman tiles. It is created by the optical illusion of images of the actual Magnetic resonance of the architect's spine, which can be seen when we approach the book. They reveal the hidden and painful reality of a responsible Dalmatian architect, the one behind the buildings we admire.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions are 270 mm x 270 mm x 35 mm
Tags: Book, Architecture, Spine, Traces, Dalmatian, Roman
Production Technology: The format of the book was chosen as the one that corresponds to the difference in proportions and quality content of the publication, not too large for the convenience of leafing. It is printed on quality offset paper, hard, stitched binding without the outer paper wrapper.
Design Challenge: The challenge was how to show the life of an architect who is not easy. To show it true in a society that has prejudices against responsible architects and that perceives architecture in the wrong way. Show that not all architects are the same.
Research: Almost a lifelong experience, living in the same household with an architect, talking many times about architecture, I witnessed many successes but also injustice, misunderstanding, pressure, threats, sleepless nights, and consequently health problems.
Inspiration: The Dalmatian architecture disappears under the trends. The authors of the book, called Architectural Traces, describe the works of a renowned Dalmatian architect Jerko Rosin, as modest, considerate, rational, responsible for the area, without unnecessary trendy views. And on the spine that has not bent in front of insatiable investors, which are consistency, stress, and years spent in a chair, I notice some different architectural, more painful, traces.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2019 in Split and finished in January 2020 in Split, and was exhibited in Hotel Park congress hall in January 2020.
Operation Flow: The book is not designed flat. Although it communicates even when closed, it comes to full expression during use, when opening the book, when the cover comes into its open oblique position.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #2: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #3: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #4: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #5: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021