Joyful Visang 小學教科書 by Jaehun Kim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 教育設計 Competition Category.

銀教育· 2022

Joyful Visang 小學教科書

by Jaehun Kim

Client: Visang

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 教育 Category

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The Design

About Joyful Visang 小學教科書

《Joyful Visang》係一系列小學數學、社會同科學嘅教科書。呢套教科書以遊戲同活動為中心，鼓勵學生積極參與。每個封面都反映咗學科內容：數學嘅幾何圖形砌成熟悉嘅物件、社會嘅世界徐徐展開嘅視野、科學嘅英雄故事。圓角設計同抗菌塗層提升咗安全性。可摺疊嘅摺頁可以做書籤，穿孔區域方便寫名，而立體印刷更加添咗立體效果。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Joyful Visang 小學教科書是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Joyful Visang 小學教科書將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Joyful Visang 小學教科書是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Visang developed play and activity-oriented elementary school textbooks that encourage active student participation. Learning content was developed to demonstrate its applicability to students. The mathematics text cover combines several geometric shapes to express the appearance of objects in the world. The social studies text evokes curiosity by 'looking into the world' as it unfolds in the book. The science text stimulates the power of imagination with stories of heroes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 215mm X height 280mm / Cover: art paper 250g, Body: high quality textbook 75g, Material: art paper 120g, 250g
Tags: math, science, society, vividness, learning, education, textbook, book design, children, students
Production Technology: Antibacterial coating and the rounded corners of the book for the safety of students. Visang added function and aesthetics through post-processing techniques. The math text uses a foldable flap that serves as a bookmark. For social studies, a perforated portion can be removed, leaving a space to write the students’ own names for identification. Lastly, science textbooks employ 3D lenticular technology, giving a moving, three-dimensional effect to the subject, piquing students’ curiosity.
Design Challenge: Digital natives are daily exposed to various media and colorful designs and have recognized traditional textbook designs as dull and boring. To remedy this, Visang transformed textbook designs in tandem with research institutes and through a variety of design experiments. In addition, following changes in the educational environment and student perspectives, Visang designed their textbooks to fully cultivate student subject competencies through remote classes or self-regulated learning.
Research: Visang textbooks are designed to be play and activity-centered, based on experiences that allow children to digest the contents of the textbook. After passing the 2021 accreditation for elementary textbooks, it was confirmed that the math, social studies, and science textbooks can kindle curiosity in students.
Inspiration: Traditionally, effective designs were aimed at universality that would not interfere with studying. However, modern students, who are daily exposed to diverse media and designs, find the old textbooks banal and uninspiring, failing to be interested or curious about the subjects. In order to remedy the problems of dull designs in the existing textbooks, Visang conducted experiments in cooperation with research institutes and directed the results towards changing textbook design.
Project Duration: This project first began in January 2020, and was completed in October 2021 / Korea, Visang
Operation Flow: Visang proposes an educational perspective aimed toward engaging learning. The cover design includes content from the course, enabling students to have engaging discussions and activities about what students will learn. Not only are the cover designs connected to learning content, but also employ dynamic and vibrantly colored illustrations that spark student interest. Additionally, the main text is designed to maximize the learning effect by considering the natural movement of the readers’ eyes.
Team Members: Designer: Minyoung Lee, SunHye Park, JaeYeon Jeon, Jieun Lee, Jin Kim, EunHee Kim, KyungHwa Jung, HyeJin Jo, YounSeok Choi, Seyeon Jeong,
Creative Director: KyoungMi Yoo, Sanghyun An