Pool 書封 by Jin-Zhi Liao 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

Pool 書封

by Jin-Zhi Liao

Client: Faces Publishing LTD.

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Pool 書封

《Pool》係為一本科學刊物創作嘅互動書封設計。設計以中文字重新演繹藻類嘅形態,將多種藻類嘅形狀分佈喺封面各處,等讀者一睇就即刻聯想到主題。唔同藻類種類嘅塗鴉圖案上咗局部上光油(spot varnish),營造出水面反光效果同埋逼真嘅質感。呢啲塗鴉延伸至整個封面,組成一個佈滿藻類嘅池塘影像。螢光黃同埋各種綠色調呈現出藻類嘅多樣性。封面內頁仲設有一個小小嘅配對遊戲,等讀者可以認識唔同藻類嘅名稱。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Pool 書封是 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Pool 書封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。Pool 書封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: Designer redesigns the look of algae with the Chinese character, and combined with numbers of algae on the cover, leading readers to associate with the topic immediately. Doodles of various types of algae are coated with translucent varnish which creates senses of watery reflection. They extend through the whole cover to create an image of pond that full of algae. A small matching quiz is designed on the inner cover for readers to get to know the names of algae.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 148 mm x Height 210 mm
Tags: book, press, meadia, graphic, algae, pond, pool
Production Technology: For the main visual design, it is coated with spot varnish to emphasize the vivid effect and the realistic texture while it is brightly colored with neon yellow and greenish tones.
Design Challenge: The process of finding an attractive and an eye-catching way to design a science book cover requires several attampts and brain-storming.
Inspiration: It starts from a small pond which is filled with algae floating on the top of the surface, and can be found everywhere. The colorful design is meant to show the diversities and interesting sides of algae. Readers can also associate with the algae they have seen by touching the varnished algae doodles.
Project Duration: The designing project started and finished in December 2019 in Tainan, Taiwan, and was published in Taiwan on 5th of Decenber, 2019.
Operation Flow: Besides from the vivid color it used. A samll interactive quiz is designed on the inner cover of the book. Readers can choose the corresponded names to match the correct algae.
Image Credits: Book Author in original language: Ruth Kassinger
Graphic Designer: Jin-Zhi, Liao