Literkolekcja 攝影集 by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Literkolekcja 攝影集 by Aleksandra Toborowicz is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 印刷設計 Competition Category.

鐵印刷· 2023

Literkolekcja 攝影集

by Aleksandra Toborowicz

Client: Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About Literkolekcja 攝影集

《Literkolekcja》係一本記錄公共空間文字表現嘅攝影集，內容涵蓋字體設計、排版同書法。呢啲相片喺過去十年間喺世界各地拍攝，主要用手機影，並刻意保留原始感，唔加任何人工美化。封面嘅目錄貫穿書脊，並延伸到出血位之外。文字部分完整重現相片上嘅題字，包括所有錯誤。排版刻意做得唔規則，藉此反映相中文字嘅不完美之處。採用瑞士裝訂，令相冊可以完全攤平擺放。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Literkolekcja 攝影集是 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Literkolekcja 攝影集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。Literkolekcja 攝影集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: On the cover there is a table of contents passing through the spine and extending beyond the bleed. The texts reproduce the inscriptions on the photos with all errors. The text is also deliberately agitated, which reflects the nature of the imperfections of the typography of the photos.
Dimensions & Packaging: photos in album: 383
pages: 416
format: 16,5 x 16,5 cm
binding: Swiss binding
circulation: 350
printed by: Drukarnia Petit
publishing house: Wydawnictwo ASP w Krakowie
ISBN: 978-83-66564-71-8
Tags: photobook, typography, lettering, book, editorial
Production Technology: The Swiss binding allows the album to be laid out flat, which facilitates the reception of photographs.
Research: Another aspect of the project is the desire to share the documented forms of character-letters in different cultures of the world - to inspire students of art and graphic design and typeface designers who, perhaps under the influence of photos, will create new typefaces.
Inspiration: "Litercollection" is a project presenting various manifestations of letter expression in public space: lettering, typography and calligraphy: from street signs, "street art" and street art, through typeface design and typography in industrial design, advertising and visual identification, to art based on on the letter (e.g. lettering installations) and calligraphy in various forms of expression.
The project is based on own photographic documentation made over the last decade, mainly using a mobile phone, in various places around the world and in various natural circumstances.
The photographs are deliberately raw in expression, without artificial aesthetics.
The constantly growing collection of photographic documentation currently includes about 800 photos taken in various parts of the world. Examples of lettering come mainly from Poland and Europe, but also from Arab countries. The author documents all manifestations of typography in various cultures of the world - from professional graphic designs to random combinations. The photos themselves and properly juxtaposed create a story, a narrative.
Project Duration: year: 2022
Kraków, Poland
Image Credits: photos of album: Grzegorz Kwiek