The Classic of Tea 書籍設計 by Junheng Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 印刷設計 Competition Category.

銅印刷· 2020

The Classic of Tea 書籍設計

by Junheng Li

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 印刷 Category

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The Design

About The Classic of Tea 書籍設計

《茶經》係一款以現存最早嘅茶學文獻記錄為藍本嘅書籍設計。呢本書連同佢嘅包裝,全部採用山毛櫸木製作。書名居中,以紅銅雕刻而成。每一頁都係一塊可以獨立拆出嚟細睇嘅木板。書蓋由中間向兩邊打開,整本書可以完整噉攞出嚟。內頁運用鐳射雕刻機同顏料製作而成。呢種物料嘅選擇,係參考中國古代文化——古時嘅文字記錄多刻喺竹、木同青銅之上,而呢啲物料正正亦係早期茶文化息息相關嘅載體。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

The Classic of Tea 書籍設計是 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The Classic of Tea 書籍設計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。The Classic of Tea 書籍設計出色地滿足需求，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: Redesigned The Classic of Tea, which is the world's earliest book recording tea. The book is wholly made and packaged by beech wood. The central title is carved with red copper. Ancient Chinese culture before Christ was mostly handed down by bamboo, trees and bronze, and tea culture also evolved from these three materials.
Dimensions & Packaging: packaging:230mm*230mm*60mm
page:210mm*210mm*1.2mm
Tags: tea, book, wood, copper, traditional
Production Technology: Beech wood, red copper, painting, laser engraving machine,
Design Challenge: The combination of the power, speed, and engraving material density of the laser machine is the key to improving use rate of the finished product rate. I have tested more than 30 times in total.
Research: Re-editing ancient books with Adobe Illustrator, then using laser engraving mechanisms for finished products, controlling the balance between laser engraving machines and paints is the most difficult part of the project
Inspiration: As Laozi recorded in the Tao Te Ching "nature from the way, and the way from what is beneath abstraction". There is a close relationship between tea culture and traditional Chinese Taoist culture. The ancient people enjoyed the return to nature and self in the process of drinking tea,coinciding with the Taoist concept of "harmony between man and nature".
Project Duration: Production starts in 2017 and ends in Beijing in 2018
Operation Flow: Open the lid of the book from the middle to the sides, take out the whole book, each page of the book is made of wood, can be taken out separately to watch
Image Credits: Designer Junheng Li，The classic of tea，2018