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Ukd Catalog by Izabela Jurczyk Wins the A' Design Award in Print and Published Media Design
Izabela Jurczyk acknowledged for print and published media design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Ukd Catalog by Izabela Jurczyk, designed for The National Library of Poland, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Print and Published Media Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Ukd Catalog
Ukd is a printed catalog used to classify texts by the fields and disciplines of science, culture and human activity. The publication divides these fields with large colored dividers printed on mass dyed paper, so each field can be located quickly. Domain symbols are clearly labeled, with symbols placed on the left and descriptions on the right, which shows how symbols for lower level categories are formed. The book has a hardcover embossed with silver foil for durability. Inserts are made of decorative papers and printed in CMYK and Pantone colors.
About Izabela Jurczyk
Artist, designer, educator and art curator. Assistant professor at the Institute of Graphic Design of the Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where I teach the basics of graphic design, social design and accessible design. I am involved in educational projects at the intersection of art and science, I cooperate with the Center for Digital Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Łódź. I have several dozen publications on art topics to my credit, as well as numerous projects in the field of visual identification of public space and cultural events.
Award Record
Izabela Jurczyk is a winner of 11 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2014 - 2015 and the 2023 - 2024 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Print and Published Media Design Award
The A' Print Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good printed and published media by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to print designers, published media designers, graphic designers and typography experts from all countries. Typical entries include brochures, posters, magazines, catalogs, flyers and business cards. The awarded print designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/print
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/160411
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/160411
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!160411
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/115153
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bitly.ws/3eZ2I
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ukd Catalog
- Function
- Catalog
- Category
- Print and Published Media Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Entertainment
- Colors
- Indian Red, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Medium Violet Red and Pale Violet Red
- Images
- 5
- Client
- The National Library of Poland
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Izabela Jurczyk
- Country
- Poland
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #160411
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Robert Bobryk
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Ukd serves to catalog texts depending on the fields and disciplines of science, culture and human activity. The modern Ukd design clearly divides the fields, which is the most important element in the structure of the publication and the cataloging process - hence the colorful, large dividers on mass-dyed paper. Clear labeling of domain symbols and the arrangement of these symbols within paragraphs allows you to quickly understand how these symbols are created.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration was the desire to break with the greyness, uniformity and blandness of previous Ukd publications and the paintings of Mark Rohtko with their color. Catalog is used in every library. Until now, searching for a given field required browsing through the entire publication or going back to the table of contents. The choice of vivd colors for field division refers to the division of physical space into bookshelves. Using publications is like navigating through a real library.
- Challenge
- A major complication was the bookbinding, workmanship and material aspects of the publication, combined with the high circulation. The interleave pages had to be cut and sewn-in separately and manually, which prolonged and complicated the entire production process. Similarly difficult was the selection of Pantone colors for screen printing on mass-dyed paper and the best possible repetition of the color of the mass-dyed paper in the Pantone color of the digits symbolizing the field.
- Realization and Technology
- Hardcover, embossed with silver foil. Inserts made of various decorative papers. CMYK and pantone printed
- Operation and Interaction
- When librarians take the book in their hands, they immediately know that they are dealing with a new edition of the Ukd tables – so different is this edition from the previous ones. They also see its structure immediately, even before opening the publication. After a short use, the librarian learns what colors are associated with particular fields and can immediately open the publication on the part that interests him. Thanks to the contrast with the thin paper of the book block, the thick paper of the double dividers makes it easier to find the place where a given field begins.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2019 in Lodz and finished in November 2019 in Warsaw
- Specifications
- 215 mm x 36 mm x 310 mm
- Keywords
- book, publication, disciplines, catalog, science, culture
