Iron Print and Published Media Design · 2022
Time Capsule Book Design
by Yuchen Chen
- A' Design Award 2022 Iron Winner in Print and Published Media Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Absolutely Shock You Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 11,941
- Verification code E2FC0033A7 · Verify this award
About Time Capsule Book Design
The book is about the history of graphic design. Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. In order to hold audience's interest, adding interactiveness to the book, designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics, this book attempt to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience's actions and also to be handled and experienced.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The content of the book is about the history of graphic design. The book design inspired by archaeology. Designer make the book look like have long history as cultural relics. He choose unusual book design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history. It is a book that requires the audience’s actions and also to be handled and experienced.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 220 mm x Height 200 mm, 15 independent pages with package box.
- Tags
- book design, typography, history, graphic design, research, archaeologist, antique
- Production Technology
- The Book Design includeing Typography Design, Layout Design, Graphic Design and Package Design. it's not the traditional book binding design.
The book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. - Design Challenge
- It was a very urgent design case which only have one week to realized from concept to the real book. It was big challenge for designer.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2013 in Hangzhou and finished in January 2013 in Hangzhou.
- Operation Flow
- Designer did not choose the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
- Research
- This book design introduces the concept of archaeology to make the audience have more fun interacting with this book. Designer don’t want to use the traditional book binding design. He make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. he make the text word size too small to invisible, The unusual layout design to guide the audience to wear dust prevention gloves and take up brush and magnifier, act like archaeologist to research the history.
- Inspiration
- Designer want to engage audience in a more dynamic narrative experience and help them at the same time to understand the book more easily. he make the pages independent and mark the page number on each paper, he burning the edge of the page and sprinkle white powder on the pages, which make it look like have long history as cultural relics. The text word size also designed too small to invisible on purpose, which is have to use magnifier to read. This unusual book design will guide the audience act like archaeologist to research the history.