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Designer: Karla Kocijan Work: Book Classification: Print

About Furniture

There is a lot of literature on furniture in Croatia, however, much of it is geared toward professional audiences. With the book About furniture, the aim was to create a comprehensive handbook that serves as a valuable resource for both students and experts alike. This handbook will provide fundamental, yet pertinent information on the history, categorization, and prominent designers of furniture, making it a frequently referenced tool for those seeking a fundamental understanding of the subject. All the drawings are made by hand by Diana Sokolic.

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Designer: SUNG HO NAM Work: Book Classification: Print

Beyond the Blue

Beyond the Blue is a book about environmental issues related to the sea. Each chapter is introduced by a distinct color chip that shows a different face of the ocean. A green chip stands for a healthy sea forest, while a red chip refers to a sea darkened by whale blood. Color is used as a simple and universal way to explain complex environmental topics to readers of all ages. The book measures 187 mm by 245 mm and has 90 pages. Printing uses soybean oil ink on 100 g matte paper, and thread binding reduces the use of glue.

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Designer: Sunghoon Kim Work: Book Design Classification: Print

Kang Yoonsung

The book commemorates the retirement of Kang Yoonsung, a graphic designer and university professor. Since ancient times, there has been a custom in Korea to make rainbow rice cakes on auspicious occasions such as 100 days, 1st birthday, marriage, and 60th birthday. He hoped that retirement would be a feast day, not a sad day, so the concept of the book became rainbow rice cake. The book was composed of letters from 60 colleagues and disciples from Korea, China and Japan, and design work by Kang Yoonsung. The book was designed using colored paper to express the rainbow rice cake.

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Designer: Wang Zhi Work: Book Classification: Print

Chadao

The cover materials and colors of the hardcover are used to create a clear way to present the typical colors of Pu'er tea. The font design and layout are properly left blank, and the overall layout is full of changes. Modern design language is used to explain the charm of Chinese Pu'er tea, and the chapter design is simple and clear. The pictures and content are well matched and interesting. The graphics and text are harmoniously and properly presented.

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Designer: Juyeon Park Work: Illustration Classification: Print

Zodiacville Runners

Zodiacville Runners is an illustrated children's fairy tale about the animals of Zodiacville, which join a running festival hosted by the Dragon King. The illustrations combine features of traditional Korean minhwa painting with a digital pointillism style. Many faint dots were layered one by one, inspired by an oriental back-painting technique. The book measures 260 by 260 millimetres and has rounded corners for safety. Part one presents the story for children, while part two offers learning guides and supplementary material for educators.

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Designer: Pavel Kozlov Work: Illustration Classification: Print

Simple BIO Wine

Illustrations and catalogue design for Simple Wine company, which import and sell alcohol and water. Main task of this illustrations was to show organic, sustainable and natural wines, which company offering to clients. All illustrations realized in "paper cut" style where main contour and color sketch was created in Illustrator, and after that was painted and finished in Photoshop.

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Designer: Gerhard Kirchschläger Work: Magazine Classification: Print

Printed Food Blog

Better than Perfect is a food magazine that brings an internet food blog into printed form. The recipes are creative yet simple, and each recipe is presented on a double-page spread with large photographs and lively typography. The layout uses generous empty space and breaks common viewing habits to create visual tension. The magazine measures 22 by 31 centimetres and has 32 pages. Recycled birch paper, digital printing and thread stitching are used. An ingredients index closes the magazine and can also serve as a shopping list.

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Designer: Aleksandra Toborowicz Work: A Manual for Learning Highlander Music Classification: Print

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region

Music of the Skalne Podhale Region is a manual for learning highlander music. The three-volume set covers theory, finger notation and music notation, and is accompanied by recordings. Each volume opens flat, which allows comfortable use while music is performed. The cover graphics combine a mountain horizon with the look of a sound recording in a music editing program, and form a mirrored image that recalls reflections in mountain lakes. Titles and graphics are printed by silk screen on raw linen with red threads, a reference to traditional highlander costumes.

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Designer: Adriana Solis Martinez Work: Federal Compliance Document Classification: Print

UIC Safety

The 2020 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is a graphic representation of the real-life collage technique. Combining seemingly-unrelated elements into a new landscape with the purpose of problem-solving, the illustrations and data representation of this document translates the complex concepts, procedures, and policies into fantastic and beautiful surreal worlds. The unfamiliar elements work in sync to simplify and materialize the diverse essence of the University of Illinois at Chicago and creates and fosters knowledge that transforms the views of the world.

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Designer: DONG QI Work: Book Classification: Print

Xicang Market

Xicang Market is a book that documents a weekly street market in Xi'an, China. The book records the objects used as stalls, the ways of displaying goods, the handwritten signs and the relationship between people and objects. The design is kept minimal so that the material is simply presented. The book is divided into eight chapters: location, market, signs, stalls, oral accounts, goods, price and vendors. Each chapter is independent and restores part of the market scene. Paper similar to the advertising flyers found at the market was chosen for one chapter.

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Designer: Liao Jin-Zhi Work: Communicative Visual Book Classification: Print

Defy

Defy is a book cover design created for a published title about anarchism. A pair of glasses forms the main visual element and is coated with spot varnish to make the texture look more realistic. The cover and the belly band show common objects that people in Taiwan often use to build barricades, such as traffic cones, barrels and benches. Industrial packaging paper is used as the printing material. The color scheme of red, black and white suggests rebellion and revolution. The familiar objects link an abstract idea to daily life.

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Designer: Jurga Rakauskaite-Larkin Work: Academic Book Classification: Print

Vicereines of Ireland

Vicereines of Ireland is an academic book about a group of overlooked women in Irish history. The design captures the rich material world of these women and also reflects the humanity of their actions. The colour palette was taken from blush pink paints that survive on the paint palette of one of the women. The end papers were inspired by an old Italian marbled notebook and were made with a traditional spot marbling technique that was then digitally adapted. A gold foil frame is blocked on the hardcover behind the cover image, so the woman shown comes forward.

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