Bambook
Novum Design Award
WINNER
GOLDEN
Digital Art and Graphic Design Category
in
2021
Project Title
Bambook
Project Function
Book
Project Location
Singapore
Project Tags
Graphic Design; Book Design
Office Name
Designing Cultures Studios
Team Members
Jesvin Yeo
Office Link
Copyrights
Designing Cultures Studios
Project Description
In the age of the e-book, the 225-strip bamboo book offers a different take on scrolling text. It deliberately adopts the form of an ancient Chinese scroll (4.35 meters in length), which allows for the depiction of a continuous narrative. Tradition and culture are symbols of thought, and it is important to pass them on to our younger generation. Thus, this book aims to serve as a platform for a better understanding of cultural materials and to provide our next generation with a delightful capture of the long-lost tradition of reading a bamboo scroll book.
This limited edition introduces the symbolic imagery of Hokkien architectural style temples. It combines illustrations and incisive texts about specific symbols and representative images of 3 centuries-old temples built between the 18th and 19th centuries. Each article explains the meaning, myths and materials of these symbolic images.
The lack of bamboo, the use of a laser machine to achieve small details and 6-point text and the right thread to support the weight of the book (about 4 kg) are challenges to be overcome in book production. Mainly by hand, each book takes five days to complete.
Project Link
Image Credits
Jesvin Yeo
NDA210144
DESIGN SCORE: /100
93
GOLDEN
Novum Design Award Winner in
2021
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