AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS FOR THE ALBUM "GRAFIKA ASP KRAKÓW"
– Winner in category Books in the 50 books | 50 covers organized by Design Observer & AIGA, NY USA, 2015
– Bronze A'Design Award in Graphics and Visual Communication Design Category 2014–2015, Italy
– Finalist – the European Design Awards, category Book Layout, Greece, 2015
– Distinction – the "Najpiękniejsze Książki Roku 2015" (The Most Beautiful Books of the Year 2015), Poland, 2015
– Distinction – the "Najpiękniejsze Książki Roku 2015" (The Most Beautiful Books of the Year 2015), Poland, 2015
– Merit Award – the Hiii Typography 2014, China, 2015
– featured on Behance and Editorial Design Served, USA, 2014–2015
– featured on Communication Arts – Exhibit Online, USA, 2015
– featured on Behance and Editorial Design Served, USA, 2014–2015
– featured on Communication Arts – Exhibit Online, USA, 2015
Album "Grafika ASP Kraków" / Graphic Arts Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
A bilingual, jubilee album released on the occasion of celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland features the comprehensive overview of the recent artistic activities of the Faculty. Album includes teachers' and students' artworks, texts illustrated with archival photographs, graphs showing the timelines period of employment of teachers, maps of the centre of Cracow with highlighted infographics of academy’s buildings and studios, and also annex with list of graduates of the Faculty of Graphic Arts 1951–2013.
The main goal was to refer by visual means and typography to the specific character of the Faculty.
The idea of the layout refers to the graphic art meanings: graphics - print - reflection - overpress - translation, the phase of creation/printing process, multiplication, copying, metal matrix, briefcase for prints.
The album’s layout is connection of classic and modern.
Another assumption was a transparent typography.
The book contains 5 four-paged covers folded in half, modeled on traditional cardboard briefcase for prints and contemporary appearance of laptops.
The album consists of three, main sections divided by metalic covers, which reminiscent the traditional metal printing matrixes.
Each chapter has different construction reffering to the idea of “many books in one book”. Different colours are assigned to each Department.
The album has sewn-glued binding with visible spine and is covered by belly band. Contains different kinds of paper depending on sections. Number of pages: 432 pages, 5 covers and 4 inserts. The format is: 24 cm x 28 cm.
Published by: Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts Press in Cracow
Edited by: prof. Krzysztof Tomalski
Edited by: prof. Krzysztof Tomalski
Editorial team: Łukasz Galusek, prof. Krzysztof Tomalski, dr hab. Agata Pankiewicz, prof. ASP, dr hab. Tomasz Daniec, dr Kuba Sowiński
Content reasearch and graphic design: Aleksandra Toborowicz
Dissertation supervisor: prof. ASP Władysław Targosz
Reviewers: prof. Henryk Gostyński, dr hab. Marek Olszyński
Reviewers: prof. Henryk Gostyński, dr hab. Marek Olszyński
English translation by: Monika Myszkiewicz
Proofreading: Paulina Orłowska, Hayden Berry
Graphs: Barbara Turkiewicz, Aleksandra Toborowicz
Year of release: 2014
Format: 280 x 240 mm
Year of release: 2014
Format: 280 x 240 mm
Number of pages: 432 + 5 covers + 4 inserts with timelines
ISBN: 978-83-64448-19-5
Photos: Kuba Sowiński
The whole album: http://issuu.com/aleksandratoborowicz/docs/album_grafika_asp_krakow
The whole album: http://issuu.com/aleksandratoborowicz/docs/album_grafika_asp_krakow
BELLY BAND The album is covered by a belly band with titles in Polish and English and with names of teacher’s employed at the Faculty of Graphic Arts (repeated from timelines).
COVERS Four paged, metallic cover modeled on briefcase for prints, graphic matrix and appearance of modern aluminum laptops
EMBOSSING Embossed titles in Polish on covers separating three main sections of the album, modeled on traditional printing matrix. Fot. Edyta Dufaj
COVERS The Polish titles of sections are embossed on each cover. It refers to a graphic matrix. The translation in English is printed / reflected on the following, white sheet of cover. Fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
NAVIGATION BY COLOUR Four colours assigned to four Departments ↑ Department of Drawing and Painting opening page; The red colour assigned to the Department of Drawing and Painting
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
The album has won the Bronze A'Design Award in Graphics and Visual Communication Design Category 2014–2015
MAPS Map of the centre of Cracow with highlighted academy’s buildings from each four Departments ↑ Map of Studios’ location from Department of Drawing and Painting; fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
DELIBERATE PRINTING ERRORS Inspired by printing process errors; Fragment of text with shifted colour; Fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
fot. Edyta Dufaj
The album has been awarded by Exhibit Online by Communication Arts:
The finalist of the Hiii Typography 2014 competition: http://www.hiiibrand.com/competion.php?act=lwmd&id=18
