The Birth of a Book Scientific Publication
Urszula Gireń
Print and Published Media Design The Birth of a Book Scientific Publication by Urszula Gireń The Birth of a Book is a printed publication about book design in 16th century Poland. The book presents old prints at real size, so readers can see the original formats. The dust jacket shows the imposition method used for the old octavo format. A ribbon bookmark marks the heights of folio, quarto and octavo books. Woodcuts on the title pages are printed in color inversion, recalling matrices covered with black ink. The format is 256 by 320 millimeters, with 560 pages and about 1200 illustrations. The aim is to explain Renaissance printing methods to a wide readership.
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The Birth of a Book Scientific Publication by Urszula Gireń is a winner of the A' Print and Published Media Design Award. The Birth of a Book Scientific Publication earned the Golden A' Design Award in 2020 and is showcased on Award-Winning Graphics Designs among other remarkable designs. Explore the details of the project, discover other works by Urszula Gireń and see why The Birth of a Book Scientific Publication design stands out from its competition.
About The Birth of a Book
Print and Published Media Design The Birth of a Book Scientific Publication by Urszula Gireń The Birth of a Book is a printed publication about book design in 16th century Poland. The book presents old prints at real size, so readers can see the original formats. The dust jacket shows the imposition method used for the old octavo format. A ribbon bookmark marks the heights of folio, quarto and octavo books. Woodcuts on the title pages are printed in color inversion, recalling matrices covered with black ink. The format is 256 by 320 millimeters, with 560 pages and about 1200 illustrations. The aim is to explain Renaissance printing methods to a wide readership. The Birth of a Book earned the Golden A' Design Award, one of the highest levels of recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Golden A' Design Award winner designs combine strong original ideas with outstanding innovation, and are selected by a grand jury, as exceptional entries in their respective categories, after fair, ethical, meritocratic and impartial academic review, where nominated projects are voted through blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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