The Moment Calendarium MMXX ab Xiutao Fu

Opus The Moment Calendarium MMXX a designatore Xiutao Fu est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Categoria Certaminis Graphica.

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The Moment Calendarium MMXX

a Xiutao Fu

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Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Categoria Graphica

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De The Moment Calendarium MMXX

Calendarium Momenti inspirationem ducit ex sapientia antiqua Terminorum Solarium Sinensium et Libri Ecclesiastae ex Bibliis. Propositum eius est meditari de natura inquieta societatis hodiernae et homines admonere ut singula tempora agnoscant et momentum praesens colant. In hac forma nova, mensis in centro paginae imprimitur, dum dies secundum arcum gradatum disponuntur. Cum dies arcusque circa centrum dextrorsus rotant, paulatim evanescunt—beneficio chartae diaphanae—evocantes notionem poeticam aeternitatem ex serie momentorum praesentium componi.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

The Moment Calendarium MMXX victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur The Moment Calendarium MMXX inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. The Moment Calendarium MMXX cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: Based on the concept of enjoying the moment, there is a new design expression to show dates in this project. Month is printed in the centre of the page while every date is shown on a gradient arc. Dates and arcs rotates clockwise around it and fade away due to the translucence of tracing paper, which poetically illustrates present and impending loss of time. The Chinese 24 solar terms and daily mottos are highlight of The Moment to strengthen concept and remind people to enjoy the moment.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 185mm x 94mm x 46.5mm
Notulae: Calendar, Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms, Daily Motto, Enjoy The Moment, MATTENAI
Technologia Productionis: The Moment calendar is produced by high level printing and manufacturing technologies, including . The temperature and humidity were strictly control in the whole process of printing Color testing for pages of solar terms were carried out several rounds to ensure accuracy. Moreover, the high requirement of folding and binding ensures paper alignment for design excellence. The easily-torn line on each page provides a smooth user experience.
Provocatio Designandi: The first challenge is to present ancient wisdom about time in contemporary style and minimalism. Designer carefully design the layout of each page, which enable users clearly read the date and motto instead of being interrupted by information of another pages. Afterwards, it spends 6 months to test and choose parchment as final material of inside pages by comparing dozens of paper and considering transparency as well as producibility. The printing process must be dry to avoid the shape change of paper by high humidity.
Investigatio: Enjoying the moment is a simple truth but easily forgotten, as well as the ancient wisdom of Chinese 24 Solar Terms. Therefore, it is a good chance to look back our cultural as the research background of this project. Designer collected images from ancient poetry of each solar term and chose tradition color to finish 24 illustrations about the Solar Terms. Moreover, many great classic in the world (such as Bible) are also worthy to learning, from which the daily motto on each page be selected.
Inspiratio: Fast-paced lifestyle in China forces many people to race against the clock and brings anxiety more than accomplishment. However, we run to problems when we try to beyond the limitation of time. Everything has its own time and we should do things in proper time. The traditional Chinese 24 Solar Terms shows seasonal change to guide farm work and daily lives. The ancient wisdom inspired me to design a calendar, which could remind people to know the season, follow the time and enjoy the moment.
Duratio Operis: The project started in August 2018 in Shanghai and finished in September in 2019 in Shanghai.
Cursus Operationis: Tearing off a page means time has passed. Next translucent pages could be seen indistinctly just like the coming days. This interaction express that we could neither prolong the past nor touch the future. In other words, the only thing we really have is nowness, is now. In that case, we should enjoy the moment rather than regret for the irreversibility or worry about the uncertainty. The other interesting operation is that users could see rotation of the gradient arc when they jump calendar pages quickly (same principle as frame-by-frame animation). We live in the moment while time is infinite, but eternity is a series of moments.
Patentes: Copyright belong to Shanghai Shapher Network Technology Co., Ltd, 2019
Membra Turmae: Creative Director & Designer: Xiutao FU
Agnitiones Imaginum: Echo Chen, 2019