DESIGN NAME: The Moon Shines the Huaxia
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Series posters
INSPIRATION: The first tells prehistory up until the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.It is the sprout of Chinese civilization.The second tells the progress from Qin Dynasty till the Eastern Jin Dynasty.It is the growing stage. The third tells from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.Tang Dynasty is the top point of Chinese ancient art.The fourth tells from the Northern Song Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty. It is the maturely set phase.The last tells the art history of Ming and Qing Dynas.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Five thousand phylogeny of Chinese art is the economic and cultural phylogeny of China. “The moon shines the Huaxia” gives priority to the development of Chinese crafts art, which represents the grand and magnificent history of Chinese civilization in a panoramic way. Ups and downs in Chinese history, from primitive society to Qing Dynasty, are just like “the phase of the moon”, cloudy or sunny, full or empty. That is the reason why we call it “The moon shines the Huaxia”.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The five posters can be used alone, also can show in a series of ways. In form, the single poster let its content is more outstanding, communication a certain period of history of cultural and art information. And series of posters panoramically shows the sprout,the growing stage, the top point and the end phase of China's ancient culture. Style in colour, the colour of single poster with the tendency of metaphor, correspond to different phases of the ancient Chinese civilization; And posters from neutral colour to multicolour, with “the phase of the moon”, cloudy or sunny, full or empty, to better interpret the theme.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: -
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: People tend to take design as creativity, but what’s more is that it is a sort of consciousness and way of thinking, a sort of deposition and representation of culture. Design is originated from life, deeply rooted in social life and historical culture to seek the shinning point, and it is sure to create excellent design concepts.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The Size: L 100cm×B 51.4cm(per)
The printing way:Digital printing
The software:Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Illustrator
TAGS: China, Huaxia, cultural phylogeny, the moon, nationality, the phase of the moon
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Research background is the return of the traditional culture.
CHALLENGE: The hardest part of this design activity was filtering a large amount of cultural information and determine the design style.
ADDED DATE: 2017-03-31 00:46:14
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IMAGE CREDITS: Na An, 2016.
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