Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design by Rui Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.
IronGraphic· 2022
Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design
by Rui Ma
Client: Rui Ma
A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category
Verified Award Winner
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About Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design
This is a set of type design that represents the combination of two different cultures Hanzi and Alphabet. The type design combines Hanzi character strokes and English letters. Each letter was designed with customized shapes from one or more parts of Hanzi strokes. The design was created by using contemporary visual languages along with bright colors.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Hanzi and Alphabet Type Design is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The inspiration was from combining Chinese and English language culture. At the same time, I am also inspired by clean and modern visual designs, which brought me to think about how to create an alphabet that represents Hanzi in a modern way.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
The possibility to combining Chinese characters and English alphabet.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
To make this type design to an actual font.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is a set of type design that combines Hanzi character strokes and English letters. Each letter was designed with customized shapes from one or more parts of Hanzi strokes. The design was created in a modern and clean visual system with bright colors.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Each application visualizes how the type could work together as words and how the Hanzi strokes can be shapes as design elements and patterns. The pattern design was based on the Hanzi strokes that were used for the letters in the words.
- Tags
- Type Design, Typography, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Language
- Production Technology
- The first steps were sketches on digital screen by using a grid system. And the design was created and designed with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge of this project is how to combine the Hanzi stroke shapes and English letters in a clear and also creative way.
- Research
- The research was based on information about Hanzi character strokes and English alphabet from books and online.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration was from combining Chinese and English language culture. At the same time, I am also inspired by clean and modern visual designs, which brought me to think about how to create an alphabet that represents Hanzi in a modern way.
- Project Duration
- 2021 Los Angeles
- Operation Flow
- The type would be primarily used for communication design.
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