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Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات by Dapeng Zhang

Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات by Dapeng Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية in تصميم التراث الثقافي وصناعة الثقافة Competition Category.


حديدالتراث الثقافي· 2025

Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات

by Dapeng Zhang

Client: Dapeng Zhang

جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية Winner in التراث الثقافي Category

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The Design

About Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات

"الزمن وفصول دون هوانغ" هي سلسلة ملصقات تربط جماليات الجداريات في كهوف موقاو بالفصول الشمسية الأربعة والعشرين في التقويم الصيني. أُعيد بناء ألوان الأصباغ المعدنية الخاصة بدون هوانغ رقمياً، ودُمجت إيقاعات ضربات الفرشاة والزخارف التزيينية مع فنون الطباعة المعاصرة لإظهار الدلالة الزراعية لكل فصل شمسي. تبلغ أبعاد كل ملصق 594 × 841 مليمتراً، وقد أُنتج بتقنية الطباعة الحريرية. تقدّم هذه السلسلة أسلوباً لتجديد التراث الثقافي غير المادي مع الحفاظ على الدقة التاريخية وعلى شكل حديث بسيط.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award الحديدية

Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award الحديدية، وهي تقدير مرموق يُمنح للتصاميم الجيدة التي تلبّي المتطلبات المهنية والصناعية المنتظرة من الإبداعات حسنة التصميم. ويُظهر الفائزون بالحديدية مهارة كبيرة وتخصصًا عاليًا وفهمًا خبيرًا وقدرة إبداعية لدى صنّاعهم. ويُتوقع أن يكون Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات إبداعًا عالي التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، عمليًا ومبتكرًا. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award الحديدية يدمج أفضل ممارسات القطاع، وله خصائص تقنية كفؤة ترتبط بالدراية والموهبة. ويحظى Time And Seasons Of Dunhuang سلسلة ملصقات بالاحترام لدقته، وقد صُمّم لتقديم تحسينات لجودة الحياة تساعد على جعل العالم مكانًا أفضل.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
"Dunhuang Seasonal Festivals" is an innovative design that blends the aesthetics of Mogao Caves murals with China's 24 solar terms. By reconstructing the Dunhuang mineral pigment color system and integrating brushstroke rhythms and decorative patterns, this project uses contemporary typography to visualize the agricultural philosophy of each solar term. It offers a new approach for the revitalization of intangible cultural heritage, balancing historical authenticity with modern minimalism.
Dimensions & Packaging
594mm×841mm
Tags
Poster Design, Dunhuang Patterns, Typegraphy Design
Production Technology
Screen Printing
Design Challenge
In terms of creative conception, it is extremely challenging to achieve the natural integration of Dunhuang elements with the structure and strokes of the font while also ensuring the readability of the font.
Regarding internal factors, having an in-depth understanding of the cultural connotations of Dunhuang and making the design conform to modern aesthetics places high demands on one's knowledge reserve and design capabilities.
Moreover, there are also problems of scattered information and difficulties in screening when it comes to the collected Dunhuang elements.
Research
Research Type: Cultural communication and design practice.
Research Objectives: To popularize Dunhuang culture and the agricultural culture related to the 24 solar terms, explore the design model that combines tradition and modernity, and provide new ideas for the cultural and creative industry.
Methodology: Sort out relevant classical documents and research materials, conduct on - site investigations in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, and carry out questionnaires and interviews to collect the public's understanding of traditional culture and their feedback on design works.
Data Collection and Tools: Data are collected from literature materials, on - site investigation records, and 200 questionnaires.
Participants and Experiments: Participants cover people of different ages and occupations. Around the first draft of the poster, evaluations are invited and the design is optimized accordingly.
Results: The poster integrates Dunhuang and solar - term elements. With its eye - catching design, it has been widely spread on social media, triggering enthusiastic discussions among the public about the two cultures and enhancing the cultural attention and influence.
Insights and Impacts: This research sets an example for cultural promotion, inspires creators to explore the value of traditional culture, promotes the innovation of cultural and creative product design, and enables traditional culture to integrate into modern life.
Real - world Impacts: Commercially, cultural and creative products related to the poster have a warm response, expanding the commercial value of traditional culture. Socially, it enhances the public's cultural identity and pride, and promotes cultural inheritance and development. In the design field, it leads the trend of integrating tradition and modernity, injecting vitality into the industry.
Inspiration
The inspiration for the project comes from the profound connection between Dunhuang murals and the Chinese 24 solar terms. The design combines Dunhuang elements with the agricultural themes of the solar terms, reinterpreting ancient visual language. The project digitally reconstructs Dunhuang mineral colors and traditional patterns, blending them with contemporary typography to breathe new life into them within the context of modern culture.
Project Duration
The project was launched in Dunhuang in November 2023, concluded in October 2024, and was exhibited at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in November 2024.
Operation Flow
The poster design facilitates profound interaction between audiences and the 24 Solar Terms and Dunhuang cultural heritage through four strategic dimensions: visual magnetism, informational storytelling, emotional resonance, and social media propagation. This multidimensional approach achieves dual cultural communication objectives - immersing viewers in traditional aesthetic philosophy while organically stimulating participatory engagement and grassroots dissemination momentum.
Image Credits
Main image #1:Dapeng Zhang, Time and Seasons of Dunhuang, 2024.
Optional image #2:Dapeng Zhang, Poster display, 2024.
Optional image #3:Dapeng Zhang, Design application 1 , 2024.
Optional image #4:Dapeng Zhang, Design application 2 , 2024.
Optional image #5:Dapeng Zhang, Design application 3, 2024.

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