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Across Primary Function: Techaukaha by Xuguang Zhu and Chao Yang

Across Primary Function: Techaukaha by Xuguang Zhu and Chao Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Pláta in Ta'ãnga Jejapo Competition Category.


PlátaTa'ãnga· 2022

Across Primary Function: Techaukaha

by Xuguang Zhu and Chao Yang

Client: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

A' Design Award Pláta Winner in Ta'ãnga Category

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The Design

About Across Primary Function: Techaukaha

Across ha'e peteĩ techaukaha ojejapóva peteĩ arte digital festivalpe guarã, oñemboykéva umi ita rehe ojeguaparáva Helan Mountains-pe China-pe. Ko techaukaha oñemboguapy material lenticular ári. Peteĩ ta'anga ohechauka Helan Mountain motivo teete ha ambue ohechauka pe motivo teete digital versión pyahu. Techaha ojeguereko rupi oñemoambueha, pe motivo yma okañy ha pe motivo digital osẽ. Pe ta'anga tradicional ojejapo tinta, ka'a, gelatina ha oro apu'a jehe'a rehe, oñemyasãiva ojejapo hag̃ua peteĩ textura ojoguáva ita rehe. Across oñeha'ã oñongatu ha ombogua peteĩ kultúra yma oĩva iñemegãháme.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Pláta

Across Primary Function: Techaukaha ohupyty A' Design Award Pláta, peteĩ ñehechakuaa extraordinariamente prestigioso oñeme'ẽva diseño de primera línea, hechapyrãva ha impresionante-pe. Umi ganador Pláta ha'e tembiapo brillante ha heta creativo ohechaukáva expertise, talento ha agudeza sobresaliente umi diseñador-pe. Oñeha'ãrõ Across Primary Function: Techaukaha ha'eha peteĩ tembiapo maravilloso, ejemplar, profesional ha innovador pypukuvéva. Ko diseño ohupytýva A' Design Award Pláta ha'e invento ojehechakuaáva ha ojehayhúva ohepyme'ẽva ha ombohasáva límite arte, ciencia, diseño ha tecnología rehegua. Across Primary Function: Techaukaha ha'e creación heta ojeenvidiáva omokyre'ỹva ipotapy, ome'ẽva sentimiento positivo ha omoheñóiva maravilla ha sorpresa.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The poster uses lenticular material. On one side is a modern digital Helan Mountain motif and on the other side is the original Helan Mountain motif. The lenticular material makes the original Helan Mountain image disappear and become the new digital Helan Mountain as the viewpoint moves, thus expressing the theme of leapfrogging and symbolising the revival of an ancient civilisation.
Dimensions & Packaging
Poster: 1855mm*30mm*465mm
Tags
Chinese tradition, internationalism, rock art, cultural relics
Production Technology
1.Raster material. This kind of material is characterized by different pictures that can be seen from different angles and produce alternating effects. It is used to express the theme of across and symbolize the renewal and iteration of an ancient civilization.
2.Comprehensive material painting. I use a mixture of ink, tea, gelatine and gold powder to make pigments and then use a syringe to perform the Chinese painting technique of ink splashing. The pigment is sprayed on the ground and covered with rice paper. The next day, a special texture similar to rock will be obtained to show the traditional Holan Mountain rock painting.
Design Challenge
The biggest challenge was the clever use of materials and graphics to convey the concept of the theme.
Research
Type of research: modernisation of ancient civilisations
Research Objective: To modernise and digitally conserve the ancient rock paintings of the Holan Mountains
Methodology: To investigate the history and types of rock paintings in the endangered Holan Mountains. A modern redesign based on the original motifs so that they can continue to be disseminated and used in contemporary times.
Results: The design was presented and a digital art festival was carried out in Holan Mountains, which succeeded in making more people aware of the culture and many bought souvenirs of the design.
Inspiration
Holan mountain rock painting is a precious ancient civilization heritage of China. Nowadays, due to environmental reasons, it is gradually disappearing, but many people still don't know its existence. Therefore, I have planned a digital art festival of Holan Mountain with the theme of across. The main visual performance of this festival is to redesign the rock paintings digitally as a kind of digital protection, so that they can be spread and applied in the contemporary era and play the contemporary value of ancient culture.
Project Duration
The project starts in Hangzhou in March 2021, will be completed in Hangzhou in April 2021 and will be presented in Helan Mountain, Ningxia in May 2021
Operation Flow
Different motifs can be seen with different viewing angles of the poster. The traditional Holan Mountain motif and the modern Holan Mountain motif keep disappearing and reappearing as the perspective changes. This expresses the concept of an ancient civilisation disappearing and transforming into a new form, and the new form inheriting the ancient civilisation.
Team Members
Creative Director: Xuguang Zhu
Designer: Chao yang
Designer: Yiyang Li
Designer: Yilin Wang

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