Hao Lako Hana Noʻeau · 2018
SwordLion ʻo Ka Mea ʻona Penikala
by ChungSheng Chen and ChangHsien Cho
- A' Design Award Hao 2018 in Lako Hana Noʻeau
- CLIENT: ACDC Creative
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 27,133
- Verification code 7E1D68AABE · Verify this award
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About SwordLion ʻo Ka Mea ʻona Penikala
ʻO kēia kahi ʻanuʻu kūlohelohe moʻomeheu 5 o ka mea paʻa penikala kāleka metala, ʻo kāna mau hiʻohiʻona kiʻi mai ka Tainan moʻo moʻolelo Anping SwordLion totem a me nā kumu moʻomeheu 5 o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hana kahakaha laser a me ka hana ʻili a me ka mīkini hana uila i hoʻolālā ʻia. ʻO ke aloha, nā ʻatikala a i nā doodles hiki ke hana ʻia ma ka pepa keleawe kiʻi ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia ma ke ʻano he kiʻi paʻi, kahi i kūlou ʻia a hoʻopuni ʻia i loko o kahi mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma hope, e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻano kūʻokoʻa o nā makana a me nā moʻolelo.
About the A' Design Award Hao
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā SwordLion ʻo Ka Mea ʻona Penikala i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā SwordLion ʻo Ka Mea ʻona Penikala he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā SwordLion ʻo Ka Mea ʻona Penikala no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.
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- Unique Properties
- This is an integration of postcard and penholder in a series of cultural creative souvenir. By using laser carving technique and foldable metal structure mechanism designed, Anping SwordLion totem along with the Chinese 5 elements philosophy. Greetings, notes or doodles can be made on the graphical metal sheet and sent as a postcard, which to be bent and folded into a penholder later on, presenting a unique style of gift and stationery.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Color:GoldenMetal, GreenWood, BlueWater, RedFire, YellowEarth
Dimension:L20.6*W12.6*H1mm
Package:200p Coated Post Card Paper - Tags
- Postcard, Penholder, Swordlion, Foldable, Bendable, Metal, Chinese 5 elements
- Production Technology
- Production Tech: Laser Cutting and Engraving.
Material: Galvanized Sheet metal.
Painting: Powder Paint Coating. - Design Challenge
- The creativity within this design lies in the transformation of the tradition sword lion facial features and combining Chinese 5 elements philosophy of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth into a more interesting colorful graphical illustration. In order to preserve and spread out the culture totem, postcard and penholder takes into account, making it as a gift and souvenir, the Fold and Bend structure mechanism designed on a sheet metal is another challenging issue.
- Research
- This project was partly initiated by Tainan City Government, giving helping to a local sheet metal factory to transform and upgrade by design into the aptness of cultural creative industry. I came out an idea of deriving local cultural elements by design, after lots of studied and researched done on the Anping old street in Tainan, SwordLion totem was chosen and transferred into a creative stationery. Moreover, in order to preserve and widespread of the unique cultural element, postcard and penholder functions were integrated, outcome as a special gift to be sold in tourist hot spot.
- Inspiration
- I was inspired by the Chinese Minnan cultural heritage and element of Anping Swordlion in Tainan, an old city of Taiwan. In the past, in Anping old street, each house would hang a SwordLion on the door frame or the walls became the identification of the resident, they have different facial expressions, none of them are identical. Currently, there are only 30 to 40 Sword Lions left in Anping. I wish to preserve this unique culture totem and let the world know.
- Project Duration
- This project was partially funded by Government grant, started in March 2015 in Taiwan, and finished the designed and pilot production in July 2015, it was exhibited in Taiwan Creative Expo in April 2016, Japan Tokyo GIFTEX, Home Gift Interior Trade Fair in July 2017 and Paperworld in Germany Frankfurt January 2018. Silver Award of Good 10th Creative Tainan 2016 by Tainan City Government Cultural Affairs Bureau.
- Operation Flow
- This series of SwordLion-Metal Postcard Penholder consist of 5 pieces which differences by their facial features and colors, sold in historical tourist spots.
Bright and beautiful colors, lively look expression designed of the traditional SwordLion. You May write down greetings and notes or just doddles on it, to send it as a postcard to a friend in every corner of the world. Instead receiving it as a postcard, one may find it interestingly foldable into a penholder later on. Collect all 5 element pieces to make it a pack of SwordLion statue penholder standing on your desktop. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to ChungSheng Chen, acdesign associates International Co.,Ltd, 2015.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: WeiZhe Jiang,2018.
Image #2: Allyson Li, 2017.
Image #3: WeiZhe Jiang,2018.
Image #4: ChungSheng Chen,2016
Image #5: ChungSheng Chen,2016
