Chinese Zodiac Typography by Mengyu Cao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Duab Kos, Duab Piav thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus Pom Competition Category.

HlauDuab Kos· 2021

Chinese Zodiac Typography

by Mengyu Cao

Client: YiQi Hanzi

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Duab Kos Category

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Colors

The Design

About Chinese Zodiac Typography

Suav Zodiac typography suav nrog 12 tus cim. Nas, Ox, Tiger, Luav, Dragon, Snake, Nees, Tshi, Monkey, Rooster, Aub, Pig. Nws ua ke suav suav sau ntawv thiab suav suav sau cov xim dej. Nrog rau kev xav tsim, nws rhuav tshem cov ntawv sau keeb kwm yav dhau los thiab ntxiv cov duab zoo nkauj rau nws sib haum xeeb los qhia lub ntsiab lus ntawm txhua tus cwj pwm hauv nws tus kheej. Cov cim suav ib txwm zoo li cov duab kos rau cov neeg uas tsis paub Suav. Lub hom phiaj ntawm txoj haujlwm no yog ua kom cov cim Suav nkag siab rau txhua tus kom nthuav tawm Suav kab lis kev cai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Chinese Zodiac Typography yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Chinese Zodiac Typography xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Chinese Zodiac Typography tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Chinese Zodiac project combines Chinese calligraphy and watercolor drawing to present each character with its meaning. With design thinking, it breaks the traditional Chinese calligraphy forms and adds creative drawings to it harmoniously to show the meaning of each character. Chinese characters always look like complicated drawings to people who don't know Chinese.This project is aimed to make it understandable to everyone to spread Chinese culture.
The 12 Chinese zodiac includes Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.
Dimensions & Packaging: This typography set can be used as culture posters as I shown with the images.
Tags: graphic design, Typography, creative drawing, Chinese Zodiac, Chinese culture, calligraphy, watercolor drawing, poster, posters
Production Technology: Chinese traditional calligraphy, Chinese traditional watercolor drawing
Design Challenge: Ideation is the hardest part of this project. How to merge animals form into the characters harmoniously that makes the most sense. It shouldn't break the traditional beauty of Chinese calligraphy. And it should enhance the beauty to show the meaning of the character in a fun way.
Research: Researched on Chinese calligraphy form of beatuy, Chinese traditional watercolor techniques, and culture behind Chinese Zodiac.
Inspiration: At the beginning of my design journey, I learned a lot of Chinese traditional culture. I was taught to have the mission to deliver valuable Chinese traditional cultures to the modern world, to enhance and spread it to the nation and the world.

I also found out there were not many creative creations around Chinese calligraphy compare to English lettering. I want to use my ability to design and drawing to explore more possibilities of the traditional assets, Chinese characters.
Project Duration: This project started in January 2020 in San Francisco and finished in August.
Operation Flow: This typography set can be used as physical or digital posters to promote Chinese culture. People can understand the meaning of each Chinese character when seeing the typography only without reading the description.
Team Members: Mengyu Cao