The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye by Hou, Hsiao Che

The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye by Hou, Hsiao Che is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Bwonz in Grafik Competition Category.

BwonzGrafik· 2020

The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye

by Hou, Hsiao Che

Client: Taiwanese opera Yang Li-hua

A' Design Award Bwonz Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye

An patikilye, lè aswè a rive, chak kay son mizik klasik Yang Lihue Opera. Yang Lihua Opera a te vin vizyon komen nan fanmi an. Moun ki gen santiman reyèl ak jwi vizyèl ak tande chòk enpak yo nan lòd yo nivo plezi. Avèk yon trase enpresyonan ak move lespri yo nan Yang Lihua Opera tradisyonèl yo, pèfòmans pafè, kostim klere tou ak karaktè gwo bay paran yo ak timoun yo vin (mistik ak) mond istwa fe plen ak opera a tradisyonèl yo. Yang Lihua opera a te klasik, ak yon kwen kontanporen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bwonz

The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye se yon ganyan A' Design Award Bwonz, yon rekonesans ki gen anpil prestij yo bay design ekselan ki make pa kreyativite, enjenyozite ak finès. Ganyan Bwonz yo se objè ki abil anpil e ki kreyatif nan fason ki frape, ki otantifye gwo eksperyans, imajinasyon ak debouyaj designer yo. Yo atann The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye pou se yon objè anpil moun estime, admire e renmen, ki pwofesyonèl e inovatè nan fason remakab. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Bwonz enkòpore pi bon pratik nan atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji, e li ekselan pou atansyon li bay detay. The Timeless Virtues Kalandriye satisfè bezwen yon fason espledid, li touche dezi, li chame santiman e li atire kiryozite.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: With more than a century of history, sung in the Minnan dialect, Taiwanese opera is the most representative folk opera of Taiwan.
From roadside stage, outer stage, inner stage, radio broadcast, TV, movies to the cultural performance now, it has undergone changes and innovations, demonstrating different features.

The makeup of the female role in Taiwanese Opera is similar to that of Peking opera. The makeup of the male role is more simplified, Unlike the various painted face of Peking opera, it is only composed of a few symbolic strokes. For the example of the roles of sheng and dan, they have to have a handsome appearance. On the other hand, the jing and chou roles have exaggerated beard or black mole to accentuate the unique character of the roles.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1. Desk calendar 360X125X95 mm
Features for postcards
2. Calendar 410X200 mm
Features for coloring book
Tags: Graphic Design, Visual Design, Opera Illustration, Cultural Creative Design, Taiwan Opera, Opera Art
Production Technology: 1. Desktop calendar with additional features for postcards.
2. Additional calendar function for coloring book
3. Paper, Print
Design Challenge: The Taiwan opera, through sound and dynamic vision, The memories presented in the form of comic-style artwork, bringing Taiwanese opera culture to life from the TV screen.
Research: With more than a century of history, sung in the Minnan dialect, Taiwanese opera is the most representative folk opera of Taiwan.

From roadside stage, outer stage, inner stage, radio broadcast, TV, movies to the cultural performance now, it has undergone changes and innovations, demonstrating different features.

Many artists that have worked alongside with the progress of Taiwanese opera’s history shoulder the responsibility of continuing its legacy in different forms and manners.
Inspiration: In Particular, when the evening came, every houses are sounds the classic them music of Yang Lihue Opera.

In particular, every houses are sounds the classic them music of Yang Lihue Oper during dinner time.

The Yang Lihua Opera became the common vision of the family. People have real feelings and enjoy visual and hearing impact shock in order to enjoyment level.

With a impressive plot and the spirits of traditional Yang Lihua Opera, perfect performance, dazzling costume and great characters to the parents and children become mysterious and fairly tale world filled with the traditional opera.

The Yang Lihua opera was classic, and with a contemporary edge.
Project Duration: 2019/09 in Taipei / Taiwan
Operation Flow: NA
Patents: NA
Image Credits: Illustrator / HOU, HSIAO CHE
DESIGN / HOU, HSIAO CHE