The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈 by Ji Duan

The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈 by Ji Duan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award 동상 in 그래픽, 일러스트레이션 및 시각 커뮤니케이션 디자인 Competition Category.

동그래픽· 2026

The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈

by Ji Duan

Client: Ji Duan

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 그래픽 Category

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The Design

About The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈

《바람은 우리가 만날 것을 안다》는 현대 도시 생활 속 만남과 동행을 주제로 한 일러스트레이션 시리즈이다. 바람은 의미 있는 만남에 대한 은유로 사용된다. 이 시리즈는 극적인 원근법과 적갈색 계열의 따뜻한 색조, 온화한 빛과 그림자를 적용하여 개방적이고 포용적인 분위기를 조성한다. 광활한 도시 풍경과 생동감 넘치는 인물 군상은 디지털 페인팅 소프트웨어로 그려졌다. 이 일러스트레이션 시리즈는 디지털 시대의 사회적 거리에 응답하며, 관람자가 실제 삶 속에서 정서적 유대를 맺도록 이끈다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. The Wind Knows We Meet 일러스트레이션 시리즈, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The illustration series interprets encounters through expansive city landscapes and animated ensembles of characters. Using dramatic perspective, reddish brown warm tones, and warm light and shadow, the series creates an open and immersive atmosphere that vividly conveys the core idea that through encounters we grow, encouraging viewers to build emotional connections in the real world.
Dimensions & Packaging: The use of professional software like Photoshop and Procreate, along with the pressure-sensitive graphics tablet, ensures smooth lines and clear color grading. Strict adherence to the ISO 12646 color calibration standard guarantees that the visual details and colors remain consistent across different media, such as digital screens and printed materials, without any distortion or color shifts.
Tags: Urban Life, Interpersonal Distance, Emotional Connection, Encounters and Companionship, Wind, Dramatic Perspective, Warm Light and Shadow, Visual Storytelling
Production Technology: During creation, Procreate was used for concept development and preliminary drawing, ensuring expressive and accurate forms. SAI, with its smooth brushstrokes, was used for large area coloring, producing clean and vibrant tones. Photoshop was used to shape light and shadow, refine details, and enhance the overall atmosphere, unifying and elevating the visual impact of the series.
Design Challenge: The design challenge was to transform the philosophical idea of human connections with the world and with one another and the emotional experience of warm encounters into a concrete visual language. The designer maps out relationships through composition, conveys emotion through color, and embeds meaning in symbolic elements to illustrate people’s complex emotions in cities, achieving a harmony between artistic expression and emotional resonance.
Research: The illustration series is grounded in a fundamental insight. As social beings, humans have an intrinsic need for genuine encounters and warm companionship. Yet, the fast pace of modern urban life and overreliance on digital interactions exacerbate social isolation and emotional disconnection, which runs counter to human nature. The series seeks to bridge gaps among people through artistic illustration, fostering a deep sense of human connection in society.
Inspiration: The Wind Knows We Meet draws inspiration from the interpersonal challenges arising in the digital era where people are becoming more connected online yet more distant in real life. The designer, having experienced the loneliness and longing for companionship in fastpaced cities, chose to tell stories through illustration. By capturing fleeting yet precious moments often lost in digital life, the illustration guides viewers back to emotional connections in the real world.
Project Duration: Designed and developed in Beijing in December 2024, the project was launched in China in December 2025.
Operation Flow: The series employs dramatic perspective to emphasize spatial depth and the grandeur of urban architecture, creating an open, inclusive atmosphere that enhances immersion. Reddish brown tones, set against the glow of warm sunlight, enhance the human touch and familiarity of the scenes. Wind runs as a guiding thread, weaving the series together. A wellbalanced, layered layout guides users to reflect on urban life and interpersonal relationships.
Team Members: JI DUAN