The Timeless Virtues Kalendar by Hou, Hsiao Che

The Timeless Virtues Kalendar by Hou, Hsiao Che is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gangsa in Reka Bentuk Grafik, Ilustrasi dan Komunikasi Visual Competition Category.

GangsaGrafik· 2020

The Timeless Virtues Kalendar

by Hou, Hsiao Che

Client: Taiwanese opera Yang Li-hua

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About The Timeless Virtues Kalendar

Terutama, ketika malam menjelang, setiap rumah membunyikan muzik klasik Yang Lihue Opera. Opera Yang Lihua menjadi visi keluarga yang biasa. Orang mempunyai perasaan sebenar dan menikmati kejutan kesan visual dan pendengaran untuk mencapai tahap keseronokan. Dengan plot yang mengagumkan dan semangat Opera Yang Lihua tradisional, persembahan yang sempurna, kostum yang mempesonakan dan watak hebat untuk ibu bapa dan anak-anak menjadi (dunia misteri dan) dongeng yang penuh dengan opera tradisional. Opera Yang Lihua adalah klasik, dan moden.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

The Timeless Virtues Kalendar ialah pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk cemerlang yang dicirikan oleh kreativiti, kecerdikan dan ketajaman fikiran. Pemenang Gangsa ialah artifak yang amat mahir dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imaginasi dan akal budi pereka bentuknya. The Timeless Virtues Kalendar diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Gangsa ini merangkumi amalan terbaik dalam seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi, dan cemerlang dalam perhatiannya terhadap butiran. The Timeless Virtues Kalendar memenuhi keperluan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

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