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Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli by Mengjia Li

Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli by Mengjia Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Tlacuilolli, Tlacuilolixiptlaliztli ihuan Tlachialtlanonotzaliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.


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Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli

by Mengjia Li

Client: Northeastern University

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Tlacuilolli Category

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The Design

About Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli

Save Calendar se tlahkuilolmelah tlen omochiuh ipampa se tonalpohualli itech itlahtol tlen kipiya toka kimalhuia tlakualli. Nin tlahkuiloltin kinextiah se milli ipan naui xiuhtlamantli: xopantla, tonalko, tlaxiliztli iuan cehpayahuitl. Tlapaltin mopatlah ika sesen xiuhtlamantli, ik on naui tonaltin amo ohui moixmatih. Se yekchiualiztli tlen ixnamiki ipan chinatlahtolli kinmaka nin ixiptlatin se yankuik ixnextiliztli. Metztli iuan xiuhtlamantli tlahkuilolli motlalia ipan tlahkotian tlen sesen amatl. Nin tlahkuiloltin omochiuhkeh ika tepoztlanamiktli iuan omotlahkuiloh ika 800 ipan 800 milimetros. Nin tlahkuilolmelah kinextia inchikaukatekiuh milchiuhkeh iuan kinilnamiktia tlakah mah kimalhuikan tlakualli.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl

Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Save Calendar Tekitl: Tlahkuiloliztli ipan Tonalpohualli quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
By showing the changes of the four seasons in the field, combining the field scenery with the calendar modeling, exploring the Chinese fashion and charm, thus creating illustration design works with modern design flavor and national characteristics.
Dimensions & Packaging
Printing illustrations:800mm (H) x 800mm (W) (sheet size), Data size:1800mm (H) x 1800mm (W), 300dpi, cmyk.
Tags
Economy, field, seasons change, illustration design, Chinese style
Production Technology
Draw a series of illustrations and expressions by computer software. It is produced by high-level printing and manufacturing technology to show the details of beautiful and exquisite illustrations.
Design Challenge
The difficulty lies in accurately grasping the characteristics of the four seasons in the field, combining the scenery of the four seasons with the color change, and accurately distinguishing the four seasons by color, so as to shape the modern aesthetic feeling.
Research
Starting from the four seasons of the field, it is depicted by the expression technique of national tide style. Taking the changes of the fields in spring, summer, autumn and winter as the breakthrough point, the gifts of the fields to people are reflected through the pictures. The month and season information is added at the top of the screen to further highlight the theme of frugal calendar and remind people to cherish food.
Inspiration
It is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation to practise economy and oppose waste. However, with the development of the era of consumer economy, waste phenomena emerge one after another. Starting from saving food, this set of works reflects the hard work of farmers by showing the four seasons of the field, so as to awaken people's gratitude for food.
Project Duration
In Shenyang, a major agricultural product producing province, in 2020 .
Operation Flow
This design takes the changes of the four seasons of the field as the breakthrough point to create a series of illustrations. The symmetrical composition with strong Chinese flavor enhances the visual impact of the picture and attracts people's aesthetic interest with high aesthetic effect.
Team Members
Art Director: Huo Kai, designer: Li Mengjia
Image Credits
Image #1 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #2 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #3 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #4 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #5 : Li Mengjia, 2020

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