Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru by Mengyao Guo

Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru by Mengyao Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Amashusho Competition Category.

IcyumaAmashusho· 2024

Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru

by Mengyao Guo

Client: Mengyao Guo

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Amashusho Category

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The Design

About Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru

Igitabo Kivuga: Abakobwa Bakina Chess ni ishusho y'ubunyamakuru yakozwe ku bijyanye n'inyandiko n'ubukangurambaga bijyanye n'uburinganire bw'igitsina. Igishushanyo kigaragaza abakobwa babiri bakina umukino wa chess. Umukobwa umwe akubita hasi igishushanyo cya Umwami (King), undi akamureba. Umwami wakubiswe hasi agaragaza gusenya kw'amategeko y'ubukombakombe bw'abagabo (patriarchy). Amabara abiri anyuranye, umutuku-orange n'ubururu, yakoreshejwe kugira ngo hagaragazwe uko abantu bafite indangagaciro zitandukanye, ndetse n'uko hari imimerere itandukanye mu buzima. Iyi shusho yakozwe mu buryo bwa digitale bufite ireme rikomeye (high-resolution), bityo umurimo ushobora gusakazwa kuri interineti no gucapwa mu bunini bunyuranye.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Girls with Chess Igikorwa cy'ingenzi: Ishusho y'Ubunyamakuru yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This illustration is designed to highlight issues related to gender, ideally for an article or social movement campaign. It features two girls engrossed in a game of chess, one of them toppling the King piece, while the other watches. The artwork explores binary identities and the interplay of dual colors, orange and blue, to evoke various situational states.
Dimensions & Packaging: Digital works for any flexible changes.
Tags: Illustration, Gender, Equality, Communication, Visual Symbolism
Production Technology: The illustration was made using Adobe Photoshop, a leading graphic design software. Photoshop's diverse toolset facilitated nuanced color blending, detailed texture creation, and precise element placement. Its layer-based approach allowed for complex composition building. The high-resolution output ensured the illustration's quality was maintained across various digital and print applications.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was to create an illustration that effectively communicates complex themes of gender equality and societal norms. Balancing aesthetics and message clarity while ensuring the artwork was thought-provoking but not overly didactic required careful design decisions. Research into gender issues, color symbolism, and visual metaphors was crucial in addressing this challenge, ultimately leading to an evocative and meaningful illustration.
Research: The illustration was developed after researching gender issues and visual symbolism. The investigation encompassed an understanding of societal norms associated with gender, cultural implications of color, and the power of visual metaphors. This research informed the design, from the symbolic chess game to the gender-associated colors, resulting in a provocative artwork that fosters dialogue on gender equality and societal structures.
Inspiration: This illustration draws inspiration from the ongoing dialogue around gender issues and equality. It uses the metaphor of a chess game, traditionally seen as a strategic and intellectual pursuit, to underscore the abilities and potential of women in challenging societal norms and structures. The act of the girls toppling the King piece represents dismantling patriarchal norms.
Project Duration: The project started and finished in September 2020 in China.
Operation Flow: As a visual piece, this illustration invites viewer interaction through its symbolic elements: the chess scene and the color interplay prompt thoughts on gender roles and equality. As a digital artwork, it's easily shared and displayed across platforms, enhancing accessibility and facilitating discourse on the depicted social issues. The illustration thus catalyzes conversations about gender norms and societal structures.
Image Credits: Image #1: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #2: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #3: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #4: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #5: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.