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SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی by ChungSheng Chen and ChangHsien Cho

SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی by ChungSheng Chen and ChangHsien Cho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام in آرٹ تے سٹیشنری سامان ڈیزائن Competition Category.


لوہاآرٹ سامان· 2018

SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی

by ChungSheng Chen and ChangHsien Cho

Client: ACDC Creative

A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام Winner in آرٹ سامان Category

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The Design

About SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی

ایہ پنج دھاتی پوسٹ کارڈ قلم رکھݨ آلیاں دا اک ثقافتی تخلیقی یادگار سلسلہ ہے، جیندیاں خصوصیات تائینان دے تاریخی انپنگ سوارڈ لائن ٹوٹم توں نال نال چینی پنج عناصر دے فلسفے توں اخذ کیتیاں گئیاں ہن، لیزر کندہ کاری دی ٹیکنیک تے موڑݨ آلے دھاتی ڈھانچے دے میکانزم نال ڈیزائن کیتا گیا ہے۔ گرافیکی دھاتی شیٹ تے سلام، نوٹس یا خاکے بݨائے جا سکدے ہن تے پوسٹ کارڈ دے طور تے بھیجے جا سکدے ہن، جیہڑا بعد وچ موڑ کے قلم رکھݨ آلی بݨایا جا سکدا ہے، جیہڑا تحفے تے اسٹیشنری دا اک منفرد انداز پیش کردا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام

SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی انہاں چنگے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے جیڑھے چنگی طرح ڈیزائن کیتیاں ہوئیاں تخلیقاں کنوں متوقع پیشہ ورانہ تے صنعتی ضرورتاں پوریاں کریندے ہن۔ لوہے دے جتݨ والے اپݨے خالقاں دی وݙی مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ تے تخلیقی صلاحیت ݙکھیندے ہن۔ SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک بہوں قدر کیتی ہوئی، سراہی ہوئی تے پیاری تخلیق ہوسی جیڑھی عملی تے جدت والی ہے۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام جتیا ہے، صنعت دے بہترین طریقے جمع کریندا ہے تے علم تے صلاحیت نال جڑیاں ہوئیاں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں رکھیندا ہے۔ SwordLion دھات دی قلم رکھݨ آلی دی سنجیدگی کنوں عزت کیتی ویندی ہے تے او زندگی دے معیار وچ بہتری آݨݨ کیتے بݨایا گیا ہے جیڑھی دنیا کوں بہتر جاہ بݨاوݨ وچ مدد کریندی ہے۔

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This is an integration of postcard and penholder in a series of cultural creative souvenir. By using laser carving technique and foldable metal structure mechanism designed, Anping SwordLion totem along with the Chinese 5 elements philosophy. Greetings, notes or doodles can be made on the graphical metal sheet and sent as a postcard, which to be bent and folded into a penholder later on, presenting a unique style of gift and stationery.
Dimensions & Packaging
Color:GoldenMetal, GreenWood, BlueWater, RedFire, YellowEarth
Dimension:L20.6*W12.6*H1mm
Package:200p Coated Post Card Paper
Tags
Postcard, Penholder, Swordlion, Foldable, Bendable, Metal, Chinese 5 elements
Production Technology
Production Tech: Laser Cutting and Engraving.
Material: Galvanized Sheet metal.
Painting: Powder Paint Coating.
Design Challenge
The creativity within this design lies in the transformation of the tradition sword lion facial features and combining Chinese 5 elements philosophy of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth into a more interesting colorful graphical illustration. In order to preserve and spread out the culture totem, postcard and penholder takes into account, making it as a gift and souvenir, the Fold and Bend structure mechanism designed on a sheet metal is another challenging issue.
Research
This project was partly initiated by Tainan City Government, giving helping to a local sheet metal factory to transform and upgrade by design into the aptness of cultural creative industry. I came out an idea of deriving local cultural elements by design, after lots of studied and researched done on the Anping old street in Tainan, SwordLion totem was chosen and transferred into a creative stationery. Moreover, in order to preserve and widespread of the unique cultural element, postcard and penholder functions were integrated, outcome as a special gift to be sold in tourist hot spot.
Inspiration
I was inspired by the Chinese Minnan cultural heritage and element of Anping Swordlion in Tainan, an old city of Taiwan. In the past, in Anping old street, each house would hang a SwordLion on the door frame or the walls became the identification of the resident, they have different facial expressions, none of them are identical. Currently, there are only 30 to 40 Sword Lions left in Anping. I wish to preserve this unique culture totem and let the world know.
Project Duration
This project was partially funded by Government grant, started in March 2015 in Taiwan, and finished the designed and pilot production in July 2015, it was exhibited in Taiwan Creative Expo in April 2016, Japan Tokyo GIFTEX, Home Gift Interior Trade Fair in July 2017 and Paperworld in Germany Frankfurt January 2018. Silver Award of Good 10th Creative Tainan 2016 by Tainan City Government Cultural Affairs Bureau.
Operation Flow
This series of SwordLion-Metal Postcard Penholder consist of 5 pieces which differences by their facial features and colors, sold in historical tourist spots.
Bright and beautiful colors, lively look expression designed of the traditional SwordLion. You May write down greetings and notes or just doddles on it, to send it as a postcard to a friend in every corner of the world. Instead receiving it as a postcard, one may find it interestingly foldable into a penholder later on. Collect all 5 element pieces to make it a pack of SwordLion statue penholder standing on your desktop.
Patents
Copyrights belong to ChungSheng Chen, acdesign associates International Co.,Ltd, 2015.
Team Members
ChungSheng Chen
Tainan University of Technology
Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd
ChihHua Kuo
Taiwan Innovation Metal Corporation
ChangHsien Cho.
Image Credits
Image #1: WeiZhe Jiang,2018.
Image #2: Allyson Li, 2017.
Image #3: WeiZhe Jiang,2018.
Image #4: ChungSheng Chen,2016
Image #5: ChungSheng Chen,2016

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