Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet av Lin Shi, Yan Huang and Hongmei Wu

Designen Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet av Lin Shi, Yan Huang and Hongmei Wu är en högt ansedd vinnare av den mycket prestigefyllda 2026 A' Design Award i Brons i tävlingskategorin Grafik-, Illustrations- och Visuell Kommunikationsdesign.

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Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet

av Lin Shi, Yan Huang and Hongmei Wu

Klient: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons i kategorin Grafik

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Om Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet

Huashan Rock Art Festival är ett visuellt identitetssystem skapat för en kulturfestival i Chongzuo, Guangxi, Kina. Identiteten omvandlar uråldriga piktogram från hällristningsplatsen Huashan till enkla geometriska grafiska former. En svartvit färgpalett och texturerade ytor för tankarna till stenavgnuggningar och vittrad klippa. Affischer är framtagna i både liggande och stående format för små tryck och stora utomhusdisplayer. Tryckta applikationer använder återvunna material och växtbaserade tryckfärger. Målet är att göra ett uråldrigt kulturarv tydligt och tillgängligt för dagens betraktare.

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Om A' Design Award i Brons

Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Huashan Rock Art Festival Festivalens visuella identitet tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

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Unika egenskaper: This project is a contemporary visual identity system for the Huashan Rock Art Festival, which transforms ancient pictographs into minimalist graphics using a black and white color scheme to evoke archaeological stone rubbings. Its strength lies in systematically balancing archaeological authenticity with modern visual communication, creating a universal and accessible visual language. The design establishes a new paradigm for cultural preservation through innovative design thinking, making ancient heritage dynamically relevant while preserving its spiritual essence.
Dimensioner & förpackning: For design/small posters:

Horizontal (landscape): 370mm (width) x 210mm (height)

Vertical (portrait): 210mm (width) x 297mm (height)

For larger outdoor displays:

Horizontal (landscape): 1200mm (width) x 680mm (height)

Vertical (portrait): 600mm (width) x 900mm (height)
Taggar: Art Festival, Huashan, Exhibition Branding
Produktionsteknik: The design employs principles of the International Typographic Style, utilizing a monochromatic palette and geometric simplification to translate ancient motifs into contemporary graphics. Textured treatments mimic weathered rock surfaces, while hierarchical arrangements on stacked stones replicate original ceremonial compositions. The digital-first approach ensures versatility across media, with physical applications incorporating recycled materials and plant-based inks to align with sustainable practices.
Designutmaning: The greatest challenge was balancing archaeological authenticity with contemporary visual communication. Internally, we navigated historical complexities—interpreting 2000-year-old pictographs with limited contextual records—and social expectations of making heritage resonate across generations. Externally, constraints included materializing the design sustainably (sourcing recycled materials, plant-based inks) and ensuring digital adaptability while preserving the tactile essence of rock art. Overcoming these required a methodology that transforms ancient motifs into a universal visual language without oversimplifying cultural significance.
Forskning: Type of Research: Cultural visual translation and brand communication
Objectives: To explore how prehistoric, non-verbal cultural heritage such as Huashan rock art can be transformed into a visual language accessible to contemporary audiences.
Methodology: Image analysis, symbol deconstruction, and graphic experimentation were used to reorganize figures, rhythms, and spatial relations from the original rock art.
Tools: Graphic design software, visual analysis, and layout prototyping.
Participants: General public and non-specialist viewers.
Results: The study shows that reducing textual explanation while emphasizing visual rhythm lowers cultural interpretation barriers.
Insights & Impact: The project offers a transferable approach for visual communication of cultural heritage in modern contexts.
Inspiration: The inspiration stems from the desire to bridge the temporal and cultural divide between contemporary audiences and the 2,000 years old Huashan Rock Art, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The project was motivated by the need to make ancient cultural heritage emotionally resonant and visually accessible to modern viewers, while preserving its authentic significance. The design draws inspiration from the ritual scenes and stacked stone compositions of the original rock art, reinterpreting them through a minimalist and systematic visual language.
Projektlängd: The project was developed between February 2025 and November 2025. Research and design were conducted at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. The project is based on the Huashan Rock Art site in Chongzuo, Guangxi, China, and was produced as a visual communication proposal for the Huashan Rock Art Festival.
Arbetsflöde: This poster series translates the visual logic of Hua shan rock art into a contemporary graphic language. Viewers do not need prior historical knowledge; meaning emerges through observation. Symbols are enlarged, fragmented, and re-composed to guide the eye across the surface. Through contrast, repetition, and negative space, the posters simulate the act of discovering images on a cliff, turning viewing into a slow, participatory reading experience that strengthens cultural memory through visual engagement.
Teammedlemmar: Team Leader: Xuguang Zhu
Team Leader: Chao Yang
Designer: Lin Shi
Designer: Linlong Qin
Designer: Yilin Wang
Designer: Ying Xu
Designer: Yaying Mao
Designer: Mengsheng Wang
Designer: Yichen Zhu
Designer: Yan Huang
Team Leader: Hongmei Wu
Bildkrediteringar: Image #1: Creator Lin Shi, Vertical Poster of Huashan Rock Paintings, 2025.