The Phoenix Poster by Te-Sian Shih is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award na Bakal in Disenyo ng Grapika, Ilustrasyon at Biswal na Komunikasyon Competition Category.

BakalGrapika· 2022

The Phoenix Poster

by Te-Sian Shih

Client: Te-Sian Shih

A' Design Award na Bakal Winner in Grapika Category

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The Design

About The Phoenix Poster

Ang Phoenix ay isang pangunahing biswal na poster na ginawa para sa isang akademya ng musika at festival sa Taipei. Ang pangunahing larawan ay pinagsasama ang mga alon ng musika at ang hugis ng biyolin, na bumubuo ng isang phoenix na kumakalat ang mga pakpak. Ang kahel na mga alon sa gitna ay nagpapahiwatig din ng apoy, na kumakatawan sa sipag at sigasig ng mga musikero at kawani. Ang madilim na asul na background ay binuo mula sa mga baluktot na linya na nag-aalala sa dagat at mga alon ng tunog. Ang poster ay ganap na ginawa mula sa mga iginuhit na linya, walang mga litrato, gamit ang blend modes sa software para sa pag-edit ng larawan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Bakal

Ang The Phoenix Poster ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bakal, isang prestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga mahuhusay na disenyong tumutugon sa mga propesyonal at pang-industriyang kinakailangang inaasahan sa mga mahusay na pagkakadisenyong likha. Ang mga nagwagi ng Bakal ay nagpapakita ng dakilang husay, mataas na espesyalisasyon, dalubhasang pag-unawa at kakayahang malikhain ng kanilang mga lumikha. Inaasahang ang The Phoenix Poster ay isang lubos na pinahahalagahan, hinahangaan at minamahal na likhang praktikal at makabago. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bakal ay nagsasama ng pinakamahuhusay na kasanayan ng industriya at may mahuhusay na katangiang teknikal na may kasamang kaalaman at talento. Ang The Phoenix Poster ay iginagalang dahil sa kaingatan nito at idinisenyo upang maghatid ng mga pagpapabuti sa kalidad ng buhay na tumutulong gawing mas mabuting lugar ang mundo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: She designed this key visual poster for Taipei Music Academy and Festival combines the violin with the image of flame, the phoenix, and the sea and music's sonic (music waves). The poster makes people feel the smooth lines, the sea's feeling, sonic waves, and musicians' enthusiasm.
Dimensions & Packaging: 18cm width x 0 cm dept x 24cm height
The lines should be thicker than 0.5 mm for printing, so she made each line in the poster thicker than 0.5 mm.
Tags: Visual design, poster design, layout design, key visual design, graphic design.
Production Technology: In adobe photoshop, the designer could choose a blend mode group.
She used lines to make two different shapes of images and combined them with adobe photoshop's multiply and color dodge to make the violin with phoenix's wings.
Besides, She made darken blue background with lines that look like waves.
Design Challenge: To create a poster without any real picture was a new challenge for 2021's poster design because, in 2020, the designer used the real violin's image to be the main character. This year she had to create the whole picture by herself.
Research: The trance-formations in eastern music performance are natural and flowing music style, floating clouds, and flowing water.
The shape in the background represents the feeling of flying in music and waves of music.

Besides, The center image combines music waves and a violin shape image, and it looks like a phoenix spreading its wings. The orange-colored waves in the center of the poster represent a flying phoenix. The phoenix represents hard work and the enthusiasm of musicians and all the staff.
Inspiration: The designer designed another key visual poster for Taipei Music Academy and Festival in 2020. She used the real violin's image to be Taipei Music Academy and Festival's main visual, so the team decided to use lines to communicate the abstract music feeling this year to separate the difference between 2020's key visual poster and 2021's poster.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 in Taipei and finished in December 2020 in Taipei, and it was exhibited in the United States in July 2021 due to Taipei's pandemic.
Operation Flow: When people look at the poster, they see the phoenix and violin combined image first.
When viewers follow the background's blue lines, their eyes will see the date, activity's name, and then sponsors' names on it.
Every image has logic to put in its place.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Te-Sian Shih, 2020.
Image Credits: Designer Te-Sian, Shih, phoenix, 2020.