China In The Classics 宣传平面设计 by Zhou Haiwen, Che Shilong and Guo Cheng

China In The Classics 宣传平面设计 by Zhou Haiwen, Che Shilong and Guo Cheng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 平面、插画与视觉传达设计 Competition Category.

铜平面· 2024

China In The Classics 宣传平面设计

by Zhou Haiwen, Che Shilong and Guo Cheng

Client: China Global Television Network Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About China In The Classics 宣传平面设计

《典籍里的中国》是为一档讲述中国古代典籍的电视节目所创作的宣传平面设计。书籍构成了设计的主体。设计参照了东西方的古代书籍形态,包括中国的竹简、线装书,以及西方的羊皮卷与精装书。这些形态被解构并重新组合为简洁的视觉符号。十部典籍的书名与中国书法相结合。礼盒采用具有特殊触感的纸张。该设计帮助不同文化背景的人们理解中国的书籍与故事。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

China In The Classics 宣传平面设计是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计China In The Classics 宣传平面设计将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。China In The Classics 宣传平面设计出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: China in the Classics, a show produced by China Media Group, examines the stirring stories of ancient Chinese classics by selecting the most outstanding of these traditional, cultural masterpieces and examining the creation process and core ideology in a form that combines cultural seminars, drama and visualization. It brings the ancient classics alive, demonstrating Chinese wisdom, ethos and values implied in the ancient classics.
Dimensions & Packaging: These creative gift articles are for ministerial visits of foreign exchanges and cooperation for the China Media Group. The central theme - China in Classics, contains cultural attributes in terms of gift box packaging form, vision, material, and content. The titles of the ten classics are graphically processed, combining imaginary for overseas publicity of the classics, to form an easy-to-understand visual symbol. The titles are combined with Chinese calligraphy. It refers to traditional Chinese styles, such as Chinese labels, ancient book typesetting, etc. The material uses special tactile paper.
Tags: China, Classics, Heritage, Culture, Creativity
Production Technology: The advertising screen is easy to understand. It comes from the empathy of specific things and the complete artistic presentation, that is, the deconstruction and reorganization of familiar things. Humans are visual animals, and different colors and lines have different emotions and expressions. The pictures refer to a large number of ancient books from the East and the West, such as Chinese bamboo slips, thread-bound books, Western parchment scrolls, hardcover books, etc. It is so re-organized into easy-to-understand visual symbols. Viewers can easily feel the historical emotions from the graphics and explore the story behind the graphics.
Design Challenge: The advertising design is in line with the spirit and image of the program, with books as the main body of the design. Classics is not only the external image of the entire program, but also an important carrier of knowledge inheritance. For human beings, it has a unified value cognition and is universal.

In the design itself, deconstruction and graphic expression are used to deal with books, so that people with different cultural backgrounds can quickly understand the meaning, understand Chinese books through graphics, and understand the Chinese stories and oriental spirit behind the books.
Research: In the specific design, a large number of ancient books from the East and the West are referenced, such as Chinese bamboo slips, thread-bound books, Western sheepskin scrolls, hardcover books, etc. To the word dictionary in Chinese characters, you can also see The Classics in English. People with different cultural backgrounds can read different stories. For example, people who are familiar with Chinese characters can find the word dictionary hidden in book symbols.
Inspiration: The advertising design is in line with the spirit and image of the program, with books as the main body of the design. Classics is not only the external image of the entire program, but also an important carrier of knowledge inheritance. In the design itself, deconstruction and graphic expression are used to deal with books, so that people with different cultural backgrounds can quickly understand the meaning, understand Chinese books through graphics, and understand the Chinese stories.
Project Duration: The project started in 2022 in China, and is still promoted and distributed.
Operation Flow: In the processing of the classics, the ancient books of the East and the West are referenced, and the books of different materials and binding methods are visually processed.
In the presentation of the text, you can see the word dictionary of Chinese characters from the lines of the book; you can also see The Classics in English. People with different cultural backgrounds can see different worlds, but nonetheless feel the same design concept, with the text arousing people's spiritual resonance.
Team Members: Zhou Haiwen, Che Shilong, Guo Cheng
Image Credits: Illustrators, Creators: Zhou Haiwen, Che Shilong, Guo Cheng