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Qin

Graphic Arts for Kaidi Mao

From the examination of the aesthetic and intellectual tradition of Chinese landscape painting, it enabled Kaidi Mao to explore such painting’s relationship to nature in a contemporary context. Mao have used today’s design tools, such as Cinema 4D, Photoshop and Procreate, to produce digital arts inspired by the traditions of China. The project deeply responds to the aesthetic and philosophical traditions that form the foundation of Mao's identity, with the goal of expressing emotional states understood through a Taoist lens, and showcasing the beauty of tradition in a modern context.

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Qin by Kaidi Mao
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Kaidi Mao Qin
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Kaidi Mao Graphic Arts
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Kaidi Mao's examination of the aesthetic and intellectual tradition of Chinese landscape painting has enabled him to understand the connection between classical Chinese painters and their natural environments. To explore such painting's relationship to nature in a contemporary context, Mao has used today's technology to produce digital images inspired by the traditions of China.

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Art, poster, Taoism, culture, landscape, painting

Production Technology

The initial images are from photography, then digitally created using tools like Photoshop, Cinema 4D and Procreate.

Design Challenge

The biggest challenge of this project is to visually communicate this East Asian worldview to international viewer, especially under the current political environment.

Project Duration

The project started in September 2019, finished in May 2020 in Los Angeles.

Operation Flow

These posters/graphic arts can be displayed physically and digitally, in a gallery setting or in a home setting.

Research

This project is a pictorial reinterpretation of Chinese painters' use of nature to communicate the Taoist notion that the whole planet is permeated by invisible Tao, "the Way of the cosmos, which is evident in nature." Mao has titled this project Qin. Qin, comes from the Chinese word, which means "to permeate", "to seep into". This project allows different cultures, concepts and methods to seep together. The character Qin consists of two parts: the left represents water, and the right represents the heart. Heart can be interpreted as the depth of one's feelings, and when combined with water, expresses something that comes from one's innermost being. Qin explores the aesthetic depth with which Chinese culture responds to, reveres, and honors the natural environment by reexamining pictorial traditions using contemporary digital image production. It also serves as an expression of the connection felt by a producer of such imagery with the underlying concept of Tao that inexpressibly permeates universal being in the Chinese tradition.

Inspiration

As a designer from China living in the United States, I have sought to integrate my training in contemporary design with my personal and cultural identity. This has come through an examination of different media and technological approaches. This process has led me to a series of digitally produced design pieces that examine my own Chinese pictorial tradition. These works have also allowed me an alternative approach to understanding The Natural within my practice.

Project Overview

Qin Graphic Arts has been a Bronze winner in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Image Credits

For design images and photos please credit Kaidi Mao.

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Bronze Recognition

Kaidi Mao was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Qin Graphic Arts.

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Introducing Qin: A Contemporary Exploration of Chinese Pictorial Tradition by Kaidi Mao

Kaidi Mao's Qin project is a digitally produced series of design pieces that reexamines Chinese pictorial tradition, integrating contemporary design with personal and cultural identity.


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