Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Textile Design


In the traditional Chinese culture, dragon plays an important role in people’s life. This tremendous mythical creature represents power, fortune and happiness which still have believed in the Chinese minds nowadays. Red is a fortunate and lucky color as people in China have been using a lot in special occasions like wedding and the Chinese New Year. With the shape of dragon logo in the form of a red stamp shape; it shows the impression stability of dragon in the Chinese’s mindset. Brush Calligraphy had been the most common way for people in China to write or paint in aesthetic manner. With the traditional writing in Chinese of dragon to be placed on the shape of dragon; it indicates there is not only a shape but a meaning inside as well as in people’s hearts. The creativity of having two heads with hair in one brush fulfills the idea of connection throughout the page. Eventually placing in a repetition pattern on a white background emphasized every single unites which achieves the goal of less is more.