Chinese New Year Project-Firecrackers and Monster Nian

文創造設計工作室 - 春節計畫「年獸與鞭炮」

“Firecrackers and monster Nian” is the new

project presented by WEN CREATION this year.

（一）發想

春節到了，這是一個屬於華夏民族特有的節慶，而在台灣大家更習慣說“過年”，今年文創造團隊已年獸與鞭炮為主題。

在傳說中“年”是一種在深海裡的怪獸，每隔364天就會醒來一次，並且到岸上吃人，所以每到這一天人們都會攜家帶眷的躲到山上去避難。

直到一位神仙告訴人們，年獸最怕的就是噪音跟紅色，從此人們便在這一天放鞭炮貼春聯，來把年獸嚇跑。

Chinese New Year Project(一)

ConceptSpring Festival (a.k.a. Chinese New Year) is a unique festival for all Chinese nations. It can also be called "Guonian" in Taiwan, which means the passing of the old year to a new one. According to tales and legends, “Nian” is a monster in the deep sea, waking up every 364 days, and eating people on the shore. On this day, people bring their family into the mountains to take refuge.
Until a immortal revealed that the most feared of Nian is the noise and red color, people started to put firecrackers and buy many red items as red clothes, red lanterns, red paper-cuttings, red spring couplets, and all manner of red objects to scare Nian away.

（二）設計

這次的設計有兩個部分，一個是從宅邸伸出來的鞭炮，以及被嚇到的年獸。

分成平面與立體建模。

(二) Design

There are two main parts in the design: one is the firecracker that protrudes from the mansion, and the other is the scared beast.

（三）打樣

測試機構是否順暢，並進行微調。

(三) Proofing

Test if each articulated parts works smoothly, and then adjusts its design.

（四）美化

將圖形美化，並在裝飾中帶入傳統中式美學。

(四)Modification

Decorate the graphics with traditional Chinese aesthetics.

（五）製作

我們非常注重許多小細節，包含後面的房子，雖然大部分都被檔掉了，但是包含屋簷，對聯都是手工黏上去的。

(五) Production

We pay great attention to many details, including the house behind. Although most of it is blocked from view by the front items, but the eaves and couplets are manually sticked.