SKETCHBOOK

New Macau Souvenir Tee for the Hawkers

Sketchbook presents two “designer special souvenir t-shirts” in order to celebrate “The Historic Centre of Macao” becomes one of the UNESCO world heritage. The tee on the left hand side fits one of the basic criteria of a souvenir tee which is – low production cost. Black and white colour scheme (very much ryxx’s style) and simple graphic by playing with the composition of typeface which will definitely reduce the cost and the feasibility of production. A pair of eyes/telescope (depends on what u perceive, I call it “room for imagination) is formed by the enlargement of the letter “o”. (Imply the idea that as a tourist city, Macau has whole lots of interesting aspects for the tourist to explore instead of the“well known” casinos, Mafia, and porn business).
The second criteria of a souvenir tee – the used of the monument/symbol of the city. The Ruins of the St. Paul’s will not doubt be the symbolic representative of Macau. Quote from the Macao World Heritage homepage – “The historic centre of Macao is the product of East-West cultural exchange, constituting the most unique blend of cultural heritage existing the in china’s historic city.” Therefore I come up with a formula (W)est + (E)est = WE. The formula bends into the background picture of the Ruins of St.Paul’s by following the classical proportion of the façade.
The image of Ruins of St.Paul's, to a macao citizen, it seems too familiar or even boring simply because the curiosity and the beauty of it already vanish in our daily life. We walk pass it day after day and it just became part of our life that we almost forgot its exisitence. If we miss the beauty of our surrounding and our origin. that's a tragedy. Possibility is always there if we can realise the beauty of it once again. and I believe a simple Macao Souvenir tee can be a well designed item and hopefully next time when you visit Macau, you will able to see some hawkers selling these two t-shirts! : )

posted by ryxx @ 6:08 PM