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Qin: A Contemporary Exploration of Chinese Pictorial Tradition

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. Inspired by the aesthetic and intellectual tradition of Chinese landscape painting, Mao's work explores the connection between classical Chinese painters and their natural environments, using today's technology to produce digital images inspired by the traditions of China.

The project, which started in September 2019 and finished in May 2020 in Los Angeles, resulted in a series of posters/graphic arts that can be displayed physically and digitally, in a gallery setting or in a home setting. The project's title, "Qin," comes from the Chinese word meaning "to permeate" or "to seep into," reflecting the fusion of different cultures, concepts, and methods. The character "Qin" consists of two parts: the left represents water, and the right represents the heart, symbolizing the depth of one's feelings and expressing something that comes from one's innermost being.

Recognized for its outstanding and creatively ingenious design, Qin was awarded the Bronze A' Design Award in 2021 for Graphics, Illustration, and Visual Communication Design. Kaidi Mao's work serves as an expression of the connection felt by a producer of such imagery with the underlying concept of Tao that permeates universal being in the Chinese tradition.

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