6. Poster Design: The Dance of String

The Dance of String poster was designed for an erhu concert. The erhu, also known as the “Chinese violin”, is a traditional Chinese bowed string instrument that generates sound by rubbing a horse-hair bow against two iron strings.

The poster was commissioned by the two woman string players, who wanted a design that expressed their music and the concert title: “The Dance of String.” Therefore, the designer decided to create a poster that conveys “string” and “rhythm”. The main material used for making images was the horse hair on the bow. After positioning the horse-hair bow string and scanning it into the computer, the designer was able to play with the images and produced a bluish image of dancing strings which not only correspond to the concert title, but also voiced the feminine and melancholic music of the erhu.