Red&Yellow - Yin Yang Fish 陰陽魚 2nd Draft 03.08.10

Yin and Yang are the two basic elements of the world. They are complete opposite of each other, like day and 

night, warmth and coldness, man and woman, strength and tenderness, and water and fire, etc. However they

also cannot exist by themselves. They need to be together to create peace and harmony in everything. We are
to present this fundamental Asian ideology on our T-shirt.

阴阳是世界上两个最基本的两个成分。 它们是对立的，象白天与黑夜，温暖与寒冷，男人与女人，力量与温柔，还有水

与火，等等。但它们不能独立而存。 它们在一起才能产生平静与和谐。 我们要通过我们的T-shirt来体现这样的亚洲理念。

雖然我們還沒有向外界正是宣佈我們博客的存在, 但我們還是注意到了很多朋友們的來訪。 來了有可能是因為您是我們的好友﹔ 來了也可能是我們博客和您有緣使您偶然看到﹕ 不管怎麼說﹐您來了﹐ 我們就非常開心。---  來的都是客兒﹐ 請您留下支字片語﹐讓我們知道您的到訪與關注!  如果您支持我們以時裝設計與藝術的方式弘揚中華精神與亞洲文化﹐ 就更要多留言﹐以示鼓勵 。 如果您願意成為我們的忠實支持者﹐為我們搖旗吶喊﹐就請您加入成為我們的Follower. 我和曉非還有設計師錢墨感謝您的關心幫助與捧場!  我們在這裡先謝謝大家啦 : ) !
Although we have not publicly announced the existence of our blog, but we have noticed a steady inflow of visitors to the site.  Maybe you are here because you are a good friend of ours and are curious of what we are doing, and maybe you are here through simple luck.  Nevertheless, you being here makes us really happy! --- Being here means you are our guest, so please leave a few words so we know you have visited us and that you care.  If you do support us in celebrating Asian cultures through fashion and art, we invite you to comment, critic and make suggestions to encourage and improve our works.   If you'd truly like to become a steadfast supporter and cheer for us through this journey, please join by becoming a follower (Click on "Follow)!  Terry, Mo, our artist, and I would truly appreciate your support and encouragement.  We thank you in advance!!! 

                          Chinese Culture Presentations with Andy Warhol Style  2nd Draft 03.08.10

Facebook Group is up, Flaming Lantern.  However it's not ready to be announced yet.  Need to add more content and make it more organized.  要加油！

火燈籠 Logo Draft with Seal 2

在设计中，我们要追求的是创造经典，而不是求多样多量。 凑数儿不是我们得目的。 
在营销中，我们要以树立高档品牌为本，提升自身的价值。而不能为多卖几件衣服而盲目地降低自己的价位与形象。  有销量并不等于有高级品牌形象，但有了高级品牌形象就一定会有销量!   这点不能忘记! 
更重要的是：设计是很容易被别人偷去模仿，但高档的品牌形象，客人对牌子的忠实和市场地位是模仿者无法抄袭甚至取代的。  
我想世界许多知名品牌都是花相对很少的心思去设计生产与销售它们的产品，相对更多的苦心经营去建立自己的高档形象，客户忠实率与市场地位。 我想这是它们成功秘诀之一。 
总结： 宁可不做，也不滥竽充数!  要做，就把目光放远，坐个好牌子。 

When designing, we Do Not seek for more designs and more quantity, but to create classics that we could be proud of.   Fulfilling quotas is not our job! 
When marketing, we need to establish the image of high-end brand and elevate the collection's value.  We cannot lower either the price or image of the brand for the sake of selling a few more items.  Remember, having revenue does not mean the brand has a high-end image, but having a high-end image will certainly guarantee revenue.  Therefore, it should be concluded that long term brand image is much more important than short term profit.  
More importantly, a design can be easily copied, but the image of high-end brand, customer loyalty as well as the company market position can not be stolen, copied or replaced.  
I think many world renowned brands spend relatively smaller amount of their energy on creating, manufacturing and selling their products, but larger amount of their energy and focus on creating an brand image of luxury, customer loyalty and market position.  I think it's one of the keys to their success! 
Summary: We rather not doing business if the business is only about selling mediocre products.  If we move foreward, we must look beyond the immediate profitability, and focus on building a strong brand.   

火燈籠的標誌一直是我們設計上的難題，張羽 (Zoe) 小毛兒的團兒幫助我們設計出來下面的樣式，不知大家喜歡不喜歡？

雖然我們還沒有向外界正是宣佈我們博客的存在, 但我們還是注意到了很多朋友們的來訪。 來了有可能是因為您是我們的好友﹔ 來了也可能是我們博客和您有緣使您偶然看到﹕ 不管怎麼說﹐您來了﹐ 我們就非常開心。---  來的都是客兒﹐ 請您留下支字片語﹐讓我們知道您的到訪與關注!  如果您支持我們以時裝設計與藝術的方式弘揚中華精神與亞洲文化﹐ 就更要多留言﹐以示鼓勵 。 如果您願意成為我們的忠實支持者﹐為我們搖旗吶喊﹐就請您加入成為我們的Follower. 我和曉非還有設計師錢墨感謝您的關心幫助與捧場!  我們在這裡先謝謝大家啦 : ) !
Although we have not publicly announced the existence of our blog, but we have noticed a steady inflow of visitors to the site.  Maybe you are here because you are a good friend of ours and are curious of what we are doing, and maybe you are here through simple luck.  Nevertheless, you being here makes us really happy! --- Being here means you are our guest, so please leave a few words so we know you have visited us and that you care.  If you do support us in celebrating Asian cultures through fashion and art, we invite you to comment, critic and make suggestions to encourage and improve our works.   If you'd truly like to become a steadfast supporter and cheer for us through this journey, please join by becoming a follower (Click on "Follow)!  Terry, Mo, our artist, and I would truly appreciate your support and encouragement.  We thank you in advance!!! 

To people who have dreams and go after them with determination and passion, I admire; 
To people who have no dreams but are happy and satisfied with their lives, I envy; 
To people who talk about dreams, but sit on their hands and whine all day, I despise!!! 
Go after your dreams and leave no room for regrets!!! 

看似簡單的T-Shirt﹐要做出來﹐ 其中要了解的﹐學習的﹐掌握的太多太多了。 單單印刷的種類與區別就繁瑣的要命。 借用“維基百科”和大家分享一下布料印刷的種類與簡單歷史。
Most people think making T-shirts is quite easy, but the fact of the matter is, there is so much to know, learn and master before you can bring out a decent product.  Even learning the types of printing methods and their pros/cons is tedious and time-consuming 。A lesson on textile printing: "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia".

Textile printing is the process of applying colour to fabric in definite patterns or designs. In properly printed fabrics the colour is bonded with the fiber, so as to resist washing and friction. Textile printing is related to dyeing but, whereas in dyeing proper the whole fabric is uniformly covered with one colour, in printing one or more colours are applied to it in certain parts only, and in sharply defined patterns.

(Design for a hand woodblock printed textile, showing the complexity of the blocks used to make repeating patterns. Evenlode by William Morris, 1883. )

In printing, wooden blocks, stencils, engraved plates, rollers, or silkscreens are used to place colours on the fabric. Colourants used in printing contain dyes thickened to prevent the colour from spreading by capillary attraction beyond the limits of the pattern or design.
Traditional textile printing techniques may be broadly categorised into four styles:

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