魔都

魔都
Derwyn Goodall
加拿大
2021
约翰·格拉夫达尔 特邀作品
为了捕捉上海的现代风格精髓,我在海报设计中结合了“Módū”这个词,使用了色彩鲜艳的解释性城市景观图像。
上海被描述为中国经济蓬勃发展的“样板”。这座城市拥有装饰艺术和石库门等多种建筑风格,以陆家嘴天际线、博物馆和历史建筑而闻名,包括城隍庙、豫园、中华艺术宫和外滩建筑。
Módū 或“魔都”,是上海在当代的别称,在年轻人中广为人知。这个名字最早出现在村松松府 1924 年的小说《Mato》中,该小说将上海描绘成一个光明与黑暗并存的二分城市。
“Módū”这个词与上海还有其他重要的联系。它是现居日本的中国作家刘建辉的一本书的书名。这本书于2003年问世,从日本人的角度讲述上海的历史。还有,著名动漫《中华小当家》第34集以“魔都上海”为题名。这是一部在中国非常有名的动漫,经常在许多电视频道上看到。
“魔”的中文词也可以解释为“迷人的”,再加上“都”,意思是“城市或首都”。整个词都有“迷人的城市”的意思,这也是很多人对上海的印象。

Módū
Derwyn Goodall
Canada
2021
John Gravdahl
Specially invited poster
To capture the modern, stylistic essence of Shanghai, I used a brightly coloured, interpretive cityscape image in combination the word “Módū”.
Shanghai has been described as the “showpiece” of the booming economy of China. Featuring several architectural styles such as Art Deco and Shikumen, the city is renowned for its Lujiazui skyline, museums and historic buildings including the City God Temple, Yu Garden, the China Pavilion and buildings along the Bund.
Módū or “Magical City”, is a contemporary nickname for Shanghai and is widely known among its youth. The name was first mentioned in Shōfu Muramatsu’s 1924 novel Mato, which portrayed Shanghai as a dichotomic city where both light and darkness exists.
The word “Módū” has other significant associations to Shanghai. It came up as the title for a book by Chinese writer Jianhui Liu who now lives in Japan. The book came out at 2003 and is about the history of Shanghai from Japanese peoples’ perspective. Also, the 34th episode of famous anime Chūka Ichiban! used the word “Modu Shanghai” as its title. It was a very famous anime in China and has been frequently seen on many TV channels.
The Chinese word for “Mo” can also be interpreted as “being fascinating”, together with the “Du”, which means “city or capital”. The entire word has the meaning of “the fascinating city”, which is what many people think of Shanghai.