| In Hong Kong, couples will think that traditional | | | | In fact couples are not reluctant to use the red |
| wedding cards are something old fashioned, in red | | | | color wedding invitation designs. They do not find |
| color with golden hot stamping. Besides, all these | | | | the color an obstacle. The main problem is the |
| traditional invitation cards are all provided by a | | | | design of these traditional cards. The cards are |
| few printing companies and all of them look alike. | | | | not properly designed. Indeed the companies |
| They would like to make their wedding as unique | | | | which provide such wedding cards are print shops |
| as possible and as a result they will have a | | | | rather than designers. We have to admit that the |
| perception that it will not be a good idea to | | | | interest of a designer and a print shop will be |
| choose wedding invitations with traditional designs. | | | | very different. The help of professional designers |
| Virtually, the alternative choice for the traditional | | | | will be needed in order to make the traditional red |
| invitation cards is invitations with what people in | | | | color wedding cards more elegant. |
| Hong Kong called western style (in fact I will | | | | As a graphic designer myself, I do not see |
| define that as Hong Kong style). They are usually | | | | anything wrong with the red color and golden hot |
| white in color, which is a great contrast to the | | | | stamping. They are only a choice of color and |
| traditional red color. However, white color in China | | | | printing technique at the end of the day. In fact I |
| usually means death. As a result, the parents of | | | | am an advocate of traditional elements. However, |
| the couples may not like this kind of wedding | | | | we should manipulate the design elements wisely |
| invitations since these cards touch the taboos of | | | | so that we do not copy what the print shop did in |
| Chinese people. | | | | the past. For example, we can introduce Chinese |
| In fact, the choice of wedding invitation can result | | | | paper cut patterns into the wedding invitations to |
| in disagreement between the couple and the | | | | make the invitation cards more elegant. |
| parents. There was a couple who wanted to | | | | From my point of view, the print shops should |
| order the western style wedding invitation. And as | | | | work hand in hand with professional designers to |
| a consequence they ordered them from a print | | | | redefine a new generation of Chinese wedding |
| shop and after they got everything printed, they | | | | invitations. We should try to design the wedding |
| found that their parents did not like the invitation | | | | invitations in a way that it is on one hand in line |
| designs very much. | | | | with the Chinese tradition and on the other hand |
| The couple was really in a dilemma since they did | | | | has their own merits. Modern designs today can |
| not even think about the problem of white color | | | | become traditional designs tomorrow. We need to |
| wedding invitations. And finally they had to order | | | | constantly define and redefine our modern designs |
| everything again. This time what they order is the | | | | such that unique Chinese wedding invitations can |
| red color design in order to satisfy the | | | | be made. |
| requirements by their parents. | | | | |