A Tiger CAN Change Its Stripes

For those who have an unbreakable spirit and a purposeful heart: this design is for you, guys!

天下無難事, 只怕有心人 
(Pīnyīn: Tiānxià wúnán shì, zhǐ pà yǒuxīnrén)
Rough translation: “There’s not a single hardship under the Heavens that does not fear a purposeful heart”.

Few statements ring as true as this one, right? Just look at the thousands of Paralympic athletes across the world. Or the millions of immigrants who start their lives over – from scratch – in countries where they don’t understand anything and don’t know anyone. Parents who give their all, making the impossible possible, just so that their kids can have food on the table and access to a good education. People who live with uncurable illness, and still, always find reasons to smile. This design is for them, because it represents all of them. ;o)

The reason why we chose this illustration is because, in Chinese culture, tigers are a symbol of strength, confidence and courage. As a matter of fact, there’s even a Chinese expression that reads as 如虎添翼 (Pīnyīn: Rú hǔ tiān yì), which roughly and freely means “Like Adding Wings to a Tiger”. It conveys the idea of turning something that’s already great (a Tiger) into something even more powerful (a Tiger With Wings).

Now, here’s a fun fact for those of you who enjoy or are into Chinese Horoscope: people born in the Year of the Tiger (50, 62, 74, 86, 98, 2010 and 2022) are known to be fearless and indomitable. They’re not afraid of anything. They don’t shy away from any challenge. They fear no one. They do whatever they want and ONLY if they want it.

That being said, if you know someone who’s a “Tiger”, and are starting to remember a certain occasion when this person did something you told her/him to do, believe me: he/she didn’t do it because you told them to; they did it but because they WANTED to do what you told them to. ;o))

All jokes aside, this is what we wanted to express with this design: may we never lack a purposeful heart to face every single hardship under the Heavens; neither wings to remind us that the sky is our only limit.