In its latest attempt to boost support for President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) among young voters, Ma’s re-election campaign office yesterday unveiled the cover of a campaign album titled We Are One, which was designed by Grammy--nominated designer Xiao Qing-yang (蕭青陽).
The cover, which features the colors blue, green and red and incorporates icons such as a rainbow, balloons and the thumbs-up gesture, symbolizes unity among people of different political affiliations, Xiao said at a press conference yesterday.
Accompanied by King Pu-tsung (金溥聰), the executive director of Ma’s re-election campaign office, and album producer Ian Chen (陳建寧), Xiao dismissed questions about his political preference, saying he also designed campaign products for former premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) when he was running for Taipei mayor last year.
“I am not a politician. My idea is to express my love for Taiwan in my way ... Just as the cover of the album, I think people should give each other a thumbs up. Hopefully after the elections, the Chinese Nationalist Party [KMT] and the DPP can work together and seek a better future for Taiwan,” he said.
When asked about the possibility of designing campaign products for Ma’s DPP counterpart, DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Xiao said he would focus his efforts on the design for Ma as he is working for the KMT candidate.
If given the chance, however, Xiao said he would be willing to work for any political party to give voters different visual impressions during election campaigns.
The album features the campaign theme song We Are One in two versions, and two other songs in Taiwanese and Hakka. In the album, Ma joined 100 local residents to sing the theme song, which promotes ethnic reconciliation and a sense of unity among Taiwanese, King said.
The campaign office will issue the album next month.
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