Press Release
Golden A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Goes to Cut and Paste Branding by Lisa Winstanley
Lisa Winstanley recognized for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Cut and Paste Branding by Lisa Winstanley has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Cut and Paste Branding
This project toolkit, Cut and Paste: Preventing Visual Plagiarism, addresses a topic that can affect everyone in the design industry and yet visual plagiarism is a topic that is seldom discussed. This could be due to the ambiguity between taking reference from an image and copying from it. Therefore, what this project proposes is to bring awareness to the grey areas surrounding visual plagiarism and position this at the forefront of conversations around creativity.
About Lisa Winstanley
Lisa Winstanley is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Research at the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University. With over 15 years of commercial design experience and nearly two decades as a design educator and researcher, she has made significant contributions to visual literacy and visual communication.
Award Record
With this recognition, Lisa Winstanley is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award
The A' Graphic Design Award is an international graphic design competition recognizing good graphic designs by best creative agencies and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. The awarded graphic designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/103530
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/103530
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!103530
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/251488
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://shorturl.at/vFNT9
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cut and Paste Branding
- Function
- Branding
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Midnight Blue, Indian Red, Saddle Brown, Light Gray and Crimson
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Lisa Winstanley
- Country
- Singapore
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #103530
Credits
- Team
- Wu You, Lisa Peh Jiaxian and Eugene Lim Ming Zheng
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Lisa Peh Jiaxian Film: Eugene Lim Ming Zheng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project addresses a topic that affects everyone in the creative industry at some point in their career. Yet visual plagiarism is an issue that is seldom discussed, perhaps due to the ambiguity between taking reference from an image and copying from it. Rather than preach morality, what this project provides is awareness; enabling participants to make informed choices. The collaterals were created to support an active learning workshop with the main aim to provide a platform for discussion
- Inspiration
- The designs were inspired by constructivist layout with rich, culturally appropriate imagery and bold, angled typography. The brief was to create an integrated design system which would appeal to a target audience of young Singaporean designers, to guide them through complex topics via an active learning pedagogy.
- Research
- To support an active learning workshop, print collaterals were developed including, an outer folder, a 36 page book, bookmark, posters, postcards, stickers, a notepad and a custom designed stationery kit. The brief was to create an integrated design system which would appeal to a target audience of young Singaporean designers, to guide them through complex topics via an active learning pedagogy.
- Challenge
- The design utilises the existing colour palette and fonts of the University brand, alongside culturally appropriate imagery and rich, real-world examples of visual plagiarism, homage, pastiche and parody. The notion of a cut and paste visual culture is present throughout, as a reminder for participants to consider ethical intentions as part of their creative practice and the secondary, juxtaposed theme of ‘copy cats’ is playfully illustrated; humorously referencing this common idiom and introducing a more palatable lightness to a somewhat serious topic.
- Realization and Technology
- This project was printed on RJ Maple bright stock of various weights dependent on the item. The outer folder is a bespoke die cut as is the 36pp book which contains a double sided poster, bookmark, A6 postcards and sticker set. The stationery kit is custom designed and contains pencils, paperclips and a sharper to complement the custom note paper
- Operation and Interaction
- This project intends the user to fully interact with each component of the pack. The book is intended to be a tool for sketching ideas, writing notes and experimenting. The postcards are designed as case studies for discussion and debate. The A6 activities as practice based and require users to ideate and experiment. The stationery set facilitates this interaction and the outer folder provides a study container to house the full kit.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was launched in January 2020 at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Specifications
- The book is A5 with a bespoke die cut folder at the back which contains the folded A3 poster, A6 4pp activity, die cut bookmark and kiss cut sticker sheet. These are all housed in a bespoke die cut outer folder which also contains an A5 notepad and pocket for 5 A6 postcards
- Keywords
- branding, logo, book, poster, stationery kit, postcards, stickers, bookmark, workshop
