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Lost Species Education Illustrations by Lara Wilkin Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Lara Wilkin honored 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/ Lost Species Education Illustrations by Lara Wilkin has been granted the Silver 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 decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Lost Species Education Illustrations
The three information graphics serve as a basis to introduce the topic of the Lazarus-Effect. They include "The Six Major Mass Extinctions", "Death Watch of the Species", as well as an information graphic of the "Local Fern Plants and Flowering Plants" (based on the Rote Liste, 2018). The Lazarus Effect is based on the theme of the Lazarus-Effect, as coined by paleontologist David Jablonski. This pertains to the unintentional rediscovery (by accident, through expedition or through relocation projects) of a previously lost or considered extinct form of life.
About Lara Wilkin
Lara Wilkin born in Gladbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Scenographer from Germany who is specialized and focused on profounded and social Illustrations and Vector Illustrations full of details. She got the Bachelor of Arts in “Design-Media-Communikation“ and the Master of Arts at the subject area of “Scenography and Communication“ at the University of Applied Science and Arts - Fachhochschule Dortmund. Information graphics are also a great area of interest for Ms. Wilkin. She likes to take the viewer of their work on a journey, provocative trips, insightful and informative trips - trips into the details.
Award Record
This recognition makes Lara Wilkin a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Entries typically include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. Awarded graphic designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/111223
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111223
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111223
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/235016
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/LaraWilkin
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lost Species Education Illustrations
- Function
- Education Illustrations
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Lavender, Light Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Lara Wilkin
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #111223
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photos: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Adenauerallee 160 53113 Bonn Germany Tel: +49 228 9122-0 Fax: +49 228 9122-212 Museum für Naturkunde - Berlin Invalidenstr. 43 10115 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 030 889140 - 8591 Fax: + 49 030 889140 - 8814 Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Maria-Theresien-Platz 1010 Wien Tel.: + 43 1 52177-0 Fax: + 43 1 52177-578
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The three information graphics serve as a basis to introduce the topic of the Lazarus-Effect. They include The Six Major Mass Extinctions, Death Watch of the Species, as well as an information graphic of the local Fern Plants and Flowering Plants (based on the Rote Liste, 2018).
- Inspiration
- To educate about the extinction history and to promote the idea of sustainability among the general public, with emphases that extinction can be reversed, and to raise awareness of positive and negative human in uences on Nature. They are a part of the LazarusEffect campaign.
- Research
- Research with anthropological, biological and paleontological literature, as well as support of various natural history museums. The design is rich in detail. They are drawn as vector graphics in black and white and thus fits in well with most of the musee's scenographic installations. The graphics are structured in such a way that the viewer can discover more and more. All thre infographics are in a large-format and understandable for everyone. The Topics are compressed and build on on each other.
- Challenge
- The hardest part was it to visually compress the complex topic informations of extinction from the anthropological, biological and paleontological side into an understandable graphic. The infographics are a part of the Lazarus Effect-Campaign, special attention is paid to the complementary interaction. The subject deals with the death and (mass) extinction. The black and white style in detail and the rich contrasted illustrations are the best way of visualization and communication for this serious topic.
- Realization and Technology
- First a drawn layout, than Adobe Illustrator (only used trackpad)
- Operation and Interaction
- The information graphics have been developed to accompany and introduce the Lazarus Effect campaign.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project startet in may 2020
- Specifications
- Original Sizes Farn- und Blütenpflanzen (Ferns and Flowering Plants) 16045 / 32000, Die 6 großen Massenaussterben (The 6 Major Mass Extinctions) 32000 / 10733, Todesuhr der Arten (Death Clock of Species) 12669 / 12319
- Keywords
- Lazarus Effect, Infographics, Natural sciences, mass extinction, extinction, animal welfare
