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Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Goes to Voice of Unity Illustration by Li Mengjia and Huo Kai
Li Mengjia and Huo Kai 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category for Voice of Unity Illustration by Li Mengjia and Huo Kai, designed for Northeastern University. The result belongs to 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 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 Voice of Unity Illustration
Voice of Unity is a series of illustrations about epidemic prevention and control. Five Chinese idioms are paired with vivid scenes that show different aspects of the response to the outbreak. The illustrations record how many sectors of society treated the crisis seriously and cooperated with prevention work. Each image is drawn with computer graphics software in a national style that highlights Chinese spiritual culture. Strong composition and bold color give the series a clear visual impact. The illustrations are printed at 800 by 800 millimeters.
About Li Mengjia and Huo Kai
Northeastern University is a graduate student, and has won one national inspirational scholarship, one national scholarship, three first-class scholarships and one named scholarship, thus winning the title of outstanding graduate. First prize of 2020 China Packaging Creative Design Competition. In 2020, the Academy Award "Hello, China is good" won the Silver Award in the Competition for Soliciting Public Welfare Works. Third prize of 14th Creative China Design Competition. Bronze Award in the 9th Ocean Culture Creative Design Competition.
Award Record
With this recognition, Li Mengjia and Huo Kai is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2020 - 2021 edition 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/118681
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/118681
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!118681
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/300421
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://pan.baidu.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Voice of Unity Illustration
- Function
- Illustration
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Maroon, Saddle Brown, Firebrick, Chocolate and Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Northeastern University
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Li Mengjia and Huo Kai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #118681
Credits
- Team
- Li Mengjia；Huo Kai
- Image Credits
- Illustration Huo kai& Li Mengjia, 2020.; Illustration Li Mengjia, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Love is a duty and a song of dedication. By drawing a series of illustrations for the epidemic situation, we can show the unified anti-epidemic scene. The whole illustration is expressed in national style, highlighting the spirit of Chinese culture.
- Inspiration
- Epidemic prevention and control is a fierce battle without smoke, only life and death. Taking the epidemic as the breakthrough point, this work highlights the contribution of the people to the fight against the epidemic through examples.
- Research
- Five idioms combined with vivid pictures reflect all aspects of epidemic prevention and control. It shows that at the crisis moment when the epidemic broke out, all sectors of society attached great importance to the epidemic, and people at home and abroad made numerous donations and actively cooperated with people to prevent and control the epidemic. Creative display of epidemic prevention scenes through computer graphics, highlighting Chinese spiritual culture.
- Challenge
- The difficulty lies in accurately describing the characteristics of people fighting against the epidemic, combining the illustrations of national tide style with the scenes of characters, and reflecting Chinese culture and spirit.
- Realization and Technology
- Using computer drawing software to complete a series of illustrations and expressions. It is produced by high-level printing and manufacturing technology to show the details of beautiful and exquisite illustrations.
- Operation and Interaction
- The key is strong impact and color expression to create high aesthetic effect and attract people's aesthetic interest.
- Project Duration and Location
- In Shenyang, China in 2020
- Specifications
- Printing illustrations:800mm (H) x 800mm (W) (sheet size), Data size:1800mm (H) x 1800mm (W), 300dpi, cmyk.
- Keywords
- COVID-19, anti-epidemic, The spirit of China, illustration, computer painting.
