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Underforest: Select Brand Identity by Yi-Jen Tu Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yi-Jen Tu for graphics, illustration and visual communication design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Underforest: Select Brand Identity by Yi-Jen Tu, designed for Chiayi Forest District Office - Forestry Bureau, 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
Regarding Underforest: Select Brand Identity
Underforest: Select is a brand identity created for products of the under-forest economy in Taiwan. The logo is formed by four forest-green triangles that represent the Chinese character for forest and express the idea of coexistence with woodland. Forest-green stands for natural resources, while matte gold stands for economic potential. The packaging uses simili paper for a texture close to wood and is finished with matte gold hot foil stamping. Image integration and shared packaging standards reduce material costs and support local foresters.
About Yi-Jen Tu
In order to manage the national forest and achieve the goal of management for multiple uses, the Chiayi Forest District Office headquarters consists of 4 Ranger Stations. To facilitate public access to services, the Chiayi Forest District Office is located in Chiayi city, and Ranger Stations have been established in locations where the most services are needed, front-line implementing units. Besides, we also administer Alishan National Forest Recreation Area and Aogu Wetlands Forest Park: Alishan National Forest Recreation Area- In the early days, Alishan was one of the three major logging areas.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yi-Jen Tu 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/121055
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121055
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121055
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/262505
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Underforest: Select Brand Identity
- Function
- Brand Identity
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Silver, Dark Gray, Light Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Chiayi Forest District Office - Forestry Bureau
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yi-Jen Tu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #121055
Credits
- Team
- YI-JEN, TU, HSIANG-YI, HO, MENG-HAN, LIU, YI-CHIN, CHUNG, CHIAO-WEI, YANG, YU-CHAN, LIN, HSUAN-YING, CHIANG, CHANG-YU-CHEN, CHING- YU, YEN and TZU-HAO, KUO
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project, in hand with the government, built the leading brand of "Underforest: Select" for the under-forest economy. Through image integration and packaging specification, designers reduce material costs without compromising quality, strengthen the brand identity and raise the values for their products.
- Inspiration
- For decades, Taiwan's government forbade the logging of primeval forests and encouraged afforestation. However, it is difficult for forest owners to maintain their livelihood through forest management. Thus, in 2020, the Forestry Bureau launched the policy of "Under Forest Economy," with the coexistence of forest ecologies, to let foresters cultivate plants and livestock to increase their income. In 2020, we united with the government around the same goal and put out the brand "UNDERFOREST: SELECT," being of assistance to local foresters in South Taiwan.
- Research
- The government started promoting the "Under-forest Economy" because of the favorable climate conditions and the diversity of honey plants in the forest. After thinning, the woods were cut into logs with high carbohydrate content and high lignin. The foresters comply with the rule of not using any pesticides or chemicals in the process of planting. They develop natural and safe under-forest products such as "forest honey," "log-based mushrooms," and "Taiwan jewel orchid." Through "UNDERFOREST:SELECT," the foresters began to understand the idea of branding concept and marketing.
- Challenge
- The concept of "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" integrates three conditions: A. Be eco-friendly and coexist with the forests B. Revitalize the agricultural economy C. Raise the green awareness among the consumers through the brand identity and visual design and change their consumption habits
- Realization and Technology
- The logo consists of four forest-green triangles, representing the Chinese Character "林 (Forest)." The logo conveys the idea of coexistence with the forests. The packaging uses simili paper to create the sense of touching the woods and is decorated with hot foil stamping in matte gold, which represents "the economic potential in the forests."
- Operation and Interaction
- Our branding colors are forest-green and matte gold. Forest-green portrays the abundant natural resources in the woods, and the matte gold represents the economic potential of the under-forest economy. We shape the brand identity with layers of woods and the silhouettes of the under-forest economy's products as an epitome of the sustainable cycle of life between forest ecologies and economy.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Taichung, Taiwan in October 2020 and ended in Chiayi, Taiwan, in January 2021. The "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" brand launch event was held in Chiayi Chukou Nature Center on January 22, 2021.
- Specifications
- UNDERFOREST:SELECT GIFT BOX: 270mm x 80mm x 185mm
- Keywords
- #Taiwan #ChiayiForestDistrictOfficeForestryBureau #UNDERFOREST:SELECT #BrandIdentity #UnderForestEconomy #CoexistwithForests #SocialImpact #Sustainableconsumptionawareness
