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Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Alina Achiricioaei Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Miro Distributed 2020 Virtual Event Experience Design in Event and Happening Design
Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Alina Achiricioaei acknowledged for event and happening 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 A' Design Award in the Event and Happening Design category for Miro Distributed 2020 Virtual Event Experience Design by Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Alina Achiricioaei, designed for Miro. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Miro Distributed 2020 Virtual Event Experience Design
Miro Distributed 2020 is a virtual conference experience created for an annual online event with more than 30,000 registrants. The design includes 55 interactive boards that help guests learn, network and attend workshops. The visual theme is based on space. Visitors land on a main board that looks like a galaxy, then zoom and navigate to reach 18 further boards, such as the agenda, the code of conduct and the feedback wall. The aim is to offer an immersive online experience at a lower cost than on-site events.
About Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Alina Achiricioaei
We are HUED, Saudi Arabia’s first service design and innovation agency. We have been designing human-centered services for citizens and employees of Saudi Arabia since we established. Over the past few years, we have been creating awareness in Saudi Arabia about design through by conducting design jams and workshops for the public. We matter because our mission is to use design to improve the lives of the people in the Middleast and we have been a leading Organization leading the growth of the entire design industry in Saudi Arabia.
Award Record
With this recognition, Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Alina Achiricioaei is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Event and Happening Design Award
The A' Event Design Award is an international event design competition recognizing good event designs by leading event designers and organizers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to event designers, corporate event planners, wedding planners and festival organizers from all countries. Typical entries include trade fairs, award ceremonies, festivals, conferences, exhibitions and concerts. The awarded event designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/event
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/121908
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121908
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121908
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/301113
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://livehued.com/en/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Miro Distributed 2020 Virtual Event Experience Design
- Function
- Virtual Event Experience Design
- Category
- Event and Happening Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Blue and Dark Khaki
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Miro
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mahmoud Abdelrahman and Alina Achiricioaei
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #121908
Credits
- Team
- Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Alina Achiricioaei, Sara Gabbioni, Yaser Qaniwi, Aaliyah Othman, Waleed Bahadi, Tarek Alkhaldi, Momen Zakaria, Raneem Altunesi and Yousra Alarafsha
- Image Credits
- Not Applicable
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- HUED was trusted to design the virtual experience for Miro's annual Virtual Conference called Distributed 2020, which had 30K registrants. HUED created 55 Miro interactive & engaging boards for guests to use during the conference, to help them learn, network, and attend workshops. The experience designed was based on Space Theme which was highly appreciated by attendees. The participants had the pleasure to navigate from planet to planet to enter key event locations to explore and engage.
- Inspiration
- As the result of the global pandemic, organizations are struggling to get a good level of engagement from staff and public in their events in the virtual world, so the purpose was to deliver originality and an unforgettable immersive virtual experience that will fulfill the scope of the event, while having a low cost comparing to on-ground events. Given the opportunity, HUED decided to wow the attendees with an out of this world space experience with tailored activities that people love.
- Research
- HUED team conducted desktop research to understand the nature of the Space Theme, and what elements can be used for the illustrations as well as what terminology and metaphors can be applied. The team used a Miro board to collect all findings, create a mood board and build a mind map of the ideas that can be applied for our design.
- Challenge
- The main obstacle of this project was the time difference between Riyadh and California which is 11 hours, and made the feedback loop more difficult
- Realization and Technology
- HUED team utilised Adobe Illustrator program and Miro platform to create the 50 boards with all the spacial elements and visuals.
- Operation and Interaction
- Users and guests land on a main board called Miro Mission Control, which looks like a galaxy, and they zoom and navigate around to see the introduction and guidelines, then they can explore any of the 18 different boards by clicking on the linked title, such as: Agenda board, Code of Conduct, Feedback Wall, Studio etc
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started on October 5th 2020 and was delivered on October 12.2020 by the team in Riyadh, for the Miro team in California.
- Keywords
- virtual event, virtual conference, remote collaboration, virtual experience design, online event, remote event,
