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Kiyoka Yamazuki Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Kiyoka Yamazuki honored for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category for Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar by Kiyoka Yamazuki. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar
Japanese Kumano Kodo is a hand-drawn illustration created for a corporate wall calendar. The calendar theme is the old highways of Japan, including the Oshu Highway, the Tokaido, the Sanyo Highway, the Kumano Kodo, the Nagasaki Highway and the Minoji. The Kumano Kodo is a pilgrimage route used since about the year 908 and still walked today. The illustration brings the Nachi Fire Festival and Nachi Falls together in one colorful scene. The artwork is painted with acrylic paint on illustration board. The calendar has six sheets and measures 420 by 595 millimeters.
About Kiyoka Yamazuki
She is one of the most active illustrators in Japan. She mainly creates illustrations for corporate information magazines and calendars. She has been a lecturer at the Japan Designer Art College in Nagoya since 1999. She has also been teaching the joy of imagining and creating through art studies at Tokai Medical College in Nagoya since 2010.
Award Record
With this recognition, Kiyoka Yamazuki is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/142430
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142430
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142430
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/334119
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.yamazuki.me
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar
- Function
- Calendar
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, Firebrick, Steel Blue, Brown and Sky Blue
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kiyoka Yamazuki
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142430
Credits
- Image Credits
- Illustration: Illustrator / Kiyoka Yamazuki Main image: Image # 1 Illustration / Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki Optional image: Image # 2 Illustration / Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki Optional image: Image # 3 Illustration / Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki Optional image: Image # 4 Illustration / Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki Optional image: Image # 5 Illustration / Illustrator Kiyoka Yamazuki
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- I drew an illustration for a corporate calendar (Nippon Paint) with the motif of an old Japanese highway. There are many old roads in Japan such as Oshu Highway, Tokaido, Sanyo Highway, Kumano Kodo, Nagasaki Highway and Minoji. With these themes, we have created a colorful corporate calendar (Nippon Paint). Among them, the Kumano Kodo is located in the center of Japan and was used by the Kumano worship (a place of nature worship) since the Heian period (around 908), and is still maintained by people (also used as a living road). It is a highway that is carefully used. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
- Inspiration
- I drew an illustration with the motif of an old Japanese highway. In particular, Kumano Kodo was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. It is located in the center of Japan and has been used by the Kumanosanzan (a place of nature worship) since the Heian period (around 908). It is a highway. I finished it in one picture with the motif of "Nachi Fire Festival" and "Nachi Falls" which are the festivals of Kumano Shrine that live in life.
- Realization and Technology
- Illustration board Hand-drawn illustrations with acrylic paint
- Project Duration and Location
- Illustrations used in the 2003 corporate calendar (Nippon Paint: Kaido Roman) / Japan
- Specifications
- Calendar (6 sheets spelled) / 420 mm x 595 mm
