Kenichiro Shirota and Masaki Oshiro Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Tokyo Giants Season Visuals Advertisement in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design

Kenichiro Shirota and Masaki Oshiro acknowledged for photography and photo manipulation design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Tokyo Giants Season Visuals Advertisement by Kenichiro Shirota and Masaki Oshiro, designed for Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Photography and Photo Manipulation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Regarding Tokyo Giants Season Visuals Advertisement

Tokyo Giants Season Visuals is a series of photographic posters created for a professional baseball team in Japan. The visuals combine two photographs arranged as continuous scenes, so that still images express the drama of baseball in the manner of a film. The player photographs capture joy, anger and sadness, and are taken from high and unusual angles. The season concept marks the 89th anniversary of the team, as the number 89 means baseball in Japanese. A joint visual of the men's and women's teams expresses the spirit of diversity.

About Kenichiro Shirota and Masaki Oshiro

This new company, which integrates the solution businesses of the Sony Music Group, is a group of professionals who go beyond all barriers to work on a single "thing". We will create "solutions" to realize the dreams and requests of artists, creators, and all clients in the entertainment industry and beyond, and to expand their businesses by combining the collective strength of each company that has been cultivated in the entertainment industry to date. The environment surrounding the entertainment industry continues to change dramatically. With the goal of creating a new era of entertainment together with you, we have decided to name our new company "Sony Music Solutions Inc.

Award Record

This recognition makes Kenichiro Shirota and Masaki Oshiro a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2023 - 2024 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Photography and Photo Manipulation Design Award

The A' Photography Design Award is an international photography competition recognizing good photographic creations by best photographers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to photographers, photojournalists, advertising agencies and digital artists from all countries. Typical entries include portraits, landscapes, still lifes, photojournalism, fashion shots and architectural images. The awarded photography designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/photography

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/152379
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/152379
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!152379
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/346287
Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.giants.jp/news/7086/

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Tokyo Giants Season Visuals Advertisement
Function: Advertisement
Category: Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Arts and Entertainment
Colors: Medium Aquamarine, Linen, Sky Blue, Cadet Blue and Cornflower Blue
Images: 5
Client: Tokyo Yomiuri Giants

The Recognition

Laureate: Kenichiro Shirota and Masaki Oshiro
Country: Japan
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2023 - 2024
Design ID: #152379

Credits

Team: Tomohiro Saeki, Kenichiro Shirota, Masaki Oshiro, Satoshi Minakawa, Keisuke Ozaki, Taro Nishimaki, Haruna Samejima, Keigo Mikami and Miki Ichikado

Design Details

Unique Properties: This design uses two photos. By arranging continuous scenes even though they are still images, the drama of baseball is expressed like a movie. In order to express the drama of baseball, the player photos incorporate scenes of the players' joy, anger, sadness, and joy into the design. The angles include high angles and other angles, creating an expression that has never been seen before.
Inspiration: The Tokyo Giants are the oldest baseball team in Japan. The year 2023 marks the 89th anniversary of the team's founding, and "89" means baseball in Japanese; to make the 2023 season the "Year of Baseball," the season concept was set as "89 IS MY LIFE. A series of visual posters express the drama of baseball. In addition, for the first time in the history of the baseball team, a joint men's and women's team visual was created to express the spirit of diversity.
Project Duration and Location: The visual was unveiled to coincide with the opening of the Japanese professional baseball season at the end of March 2023. It will be used throughout the season in and around Tokyo Dome, the home stadium of the Tokyo Giants, as well as on the website.
Keywords: Tokyo Giants, Yomiuri Giants, Tokyo Baseball, Japan Baseball, Tokyo Dome,