Press Release
Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Livia Application in Digital Product Design
Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi acknowledged for digital product design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Livia Application by Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi, designed for Xianghan Wwang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Digital Product Design category. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 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 assessed 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.
Regarding Livia Application
Livia is an AI powered digital companion designed to provide emotional support through memory driven interactions, mood tracking, and proactive engagement. Unlike traditional chatbots, Livia remembers user experiences, initiates conversations, and evolves over time. Integrated AR technology brings Livia into the real world, creating an immersive presence, while smartwatch compatibility ensures continuous, real time support. By blending AI companionship with human like emotional intelligence, Livia redefines how technology can foster meaningful connections and enhance well being.
About Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi
Xianghan Wang is an award-winning XR/Motion Designer at Apple, known for crafting immersive experiences that merge art, technology, and cultural heritage. Her innovative storytelling has earned over fifteen international awards, including the Red Dot and iF Design Awards. With a strong background in design, she also serves as a jury member for global competitions and hackathons, evaluating work based on creativity, cultural impact, and technical execution. Passionate about redefining digital interaction, she continues to advance the fields of immersive media, spatial computing, and interactive design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Digital Product Design Award
The A' Digital Product Design Award is an international competition recognizing top digital product designs by leading brands, designers and agencies worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to digital product designers, user experience designers, user interface designers and interaction designers from all countries. Entries typically include digital products, apps, e-books, virtual reality experiences, interactive websites and digital games. Awarded digital product designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/digital-product
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/167235
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/167235
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!167235
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/363476
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.hi-livia.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Livia Application
- Function
- Application
- Category
- Digital Product Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software
- Colors
- Old Lace, Peru, Chocolate, Light Gray and Alice Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Xianghan Wwang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao and Rui Xi
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #167235
Credits
- Team
- Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi
- Image Credits
- Xianghan Wang, Jing Yao, Rui Xi
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Livia redefines digital companionship, offering genuine support by remembering conversations, preferences, and emotions. Unlike chatbots, she provides the warmth of a trusted friend through personalized interactions. By creating judgment-free spaces, Livia addresses global loneliness. Stepping into real-world environments for interactive experiences through AR, while smartwatch integration ensures always-available support. Through intuitive design, Livia makes AI feel personal and alive.
- Inspiration
- Livia was designed to address global loneliness and the barriers to mental health support, with nearly one in four people worldwide experiencing loneliness. Stigma, high costs, and limited access leave many without help. Livia offers a personalized, always-accessible companion that uses memory systems and mood tracking to build meaningful connections. It provides a safe, judgment-free space for users to process emotions and feel understood, ensuring tailored, and readily available support.
- Research
- We conducted user-centric research to address loneliness and enhance digital companionship. Using surveys, interviews, and usability tests with diverse participants, we identified a need for proactive engagement and emotional personalization. Insights shaped Livia's AR interactions, memory systems, and mood tracking, creating a lifelike, accessible companion. The research impacts society by tackling loneliness and design by redefining standards for AI-driven emotional support.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge was making Livia feel truly "alive" by combining emotional intelligence with proactive engagement. We struggled to balance advanced AI features like memory recall, mood tracking, and AR with accessibility. External factors like ensuring data privacy and seamless multi-device integration added complexity. Overcoming these challenges required iterative design, real-world user feedback, and innovative use of emotion-driven technology to build a lifelike, empathetic companion.
- Realization and Technology
- Livia was developed using AI technologies, including natural language processing, memory systems, and emotion recognition algorithms. The design process prioritized user-centric methodologies, incorporating iterative testing and feedback loops to refine its intuitive interface. AR functionality leverages real-time spatial mapping to create immersive interactions, while seamless integration across devices, including smartwatches, ensures a cohesive and accessible user experience.
- Operation and Interaction
- Livia operates through simple, user friendly interactions. Users can call, text, or use AR mode to engage with Livia, who responds with empathy and memory-driven insights. Key features include mood tracking, proactive checkins, and personalized journaling. AR brings Livia into the user's space for lifelike interactions, while smartwatch integration ensures constant support. This seamless flow fosters meaningful connections, making Livia a companion that feels truly alive and attentive.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2024 in California, US.
- Specifications
- Android or iOS/watchOS operating systems
- Keywords
- AI, Companion App, Mental Health, Emotional Support, AR
