Frost And Flame Performaning Art and Stage Design by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Dan Wang Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Performing Arts, Stage, Style and Scenery Design

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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Frost And Flame Performaning Art and Stage Design by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Dan Wang, designed for University of Macau Centre for Arts and Design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Performing Arts, Stage, Style and Scenery Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 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.

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 Frost And Flame Performaning Art and Stage Design

The color palette transitions from cool to warm tones, representing the tragic impacts of global warming. However, the re-freezing of the text credit at the conclusion of the performance provides a glimmer of hope, symbolizing the potential power of humanity's collective efforts. This unique fusion of traditional ink with environmental awareness elevates classical ink painting into the sphere of contemporary art, highlighting its vitality while integrating with the body language of modern dance in the digital era.

About Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Dan Wang

Lampo Leong, PhD from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and MFA from California College of the Arts, is a Distinguished Professor, Doctoral Advisor, and Director of the Centre for Digital Arts in the Dept of Arts and Design at the University of Macau, a Tenured Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the USA and a Visiting Professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Leong has served as judge or curator for over 80 art and design competitions and exhibitions and delivered over 300 lectures at esteemed institutions such as Stanford University, UC Berkeley and China Academy of Art.

Award Record

This recognition makes Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Dan Wang a winner of 8 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2024 - 2025 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Performing Arts, Stage, Style and Scenery Design Award

The A' Performing Arts Design Award is an international competition recognizing excellence in set, stage, and performing arts design by top designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to performing arts designers, set designers, theater architects and costume designers from all countries. Typical entries include choreography, dance moves, theatrical sets, dance costumes, stage lighting and opera props. The awarded performing arts designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/performing-arts

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/169379
• A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/169379
• Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!169379
• Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/244273

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