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Hak Hi Kong Yong An Harbor Rebranding by Shih Pei, Huang and Chia Lin, Wang Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Shih Pei, Huang and Chia Lin, Wang for graphics, illustration and visual communication design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category for Hak Hi Kong Yong An Harbor Rebranding by Shih Pei, Huang and Chia Lin, Wang, designed for National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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 assessed 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.

About Hak Hi Kong Yong An Harbor Rebranding

The proposal use three concepts to rebuild the CI system for Yong-An Fishing Port. The first is a new logo creating with specific visual material extracted from cultural characteristics of the Hakka community. Next step is a reinvestigation of entertainment experience, then create two mascot characters representing and let them appear in new attractions for guiding tourist into the port. Last but not least, planing nine spots inside, surrounding with entertainment activities and delicious cuisines.

About Shih Pei, Huang and Chia Lin, Wang

Shih-Pei Huang, the girls from Taiwan who specialize in visual arts. She is very concerned about culture and believe that culture is the most important element that makes up society. She realized that culture was dying out, and pondered what they could do for society. So, in order to make culture valued, she has brought a series of transformative moves to culture through their profession, and through such contributions, she hope to bring more attention to the culture and spread the mission of cultural continuity.

Award Record

This recognition makes Shih Pei, Huang and Chia Lin, Wang 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. The awarded graphic designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/graphics

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Hak Hi Kong Yong An Harbor Rebranding
Function
Yong An Harbor Rebranding
Category
Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Branding & Advertising and Arts
Colors
Maroon, Brown, Seashell, Indian Red and Gainsboro
Images
5
Client
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

The Recognition

Laureate
Shih Pei, Huang and Chia Lin, Wang
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#99273

Credits

Team
Chia Lin,Wang

Design Details

Unique Properties
The proposal use three concepts to rebuild the CI system for Yong An Fishing Port. The first is a new logo creating with specific visual material extracted from cultural characteristics of the Hakka community. Next step is a reinvestigation of entertainment experience, then create two mascot characters representing and let them appear in new attractions for guiding tourist into the port. Last but not least, planing nine spots inside, surrounding with entertainment activities and delicious cuisines.
Inspiration
Taiwan is an island country owning numerous of ports, and there is only one of them belongs to the Hakka people, the Yong An Fishing Port, which consist of Hui shi Hakka a branch of Hakka and live by the sea, but this fishing port isn’t different of others in Taiwan, and that also is the inspiration source of the proposal creation. The proposal creates a new visual style and concept that only belongs to the Hakka, make it become the truly Hakka’s port for its rich cultural visual identity.
Realization and Technology
Except for consanguinity, HAK HI KONG will make any guest who playing through the sceneries of the Yong An Fishing Port becomes a Hakka people inadvertently. The meaning of guest and Hakka are same in Traditional Chinese Characters, but represent two different explanations.
Specifications
In order to make the new identity color scheme coherent with original colors of existed buildings on the site of Yong An Fishing Port and unifying the whole vision sight, four distinguished color are picked from the surrounding buildings as standard color plan.
Keywords
Yong An Fishing Port rebranding and early recreation resource planning

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