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Maria Bradovkova Receives the A' Design Award for Splash Illustration in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Maria Bradovkova recognized for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Splash Illustration by Maria Bradovkova has been granted the A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Splash Illustration
"Splash" is personal drawing project made by Maria Bradovkova, Her goal was to challenge her creativity and abstract thinking. She used traditional technique — colored ink on paper. Random splash of ink was a starting point and inspiration for each illustration. She observed irregular shape of watercolor until she saw a hint of a figure in it. With linear drawing she added details and made the character to stand out. Abstract shape of stain she turned into figurative image. Each drawing shows different human or animalistic characters in sentimental mood.
About Maria Bradovkova
Student of painting at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow/Poland. Graduated in design at Technical University in Kosice/Slovakia (BA) and Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow/Poland (MA). Currently working in field of painting, drawing, illustration and occasionally graphic design. In her artistic practice she uses traditional techniques like ink, gouache on paper, oil on canvas. She creates sentimental figurative images. In her focus is person and his relation with outside world.
Award Record
With this recognition, Maria Bradovkova is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art
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/103452
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/103452
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!103452
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/274485
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.instagram.com/mariabradovkova/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Splash Illustration
- Function
- Illustration
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- White, Rebecca Purple, Purple, Midnight Blue and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Maria Bradovkova
- Country
- Slovakia
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #103452
Credits
- Image Credits
- Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Lament, 2019.; Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Instinkt, 2019.; Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Fear, 2019.; Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Melancholy, 2019.; Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Sadness, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Project consists of five illustrations. Each drawing started from a random splash of ink later detailed with linear drawing. Topic of illustrations was not planned before. Bradovkova let splash of ink to inspire and lead her. Each has its own dominant color — blue, vine red or brown. Drawings represent human or animalistic characters in emotional moment of lament, instinct, fear, melancholy and sadness.
- Inspiration
- Drawings represent personal project of Maria Bradovkova which she did as an exercise to challenge her creativity and abstract thinking. Presented works are part of series Drawing just today challenge, that she accomplished one drawing per day during October 2019 and published on her Instagram. The main idea was to be inspired by abstract irregular shapes of ink.
- Research
- Bradovkova used playful and creative method in her drawing project. She combined organic form of watercolor with linear drawing. She created original and expressive characters.
- Challenge
- The challenge was to find harmony between abstraction and figuration. Not to change the form of splash but to make the most of it. Secondly to handle composition of whole picture.
- Realization and Technology
- Ink, pencil, marker, white crayon on paper.
- Operation and Interaction
- Presented project can be an inspiration for creators to use this method in their own practice, to expand creativity and intuitive drawing. It allows subconscious to give a voice. Illustrations give space to feel and create stories.
- Project Duration and Location
- Illustrations were made during October 2019 in Cracow, Poland.
- Specifications
- 123 x 93 mm 155 x 132 mm
- Keywords
- drawing, illustration, ink, creative process, splash, linear drawing, intuitive drawing, intuitive art