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Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Runner's Medals by Junichi Kawanishi Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Awards, Prize and Competitions Design
Junichi Kawanishi acknowledged for awards, prize and competitions design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Awards, Prize and Competitions Design category for Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Runner's Medals by Junichi Kawanishi, designed for Rimi Riga Marathon. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
About Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Runner's Medals
The 30th anniversary medal of the Riga International Marathon Course has a symbolic shape connecting the two bridges. The infinitely continuous image represented by the 3D curved surface is designed in five sizes according to the mileage of the medal, such as full marathon and half marathon. The finish is matte bronze, and the back of the medal is engraved with the tournament name and mileage. The ribbon is composed of the colors of the city of Riga, with gradations and traditional Latvian patterns in contemporary patterns.
About Junichi Kawanishi
He is involved in signage and product design for public and commercial facilities in Japan. His recent work has designed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal and the Riga International Marathon medal. He creates various designs that incorporate symbolic elements beyond the fields of graphic design and product design. The design he creates is not just functional, it is important for the people who use it to find courage and purpose in life.
Award Record
This recognition makes Junichi Kawanishi a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Award, Trophy, Prize and Competition Design Award
The A' Accolade Design Award is an international design competition recognizing designs of trophies, prizes and accolades by leading designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to accolade designers, trophy designers, prize designers and competition design experts from all countries. Entries typically include awards, prizes, competitions, contests, medals and trophies. Awarded accolade designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/accolade
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/110258
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/110258
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!110258
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/278732
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://rimirigamarathon.com/en/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Rimi Riga Marathon 2020 Runner's Medals
- Function
- Runner's Medals
- Category
- Awards, Prize and Competitions Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Arts and Branding & Advertising
- Colors
- Firebrick, Brown, Indian Red, Peru and Pale Violet Red
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Rimi Riga Marathon
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Junichi Kawanishi
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #110258
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Renals Koris
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Riga Marathon medal design. Designed a 30th anniversary medal for all participants on Kids Day or 5 distances marathon, half marathon, 10 km, 5.5 km, 4.2 km Family run.The world is 1 through a sport and also shows the eternal friendship which also connects with an Olympic stage.The runner who had a medal in his hand piles up the landscape of river with a hollow part, and I think when you'd leave a wonderful memory of 2020 Riga marathon.A ribbon made the color of the landscape of Riga a gradation, and the surface arranged for the traditional pattern, the mileage and the back.Such as changing the color respectively according to the participation distance, I think the design which makes...
- Inspiration
- 2 bridges where the history of the place name called Riga is born from the meaning as circle and connects Riga marathon course, an old town and a new town.It's regarded as the symbol which connects a heart and a heart in today and all generations with history.People of all over the world gathered through Riga marathon in the medal design, and I thought it was notional and I'd like to express the image connecting endlessly abstractly.And the course the track where a runner runs produces was made the form like the flower which celebrates an end of the 30th time of meet.I compose the surface of the medal by the curved surface, draw a three-dimensional turn and assume brilliant completion.
- Research
- The Riga Marathon medal to commemorate the 30th anniversary is a 3D model of the two bridges that connect between generations. As for the finish, I made various samples and chose a matte bronze finish.
- Challenge
- Instead of the traditional medal design, we wanted an innovative, conceptual and symbolic shape. Therefore, it is a difficult technology to make metal into 3D, but those problems have been technically solved. As you can see in the photo of the document, we made three types of finishes. We compared matte finishes and glossy finishes, and chose the most subdued finish. The joint between the medal and the ribbon is embedded so that the metal fittings cannot be seen from the outside.
- Realization and Technology
- medal:Punching,Cut brass metal Ribbon:Nylon print
- Operation and Interaction
- The world is always discriminatory and full of disparities. The world we aim for is to have everyone talk from the same perspective and remember the spirit of compassion. What people get through design will surely be a hint of a wonderful future.
- Project Duration and Location
- Designed in Japan between December 2019 and January 2020
- Specifications
- medal:Punching & Cut brass metal 42.195km:H88mm,21km:H79mm, 10km:H71mm,5.5km:H64mm,4.2 km Family run:H58mm Ribbon:Nylon print42.195km:H475mm,21km:H430mm, 10km:H380mm,5.5km:H350mm,4.2 km Family run:H300mm
- Keywords
- Riga Maraton,Medal Design,Rimi Riga 30th
