Press Release
Fang-Ping Hsu Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Mind Without Borders App for Children in Social Design
Fang-Ping Hsu acknowledged for social design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Mind Without Borders App for Children by Fang-Ping Hsu, designed for Mind without borders, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Social Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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 Mind Without Borders App for Children
Mind without Borders is a mobile application designed to support the health and care of children during the spread of an epidemic. The application allows children or care providers to report health information regularly, so that volunteers and psychotherapists can offer help in time. Anonymous and secure messaging connects children in different countries as pen pals through text, voice and video. Contact with family and friends is also included. The aim is to reduce anxiety and to ease the burden on health care workers.
About Fang-Ping Hsu
Chien-chen Lai is a fourth-year student at Ming Chi University of Technology (MCUT) and has been involved in the company's design internships for a year while at school,he starts from the core value of child-friendly medical care, and hopes to make children have a better medical experience through product design.
Award Record
This recognition makes Fang-Ping Hsu a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Social Design Award
The A' Social Design Award is an international design competition recognizing excellence in social design by social impact designers and think-tanks worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to social designers, social brands, social manufacturers and social design professionals from all countries. Typical entries include community projects, social campaigns, public installations, educational programs, sustainable initiatives and healthcare solutions. The awarded social designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/social
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/122305
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/122305
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!122305
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/303048
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://lemoncat0514.wixsite.com/mysite-1
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mind Without Borders App for Children
- Function
- App for Children
- Category
- Social Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Social Impact
- Colors
- Lavender, Sky Blue, Ghost White, Light Gray and Dark Khaki
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Mind without borders
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fang-Ping Hsu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #122305
Credits
- Team
- Deigner： Fang-Ping Hsu, Deigner： Chien-Chen Lai and Prof.： Kai-Chu Li
- Image Credits
- Image #1：Licensor's Author Freepik - Freepik.com,Premium license (Unlimited use without attribution),Kids taking a selfie in the library while wearing medical masks,Subscription ID:ag_f78f7869-e118-40fe-b0e6-e3d403e40d8f ** Item url:https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/kids-taking-selfie-in-the-library-while-wearing-medical-masks_10354653.htm Image #2：Licensor's Author Freepik - Freepik.com,Premium license (Unlimited use without attribution),Kids taking a selfie in the library while wearing medical masks,Subscription ID:ag_f78f7869-e118-40fe-b0e6-e3d403e40d8f ** Item url:https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/kids-taking-selfie-in-the-library-while-wearing-medical-masks_10354653.htm Image #3：Licensor's Author Freepik - Freepik.com,Premium license (Unlimited use without attribution),Portrait of young girl holding mobile phone,Subscription ID:ag_f78f7869-e118-40fe-b0e6-e3d403e40d8f ** Item url:https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/portrait-of-young-girl-holding-mobile-phone_10298073.htm
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Mind without borders designed for children's health and care during the spread of an epidemic, integrates regular return health information, family and friends messages, secure and anonymous communication with children from all over the world, experiences the pleasure of writing letters and waiting to receive them, and reduces anxiety.
- Inspiration
- Mind without borders is an APP used to care for children during the spread of infectious diseases, by establishing anonymous communication of information between children in various countries, health tracking, communication with family and friends, and connections with psychotherapists and volunteers to alleviate the decline in mental health of children as a result of the epidemic.
- Research
- Problem01.The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of adolescents and youth. Problem02.Parents take care of their children's negative emotions for a long time. Problem03.Health return information is unreliable and the burden of health care workers. Problem04.Children lack access to psychological expression.
- Challenge
- Since the target group is a child, designers are always reminded to design from a child's point of view, hoping that the child can use the APP more intuitively and easily. When discussing with professionals in different fields, there are bound to be miscommunication situations, learning how to communicate with engineers, and cross-disciplinary collaboration is one of the trends of the future.
- Realization and Technology
- Using IoT to connect children from all over the world and to understand the physical and mental state of children around the world through a health big data profile, to enable anonymous communication, health tracking, communication with family and friends, and connections with psychotherapists and volunteers, to alleviate the decline in children's mental health as a result of the home quarantine or long-term home-study.
- Operation and Interaction
- Mind without borders is an APP used to care for children during the spread of infectious diseases, by establishing anonymous communication of information between children in various countries, health tracking, communication with family and friends, and connections with psychotherapists and volunteers to alleviate the decline in mental health of children as a result of the epidemic. Mind without Borders allows children or care providers to return health information, enabling online volunteers and psychotherapists to help in a timely manner, thereby reducing the burden on health care workers.
- Project Duration and Location
- Mind without Borders began thinking in August 2020, exploring user experience from September to November, and developing and designing mainstream visual frameworks for mobile devices, completed in Taiwan in November 2020.
- Specifications
- Mind without Borders is a child-friendly anonymous communication and global social app that connects with pen pals in a variety of ways, including text messages, voice, and video, you can be volunteer internationally and help other disadvantaged children. Mind without Borders is expected to be released on Android, iOS, and PC platforms.
- Keywords
- remote interactive , health tracking , anonymous communication , parent-child communication , pen pal , language exchange , mental health , IoT
