Sung Ho Nam Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for Green Challenge 365 Educational Calendar in Social Design

Sung Ho Nam honored for social design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Social Design category for Green Challenge 365 Educational Calendar by Sung Ho Nam, designed for Cosmo-Sloth. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 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.

Regarding Green Challenge 365 Educational Calendar

Green Challenge 365 is an educational calendar created to encourage the saving of wooden disposable products. The set includes a calendar printed with a bare tree, one leaf-shaped stamp and a green ink pad. One leaf stamp may be added each day when disposable wood items such as paper cups, wooden chopsticks and paper sleeves are avoided. As participation continues, the printed tree fills with green leaves. The growing image shows the time and effort needed to raise a tree. The calendar is distributed to educational institutions without charge.

Award Record

With this recognition, Sung Ho Nam is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2021 - 2022 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include community projects, social campaigns, public installations, educational programs, sustainable initiatives and healthcare solutions. Awarded social designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/social

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/133394
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/133394
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!133394
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/256693

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Green Challenge 365 Educational Calendar
Function: Educational Calendar
Category: Social Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Social Impact
Colors: Gainsboro, Silver, Dark Gray, Light Gray and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Cosmo-Sloth

The Recognition

Laureate: Sung Ho Nam
Country: Republic of Korea
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #133394

Design Details

Unique Properties: This product is a play-type calendar developed to encourage the saving of wooden disposables. Users will have the opportunity to put a leaf-shaped stamp on the calendar once a day for every time they save on wood disposables. As the user actively participates in saving, the tree in the calendar grows richer. In the process, participants realize how much time and effort it takes to grow a tree. This realization raises concerns about the use of disposable wood products and leads to savings.
Inspiration: Since the pandemic, the use of wooden disposable products has increased dramatically. The reckless use of wooden disposables can encourage logging and increase the amount of carbon dioxide produced during incineration. It can also cause natural disasters and extreme weather events. Recognizing this fact, we came to sympathize with the necessity of forest protection and initiated a small environmental campaign to induce many people to participate.
Research: This product is being distributed free of charge to various educational institutions. This is because we planned this project not to pursue profit, but to inform the public of the healthy values that mankind should share. The fruits of efforts to change perceptions will be as slow but clear as a tree on a calendar. And over time, people will come to realize that the dense forest that protects against natural disasters and extreme weather was for a healthy future for mankind and the earth.
Challenge: We are also considering developing an app to reduce the burden of production costs and increase free distribution.
Realization and Technology: Sometimes leaving the other person's role blank is effective for communication. This is because the blanks create interest and curiosity and give the other person an opportunity to fill in the blanks. With this in mind, we designed a calendar with a bare tree to be filled with a green seal. We induced the interaction between the product and the user through the medium of the seal, and wanted to keep the positive momentum of the participants through this fun element.
Operation and Interaction: The act of stamping is like eating popcorn. Just like you can't stop when you touch popcorn, once you stamp it, you want to keep stamping it. This is because when the tree turns green, the participants feel happy and become more motivated. The stamp can only be taken once per day, and the requirements are as follows: 1. Do not use paper cups, wooden chopsticks, and paper sleeves. 2. After washing your hands, use less than 1 piece of paper towel. 3. Use reusable paper instead of new paper.
Project Duration and Location: This project started from December 2020 and finished in March 2021. This project was conducted in Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
Specifications: It consists of a calendar 510 mm wide and 625 mm long, with one stamp and a green ink pad.
Keywords: Environmental protection, Forest, Green, Sustainability, Tree