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Zilong Chen and Chao Yang Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Crcrta Corporate Identity in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design

The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Zilong Chen and Chao Yang for graphics, illustration and visual communication design

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Crcrta Corporate Identity by Zilong Chen and Chao Yang, designed for Communication University of Zhejiang, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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 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 Crcrta Corporate Identity

Crcrta is a corporate identity designed for the Chinese Research Centre for Radio and TV Art, a government department. The logo combines graphics and text. The colour scheme uses the three primary colours of television, red, green and blue. A camera symbol is formed by three geometric shapes. Two rectangles refer to filters and paper used in the radio and television industry. The triangle refers to a lens or a speaker. The letters CRCRTA pass through the graphic from left to right to express the idea of communication. The identity has no fixed size and can be scaled to suit different media.

Award Record

This recognition makes Zilong Chen and Chao Yang 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
Crcrta Corporate Identity
Function
Corporate Identity
Category
Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Branding & Advertising and Arts
Colors
Light Gray, Silver, White Smoke, Gainsboro and Gray
Images
5
Client
Communication University of Zhejiang

The Recognition

Laureate
Zilong Chen and Chao Yang
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#135411

Credits

Team
Chen Zilong and Creative Director:Yang Chao

Design Details

Unique Properties
Chinese Research Centre for radio and TV art is a government administrative department. The design idea is based on the three primary colors of "red, green and blue" of TV. It is a camera symbol composed of three geometric figures, and the two rectangles represent filters and paper in the radio and television art industry. Triangles represent lenses or speakers. The integration of signs and words, the visual feeling of surrealism, is also the creative technique of film and television art montage.
Inspiration
The Chinese Research Centre for radio and TV art was founded in 2021 and needs to design a visual image of government departments. It is an enterprise for sorting and preservation, publicity and display, art research and talent training, so as to play a positive leading role in strengthening TV art exchange, deepening academic research and carrying forward the spiritual connotation of works.
Research
The success of the project largely depends on the concise graphic expression of radio and television art, understanding the characteristics of the industry and their work content. The entire logo shows the important function of CRCRTA to carry out multi-dimensional cultural dissemination through the display of television art works, the collation of literature data, and the research of science and art.
Challenge
The challenge is to find the representative symbols and language of the Radio and TV Art and Research Center.
Realization and Technology
The logo adopts a combination of graphics and text. At the same time, using the creative way of graphics, the "CRCRTA" penetrates the graphics from left to right to reflect the concept of communication, and realize a set of brand image with the integration of radio and television art.
Operation and Interaction
The abbreviation CRCRTA in the middle of the graphic pierce through from left to right, which better reflects the concept of communication of Radio and TV Art.
Project Duration and Location
The project stared in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in July 2021 and submitted for completion in December 2021.
Specifications
This visual design has no fixed size, and can be used according to the size of the media and packaging.
Keywords
Visual Identity,Logo Design, Branding,Radio,TV Art,Research Centre

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