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WeiLong Gao Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Wandering Psychological App in Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design

WeiLong Gao honored for mobile technologies, applications and software design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Wandering Psychological App by WeiLong Gao, designed for Tongji University, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to 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 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.

More About Wandering Psychological App

Wandering is a mobile application created to help people relieve anxiety and negative emotions. Wandering uses a light gamification approach that guides users through a personal mental world. During registration, each user selects a spiritual body that becomes the character for the journey. Users record their feelings each day and receive feedback that invites them to rethink problems from different angles. Encouraging messages from users in similar situations appear along the route, and a meditation function is also included. The application is made for the iOS system.

About WeiLong Gao

Weilong Gao leads the TikTok Subscription project, shaping the end-to-end experience for one of TikTok’s core monetization features. He is also the Founding Designer of WisdomPlan, an AI-powered education platform awarded the iF Design Award. With recognition from iF, A’Design, MUSE, NY Product Design, and Spark, Weilong brings a user-centered, innovation-driven perspective to the jury process.

Award Record

This recognition makes WeiLong Gao a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design Award

The A' Mobile Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good design in mobile industry by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to mobile designers, application developers, software engineers and user interface designers from all countries. Typical entries include smartphones, tablets, wearables, mobile applications, mobile games and mobile software. The awarded mobile designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/mobile

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
Wandering Psychological App
Function
Psychological App
Category
Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Software and Electronics & Appliances
Colors
Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Black, White and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
Tongji University

The Recognition

Laureate
WeiLong Gao
Country
United States of America
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#138344

Credits

Team
WeiLong Gao, SuWan Chen, QiYuan An, KeXin Huang, XiaoWei Rong, QiuTong Yu

Design Details

Unique Properties
With the increasing pressure of society and workplace, more and more people feel anxious and fall into depression for a long time. Wandering hopes to solve this problem through a light gaming experience. Wandering leads users into their own spiritual world. Users get positive feedback and guidance by exploring their own spiritual world. Thus gradually guide users to obtain a more positive attitude towards life.
Inspiration
In an increasingly stressful society, a large number of people suffer from anxiety or various mental illnesses. Wandering aims to help people relieve negative emotions such as anxiety through a light gamification approach. Wandering is a new concept in psychological apps that has the potential to help everyone get rid of negativity and find their way to a better life.
Research
We conducted in-depth research and interviews with groups suffering from anxiety and depression for a long time. Then found that most of today's psychological apps are difficult to really long-term anxiety. The dredging of negative emotions requires long-term self-guidance and external guidance. So we want to solve this problem in a game way of a journey.
Challenge
From story to interface, we are different from traditional app and integrate many parts similar to game design, which makes us very happy.
Realization and Technology
At the beginning of the design, we conducted brainstorming, mind mapping, scene interviews, etc. In the realization part of the project, we used Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Figma and Blender.
Operation and Interaction
At the beginning of registration, users will choose their own spiritual body. Users start a spiritual journey by playing their own spiritual body. After recording their feelings every day, users will get corresponding feedback to guide users to rethink problems from different angles and establish a positive attitude. Meanwhile, wandering will also conduct light social matching through big data. During the trip, you will encounter encouraging words left by friends who are similar to your situation. After achieving phased results, users can step into the next area and continue their journey. In addition, wandering also provides meditation function.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in September 2021 and finished in January 2022 in Shanghai.
Specifications
Designed for the iOS System
Keywords
Light game, psychology, anxiety, record

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