Press Release
Evolution Design Website by Evolution Design Receives the A' Design Award in Website and Web Design
Evolution Design recognized for website and web design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Evolution Design Website by Evolution Design has been granted the A' Design Award in the Website and Web Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Evolution Design Website
Evolution Design is a website created for an architecture and design studio. The site presents projects from several categories to show the wide range of work. Team members and clients are also shown, reflecting a human-centred design approach. Clean layouts, white space and image collages that resemble mood boards shape the visual style. A sticky navigation bar keeps the menu visible while the page is scrolled, and call-to-action buttons support further interaction. The website is fully responsive and adapts to phones, tablets, laptops and large screens.
About Evolution Design
Evolution Design is a Swiss architecture and design studio that focuses on human-centred design solutions. The practice was founded in 2004 from the passion and drive of Stefan Camenzind to create a new level of client-focused design solutions. Today, the studio has offices in Zurich and London and employs a team of 20 architects and designers. Since 2014, Evolution Design is a partnership between executive director Stefan Camenzind, creative director Tanya Ruegg and technical director Marco Noch.
Award Record
This recognition makes Evolution Design a winner of 17 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2015 - 2016 and the 2022 - 2023 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Website and Web Design Awards
The A' Web Design Award is an international web design competition recognizing good web designs by leading web designers, coders and developers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to web designers, user interface designers, user experience designers and graphic designers from all countries. Typical entries include web design, portfolios, e-commerce sites, blogs, news websites and social media platforms. The awarded web designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/web
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/147726
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147726
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147726
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/151217
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.evolution-design.info
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Evolution Design Website
- Function
- Website
- Category
- Website and Web Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software and Branding & Advertising
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Gray, Silver, Dim Gray and White Smoke
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Evolution Design
- Country
- Switzerland
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147726
Credits
- Team
- Anna Riekstina, Lea Friberg, Tieu Mayer, Christian Paredes, Ljudevit Juras, Marko Sandajl, Borna Matijanic, Amar Delic, Samuel Raus and Hrvoje Knezevic
- Image Credits
- Illustrator Tieu Mayer, 2023
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The re-launched website embodies Evolution Design’s values and design approach. It has been achieved through the prominent placement of projects from different categories, highlighting studio’s wide range of work. The focus on human-centred design has been achieved by showcasing our team and our clients. Aesthetically, the site is clean, dynamic and user-friendly through the use of white space and image galleries resembling mood boards and the interplay of typographical elements.
- Inspiration
- Architecture and design studio Evolution Design prides itself on creating spaces that focus on the user experience. Yet, the studio’s initial website, which was 10 years old, was aesthetically and technologically out-dated and no longer reflected the studio’s ethos. Evolution Design collaborated with web agency Netgen to re-design its website and create a clean, user-friendly and aesthetic appearance to shine a light on Evolution Design’s projects, skills and team.
- Research
- The most important aspect of the design was to create a digital identity that conveys our values, is eye-catching and addresses our target audience. We had several workshops to define our goals, vision, USP and key messages, and to define personas or potential website visitors and their journeys throughout our website. Through this process, four target groups were identified: potential clients, existing clients, the general audience and the media. The structure of the website, its aesthetic and user experience design were then customized to appeal to these four main categories.
- Challenge
- The biggest design and development challenge was to make the site appear light and effortless without losing our signature design touch. The essential element of this design concept are the image collages that resemble architectural mood boards. They can contain up to four images and can have six different coloured backgrounds. Implementing these mood boards was technically challenging and required setting up 11 image modules, in addition to the regular large-scale images and photo galleries.
- Realization and Technology
- Design tools: Figma. Development tools: Ibexa CMS, Netgen layouts, Bootstrap on enterprise server setup.
- Operation and Interaction
- The main interaction happens through top navigation. It was essential to the design team to deliver an easily navigable website. This was achieved by deciding against having a navigation bar that disappears as the user scrolls down the page and instead implementing a sticky navigation bar. The benefits of a functional navigation where content is always visible outweighed purely aesthetic considerations. Call-to-action buttons throughout the page facilitate the second level of interaction.
- Project Duration and Location
- The revamp of our website began in February 2021 and the new, re-designed website was launched in October 2022. Design and development teams worked in Zurich, Switzerland and Zagreb, Croatia.
- Specifications
- The website is designed to be fully responsive: 4k resolution, laptops, smartphones, tablets and other devices. Available in the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, iOS and Android.
- Keywords
- UX, UI, website, web design, interface, responsive design, corporate identity, Evolution Design
