Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Goes to Vision Auction Online Jewelry Bidding by Leying Bi
Leying Bi recognized for interface, interaction and user experience design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Vision Auction Online Jewelry Bidding by Leying Bi, designed for Buling, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About Vision Auction Online Jewelry Bidding
As online jewelry auctions expand, concerns over trust and limited interactivity continue to hinder user confidence. Vision Auction transforms the bidding experience with Mixed Reality, allowing users to virtually try on jewelry and engage in live auctions from anywhere, seamlessly merging digital and physical participation. By integrating digital twin lots, it enhances credibility and value retention, fostering a transparent, efficient, and personalized auction ecosystem that redefines the future of digital jewelry trade.
About Leying Bi
Bi Leying is an interaction designer specializing in user experience, with a strong focus on gamified system design. She employs structured methodologies such as HMW (How Might We) and affinity mapping to ensure rigorous design reasoning and user-centric solutions. Transitioning from geology to design, her interdisciplinary background reflects a passion for innovation and problem-solving. Committed to advancing user experience research, she will pursue a master’s degree in design in 2025.
Award Record
This recognition makes Leying Bi a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award
The A' Interface Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good user interface designs by the best UI/UX designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interface designers, interaction designers, user experience designers and digital product designers from all countries. Typical entries include websites, mobile applications, software interfaces, game interfaces, wearable interfaces and virtual reality interfaces. The awarded interface designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interface
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/172207
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/172207
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!172207
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/368067
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Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Vision Auction Online Jewelry Bidding
- Function
- Online Jewelry Bidding
- Category
- Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Buling
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Leying Bi
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #172207
Credits
- Image Credits
- Creator Leying Bi, AR Jewelry Showcase, 2024.; Creator Leying Bi, Immersive Jewelry Browsing Experience, 2024.; Creator Leying Bi, VR Auction Preview, 2024.; Creator Leying Bi, VR Auction Scene and AI Assistant, 2024.; Creator Leying Bi, Secondhand Trade Showcase, 2024.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As online jewelry auctions grow, trust and interactivity remain key concerns. Vision Auction leverages Mixed Reality for virtual try-ons and live bidding, seamlessly blending digital and physical participation. By integrating digital twin lots, it enhances credibility and value retention, fostering a transparent, efficient, and personalized auction experience that redefines digital jewelry trade.
- Inspiration
- The moment an auctioneer's gavel falls is charged with anticipation and exhilaration, capturing the essence of live auctions. From previewing to bidding, the emotional crescendo fuels engagement, a dynamic now reimagined for the digital realm. Vision Auction harnesses MR technology to heighten these interactions, seamlessly integrating them into online bidding to enhance participation and instill confidence.
- Research
- Through internet ethnography and in-depth interviews with high-end jewelry auction participants, I identified key user pain points and framed the research goal: How might we enhance user confidence and browsing experiences in online auctions? Utilizing personas, journey maps, empathy maps, and decision matrices, I developed initial concepts and information architecture. Multiple interface iterations were refined through low- and mid-fidelity prototypes. In the evaluation phase, I employed SUS scoring and VR testing to assess usability and optimize the design.
- Challenge
- The main challenge was balancing functionality and simplicity in an online auction platform. Initial brainstorming, informed by user research, generated numerous feature ideas, but excessive complexity made the interface overwhelming. Iterative feasibility testing, validation, and careful consideration of information hierarchy helped distill the design to its most essential and impactful features while maintaining a clean, intuitive interface.
- Realization and Technology
- Interface design was developed using Figma and Adobe Photoshop, with usability testing conducted through the Google Cardboard simulator. Compliance with Apple Vision Pro design guidelines ensured appropriate button sizing and spacing, enhancing gesture recognition and eye-tracking for a more seamless online auction experience.
- Operation and Interaction
- Users enter the Vision Auction app via Apple Vision Pro to browse upcoming auctions and preview digital twin lots in AR. Eye-tracking and gesture controls enable detailed inspection and virtual try-ons before bidding. During live VR auctions, users engage with the atmosphere and place bids in real time. Afterward, certified digital twin jewelry can be displayed or securely resold within the system, ensuring trust and continuity in secondary transactions.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project commenced in June 2024 in Qingdao, Shandong, China, where its initiation, design, development, and testing phases were carried out. It concluded in January 2025.
- Specifications
- Button dimensions are defined as 16mm x 16mm, with a minimum spacing of 16mm and a maximum height of 48mm. Text sizing follows a structured hierarchy, with a default font size of 16 pixels, auxiliary text at 12 pixels, and subtitles and titles reaching up to 48 pixels. The SF Pro font from Apple Vision Pro is used, with varying weights to enhance visual hierarchy and facilitate quick identification of key elements.
- Keywords
- Online Auction, Jewellery Auction, Augmented Reality, AI Bidding, Second hand trading, Vision Pro, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Virtual Reality, Sotheby
