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Sinopec Charging Station Brand Identity by Guangzhou Ace Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design
Guangzhou Ace recognized for advertising, marketing and communication design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design category for Sinopec Charging Station Brand Identity by Guangzhou Ace, designed for Sinochem. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 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 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 Sinopec Charging Station Brand Identity
Sinopec Charging Station is a brand identity system created for electric vehicle charging stations. The logo is inspired by a peony motif and turns the growth sequence of petal, leaf and vine into the silhouette of a charging plug. A blue to green gradient links the established corporate palette to renewable energy. The simplified shape stays legible from a distance of up to 50 meters. Leaf and vine forms are reused as ground markings that guide visitors. The system covers signage, digital interfaces, charger design and printed materials.
About Guangzhou Ace
Guangzhou Zhenxiong Decoration Design Co., Ltd. is a professional company focused on decoration design and project implementation support. We value practical design solutions, executable project coordination, and efficient communication throughout the process, aiming to achieve a balanced result between spatial quality, functional needs, material application, and cost control. The company has always adhered to the principles of honest operation and steady service. We pay close attention to clients’ actual needs and continue to improve our professional capabilities through each project.
Award Record
Guangzhou Ace is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design Award
The A' Advertising Design Award is an international advertising design competition recognizing good advertisement designs by designers and agencies worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to advertising designers, marketing professionals, communication designers and creative directors from all countries. Typical entries include advertisement campaigns, billboards, commercials, print ads, social media campaigns and direct mails. The awarded advertising designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/advertising
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/179976
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/179976
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!179976
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/378699
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.gzace.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sinopec Charging Station Brand Identity
- Function
- Brand Identity
- Category
- Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising
- Colors
- Royal Blue, Steel Blue, Cornflower Blue, Dark Turquoise and Dodger Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Sinochem
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guangzhou Ace
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #179976
Credits
- Team
- Shuxia Pang, Xiuping Fan, Jiali Wu, Xingjian Sun
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Sinochem charging station image design continues group culture, featuring minimalist lines, a blue to green gradient color scheme, and auxiliary graphic modules to highlight that the group is shifting the strategic pivot from conventional fuel to sustainable energy. The design extends beyond the logo itself to encompass all touchpoints such as spatial signage, digital interfaces, charger design, and promotional materials, thereby achieving consistency, scalability, and functional aesthetics.
- Inspiration
- The logo draws inspiration from the signature peony motif, a traditional symbol with profound Eastern cultural significance. It ingeniously transforms the natural growth sequence of petal to leaf to vine into the silhouette of a charging plug. This not only preserves the highly recognizable cultural essence of the group but also underscores its clear identity as a player in the new energy sector, creating a visual language that is both culturally profound and conceptually cohesive.
- Research
- Born against the macro backdrop of an accelerating global energy transition and the dual carbon strategy implementation in China, the design represents a pivotal initiative for the expansion of the conventional energy group into the new energy sector. Through the creative reinterpretation and systematic extension of the signature peony motif, the group has constructed a new energy visual identity system that is globally applicable and culturally distinct without severing ties to existing assets
- Challenge
- The design innovatively transforms a traditional floral motif into a modern industrial symbol through natural growth logic, unifying group culture and brand identity for conceptual coherence. It creates a comprehensive visual identity system encompassing the primary logo, auxiliary graphics, standard colors, and application templates, ensuring consistent expression across media, scales, and materials. This supports a new energy brand image that blends cultural heritage and futuristic aesthetics.
- Realization and Technology
- Blue, from the standard palette for the group, symbolizes professionalism and reliability, while green, a symbol of eco friendliness, embodies a commitment to carbon neutrality. The gradient suggests a strategic evolution fromconventional fuel to sustainable energy. Rigorous prototyping and spectral analysis standardize specific gradient ratios into color block combinations, forming a reusable printing template. RGB precision for digital media addresses the variations typical of physical media.
- Operation and Interaction
- The interaction logic emphasizes seamless recognition, ensuring users naturally absorb brand information during their service journey. The logo features an eye catching silhouette and a simplified structure for legibility from up to 50 meters away. Its graphic element can serve as the app icon or mini program entry point for information visualization. Leaf and vine motifs are transformed into ground markings, creating a continuous visual path that directs users effortlessly along their route.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Beijing in January 2024. The designdebutedin China in February 2025.
- Specifications
- Page size 285 mm x 210 mm 242 pages
- Keywords
- Visual and Spatial Identity System, Signature Peony Motif of Sinochem Group, Blue to Green Gradient Color Scheme, Auxiliary Graphic Modules, Scalable Identity System, Multi Touchpoint Application
