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Yao Wu Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Wudang Blessing Visual Identity in Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design
Yao Wu 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 22, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Wudang Blessing Visual Identity by Yao Wu, designed for Wudang Mountain Culture and Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design category. The award was conferred within 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 Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
Regarding Wudang Blessing Visual Identity
Wudang Blessing is a visual identity system created for a cultural tourism brand. The system reinterprets Taoist cultural figures, including Zhenwu Emperor, the Five Gods of Wealth, Fu Lu Shou and the Taizi Slope study blessing, in a contemporary illustrated style. Typography integrates mountain curves into the strokes. Patterns are modular, and vector graphics scale from business cards to billboards. Two color modes are provided, CMYK for print and RGB for screens. The unified system replaces scattered images and supports products, packaging and digital media.
About Yao Wu
I'm Wu Yao，In 2019, Beijing Satellite TV invited the designer of the second season of the National Palace Museum, the official cultural and creative designer of Wudang Mountain, the designer recommended by Zhan Ku, the annual cooperative designer of shede liquor industry, and the special designer of the culture and Tourism Bureau of Xi'an Qujiang Management Committee.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yao Wu is a winner of 15 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2022 - 2023 and the 2025 - 2026 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/181672
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/181672
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!181672
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/325136
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.zcool.com.cn/work/ZNzIzODgyNTY=.html
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Wudang Blessing Visual Identity
- Function
- Visual Identity
- Category
- Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising
- Colors
- Peru, Sandy Brown, Burly Wood, Antique White and Peach Puff
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Wudang Mountain Culture and Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yao Wu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #181672
Credits
- Team
- Wu Yao, Zhang Yuchen, Xie Boxing, Tan Zhen, Zheng Ziyang, Tang Wenhu, Liao Hao and Xu Xiaohui
- Image Credits
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Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Aiming at outdated vision, scattered IPs and aging communication of Wudang cultural tourism, we deeply explore Taoist culture, remodel core IP visuals, unify visual standards, establish a full-link visual system with communication plans, and adapt traditional culture to contemporary aesthetics and new media scenarios.
- Inspiration
- Centering on cultural IPs of Wudang Mountain including Zhenwu Emperor, Five Gods of Wealth, Fu Lu Shou and Taizi Slope Study Blessing, this project reconstructs traditional symbols of blessing, study and wealth in a trendy and contemporary artistic way, builds a complete brand visual system and advertising communication plan to realize the youthful and international spread of Wudang traditional culture.
- Research
- Research included literature review, and interviews with 20 youths. Findings show young people prefer styles balancing cuteness with sophistication, with architectural curves resonating more than structures. Strategies use mountain curves as cultural metaphor, anthropomorphized figures, and low-saturation tones. The system enters daily life through products and digital media, proving traditional culture gains commercial vitality through design.
- Challenge
- Deconstruct traditional symbols with modern design while retaining cultural essence; integrate fragmented IPs into a systematic visual solution to solve communication pain points; empower cultural inheritance and Wudang tourism brand upgrading, setting a model for modernization of traditional culture.
- Realization and Technology
- Vector graphics scale infinitely from business cards to billboards. Typeface integrates mountain curves into stroke design. Patterns are modular for wrapping paper or silk scarves.
- Operation and Interaction
- Three illustration series have dual color modes CMYK for print and RGB for screen. Flat style maintains sharp lines at any size. System supports applications from stationery to blind boxes to phone wallpapers.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Beijing in May 2025 and was completed in Beijing in July 2025.
- Specifications
- Vector based system with spot colors Typography integrates Taizipo mountain curves Gourd framed golden toad IP and Q style Taoist deities for product development Graphics in AI EPS SVG with 3D models for figurines Outdoor sculptures use fiberglass with UV coating
- Keywords
- Wudang Blessing, Taoist Culture, IP Visual Design, Traditional Culture Activation, Trendy Design, Cultural Tourism Communication, Brand Visual
