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Mirna Noaman Receives the Silver A' Design Award for The Rules of War Posters in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Mirna Noaman recognized for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ The Rules of War Posters by Mirna Noaman, designed for International Committee of the Red Cross, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated 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 The Rules of War Posters
The Rules of War is a poster series about international humanitarian law and the rules of restraint in armed conflict. The series uses mostly negative space, with no colors, shapes or figures that could point to any side of a conflict. Four themes present the shared teachings of international humanitarian law and the Quran. The posters were created to bring these rules closer to Arabic speaking and Muslim audiences during Ramadan. Each poster measures 1000 by 700 millimeters and is made for both printed and digital use.
About Mirna Noaman
Mirna Noaman is the regional digital designer at the International Committee of the Red Cros telling visual stories and crafting accessible creative social & digital solutions from the Arab Region through visual narratives about communities affected by conflict. Her work is largely focused on weaving her studies in human-centered design into a diverse background of experience between working for advertising agencies, start-ups, corporates, and NGO’s, switching between the digital and printed. Her work has since garnered several recognitions from a graphite D&AD pencil, a Silver at Cannes Lions, and 4 Lynx awards.
Award Record
This recognition makes Mirna Noaman a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award
The A' Graphic Design Award is an international graphic design competition recognizing good graphic designs by best creative agencies and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Entries typically include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. Awarded graphic designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/86925
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/86925
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!86925
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/250852
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://mirnanoaman.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Rules of War Posters
- Function
- Posters
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Firebrick, Black, Brown, Saddle Brown and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- International Committee of the Red Cross
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mirna Noaman
- Country
- Egypt
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #86925
Credits
- Team
- Salma Nasrallah, Safaa Abdelbaky, Ahmad Al Dawoody and Martin Unternaehrer
- Image Credits
- Illustrator / Creative Director: Mirna Noaman
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The thought-provoking poster design series utilizes mostly negative space to illustrative conceptual ideas about the rules of restraint in conflict. The brief entailed to include no colors, shapes, or figures that could point fingers at any sides of warring conflict, and so the use of a neutral but powerful image was the answer.
- Inspiration
- Created for the worst of times, International Humanitarian Law preserves the core of our common humanity. However, with the amount of shocking violations to it nowadays, its capacity to provide real protections for the victims of today's complex armed conflicts has been in question by many. To bring international humanitarian law closer to Arab speaking audiences and Muslim communities during Ramadan, this set of posters was created to stir conversation and communicate the very similar teachings of International Humanitarian Law and Islam.
- Research
- To kickstart, an observation of the perception of the Red Cross in the Arab region amongst Muslim countries was taken note of, which was that it was a Christian organization that is secular even in providing aid and people were skeptical to donate money to it. Research was conducted on the similarities between International Humanitarian Law, which is essentially the mandate of Red Cross, and Quraan, which is in some sense the "mandate" of the aforementioned audience. The similarities were very clear and directly instructed, and therefore, four themes were identified to be visualized.
- Challenge
- The biggest obstacle creating visuals for a neutral and impartial organization whose communication work directly affects its ability to have the unique access it has to
- Realization and Technology
- iPad Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quraan, Red Cross Library
- Operation and Interaction
- These posters are designed to live both in printed and digital form. On social media platforms belonging to Red Cross, the posters garnered great relevance to the audience, and was shared widely. With people supporting the messages of peace and being in favor of promoting humanitarian values.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project was created during the month of May 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
- Specifications
- 1000 mm x 700 mm x 200 gm
- Keywords
- Peace, War, Humanitarian, Quraan, Islam, Poster Design, Poster, Conflict
