Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual by Zesion Design

Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual by Zesion Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny Gràfic, Il·lustració i Comunicació Visual Competition Category.

ArgentGràfic· 2021

Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual

by Zesion Design

Client: Zesion Design

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Gràfic Category

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The Design

About Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual

Nanxiang Incity és un sistema de senyalització visual creat per a un centre comercial de Xangai. El disseny s'inspira en la cultura local de Nanxiang, una zona coneguda per les grues i els temples, i converteix la forma de les grues volant en parella en imatges de senyalització abstractes. Les guies de plantes i els directoris de comerços se situen a les entrades i sortides de les escales mecàniques i als punts on es creuen els fluxos de visitants. S'aplica una impressió amb bloqueig de tinta blanca sobre les làmines lluminoses, de manera que el text i els contorns es mantenen nítids. Les peces penjants utilitzen punts de pivot amb mirall que s'integren amb l'interior del centre comercial.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Nanxiang Incity Sistema de senyalització visual és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Designers drew inspiration from the cranes flying in pairs and then tried to combine the crane shape with the signage, transforming the daily form of cranes into the signage image via abstract art techniques. In doing so, every consumer coming to Nanxiang Yinxiang City can have a deep impression of cranes in different scenes.
Dimensions & Packaging: Light box:1145(length)*2160(height)mm
Lifting parts：1500（length）*640(height)mm
Outdoor display：3000（length）*1700(height)mm
Tags: Visual Signage,Way finding,VI,Logo,Graphics
Production Technology: The conventional light box is transparent and fails to block the light effectively, so it will weaken the effect of text and external outline on the box surface. Designers adopted white ink blocking printing on the light sheet to overshadow the lighting of the textless part and make the text and external outline clearer. The hanging pieces used mirror pivot points to reflect, weakening the visual effect of the pivot points in the environment and blending with the mall environment.
Design Challenge: We applied stories of cranes into the design - the crane signs varied in the mall area and the parking with respective meanings of dancing and returning, giving consumers a home feeling. The initial light box was hard to operate because the shape of the internal light piece was different from the standard one. In a bid to better show the image, we have processed the bending frame to add internal space and facilitate maintenance after over half a year of proofing and comparison.
Research: The project targets at residents in and around Shanghai with the aim to provide a place for them to unwind. Designers combines the cultural characteristics of Nanxiang, which is renown for its cranes and temples, and extracts the elements of cranes to create a micro-vacation resort via planning of scenes, so that every customer of the mall can make his or her fragmented time interesting and quality.
Inspiration: Nanxiang Yinxiang City adopts a visual guidance system. The design of the artistic signs are the figurative image of cranes in pairs, providing a story line for customers to shop in the mall. Inspired by the cranes' main activities, designers integrated the crane culture into the shopping mall and managed to guide customers to experience the ubiquitous crane culture.
Project Duration: The entire building process takes 3 years - its design started in Shanghai in 2018, and the construction project kicked off in 2019, and ended in Shanghai in 2020.
Operation Flow: During the design process, we thoughtfully integrated the space function with local cultural creativity, so as to offer guidance to customers' activities and provide them with the full set of services they need. You will see the careful planning of designers in all floor guide signs and introductions of merchants at the entrance and exit of the escalator and the intersections of customer flow. People can grasp the information at a glance, and the image of cranes enjoys great popularity.
Team Members: Jie Zhou