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Cats In The Bag Illustration by Kozo Asada Wins the A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Kozo Asada honored for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Cats In The Bag Illustration by Kozo Asada has been granted the A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Cats In The Bag Illustration
Cats In The Bag is a series of framed illustrations that show cats resting inside bags. Each artwork depicts a simple scene from daily life with a cat. The series presents long-haired, short-haired and hairless cats, paired with bags of different shapes. The illustrations are painted digitally and then printed on acrylic plates by silk screen. Several printed plates are stacked in a custom frame, with paper and a cutting sheet placed at the back, so the image appears three-dimensional when the viewing angle shifts. Each square piece measures 422 by 422 millimeters.
About Kozo Asada
He is an art director and illustrator based in Japan. He has worked in web design, graphic design, character design, UI design, illustration and logo design. He has been able to express his clients' needs in a modern and sometimes unique way. In addition to her client work, she has also created her own illustration works and has held several solo exhibitions. He incorporates the phenomena he notices in the everyday world into his works.
Award Record
This recognition makes Kozo Asada 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. The awarded graphic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/graphics
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://designers.org/112319
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/112319
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!112319
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/282954
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://cats-bag.me/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Cats In The Bag Illustration
- Function
- Illustration
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Wheat, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Silver and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kozo Asada
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #112319
Credits
- Team
- Kozo Asada, Illustrator: Kozo, Photographer: Arisa Kasai
- Image Credits
- Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016 . Optional; Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016. Optional; Illustration Kozo, Photographer Arisa Kasai, 2016.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This is a project to bring the presence of cats into everyday life. He drew a simple graphical representation of a cat and a bag, a scene that could exist in everyday life. When you actually look at the work, it looks three-dimensional and therefore attracts your attention in your daily life. The theme of the work is cats with a wide variety of hair, including long-haired, short-haired, and hairless cats. She has also chosen to use bags with different appearances.
- Inspiration
- This project was born from the essential relationship between cats and bags in daily life. It is common to see a cat sleeping in a bag or a plastic bag in daily life with a cat, which is a posterior neck.Cats are said to have always liked small spaces, and it is said that they used to protect themselves from enemies and to rest in small spaces. For cats kept in modern houses, the bag seemed to be used as a single nest for them.Watching them resting in their bags, as if the two had been that way from the beginning. I felt that the relationship was complementary to each other.
- Research
- The first thing we did was to investigate what types of cats there are. They have different lengths and patterns of hair depending on the type. It also has its own unique pose and big changes in appearance. He have examined those differences in combination with the bag and the way it looks attractive.
- Challenge
- When you see a painting in an actual gallery. Which size of exhibit looks the most beautiful? Because of the distance between you and the person viewing your work and the influence of the lighting. Which size of picture is best suited to create He created and considered a variety of sizes. For the display of this piece, there was a need to create the minimalist and simple presence of the illustration, so I He made it a primitive square.
- Realization and Technology
- He examined what methods are appropriate for fixing digitally painted illustrations to the acrylic plates. A silk-screening technique was employed. We also experimented with a method of creating a three-dimensional effect by layering the acrylic plates. An original picture frame is made to fit two acrylic plates. Materials used: acrylic plate, silk screen, acryl gouache. paper, cutting seat.
- Operation and Interaction
- Multiple silkscreened acrylic boards are stacked on top of each other, and paper and cutting sheets are placed at the bottom to create a single painting. Between the acrylic boards, He put them in a special frame. It is made to produce a three-dimensional effect by shifting the viewfinder's perspective from a few millimeters away.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project began in Tokyo in April 2016. Solo exhibitions have been held in Tokyo and Hiroshima.
- Specifications
- Height:422mm x Width:422mm x Depth:50mm (including the frame)
- Keywords
- cat, bag, illustration, art, silkscreen
