Press Release
Remember Me Business Card by Sung Ho Nam Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Sung Ho Nam for graphics, illustration and visual communication design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Remember Me Business Card by Sung Ho Nam, designed for Cosmo-Sloth, 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 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Remember Me Business Card
Remember Me is a business card designed to preserve memories of both its owner and endangered species. The card carries images of 28 endangered animals, and the word remember is placed before the name of the person and the name of the animal. Each card measures 52 by 74 millimeters and is cut into a shape that varies with the animal type. Printing is done by duplex offset on matte paper with soybean oil ink. The card also serves as a bookmark, and the back can be used for short notes. The aim is to draw attention to species that are being forgotten.
Award Record
With this recognition, Sung Ho Nam is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/112516
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/112516
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!112516
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/256693
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Remember Me Business Card
- Function
- Business Card
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Linen, Rosy Brown, Goldenrod, Light Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Cosmo-Sloth
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Sung Ho Nam
- Country
- Republic of Korea
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #112516
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- ‘Remember Me’ is business cards developed to keep memories of the person and endangered species in business cards. These cards contain images of 28 endangered species shouting to remember them, and these animals are a material to induce compassion for the being forgotten. ‘Remember Me’ is designed so that the names of people and endangered species are exposed at the same time. The word ‘remember’ inserted in front of these names reminds people of their concern for these two forgotten beings.
- Inspiration
- While Contemplating to improve business cards as a more valuable means of communication, we found a common point between the protagonist of the business card and the endangered animals being forgotten because of indifference. With this in mind, we designed business cards based on endangered species. This is because endangered species were a good material to help people worry about things that are being forgotten. Besides, this project was an opportunity to draw attention to endangered species.
- Research
- Initially, our goal was to improve business cards as a more valuable means of communication. While planning business cards based on endangered species that are being forgotten from people's memories, we came to the idea of expanding this project into a campaign to inform the public about endangered species. Because we thought that such an attempt could be a great opportunity to arouse public interest in endangered species beyond improving the one-off shortcomings of business cards.
- Challenge
- Business cards are likely to be exchanged non-face-to-face in the near future. The next challenge is to create a new justification for having to use offline business cards in the rapidly changing trend of the times.
- Realization and Technology
- Designed in the shape of an endangered species, this business card is the same size as a regular business card, but the shape is slightly different depending on the animal type. This product is printed with soybean oil which is less environmentally polluted and is specially cut to be used as a bookmark. The back of the card is designed so that you can write small notes or letters.
- Operation and Interaction
- This business card has a bookmark and a memo paper function, both of which are ultimately devices for maintaining a memory of the business card's protagonist and endangered species. The bookmark function helps the names of the protagonists and endangered species in business cards be exposed from time to time, and the memo paper function helps to keep the memories of the other person longer through the transmission of sincerity and heart.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started from November 2019 and finished in March 2020. The design is done in Seoul, production in Seoul.
- Specifications
- 52x74mm (duplex offset printing on matte paper)
- Keywords
- Memory, Endangered species, Environmental protection, Sustainability, Business card
