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Xi He Receives the A' Design Award for Lone Mobile App in Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design

Xi He recognized for mobile technologies, applications and software design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Lone Mobile App by Xi He has been granted the A' Design Award in the Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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 A' Design Award Means

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 Lone Mobile App

Lone is a mobile application for international social shopping. Lone connects three groups of users: travelers, buyers, and local shoppers. Travelers discover goods while abroad and post product cards in the app. Buyers browse and search these product cards and order the items. Local shoppers in that area buy the items and ship them to the buyers. Users can switch easily between the traveler and buyer roles. The app uses camera scanning, augmented reality product views, and fingerprint payment. Lone is available for Android and iOS.

Award Record

This recognition makes Xi He a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design Award

The A' Mobile Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good design in mobile industry by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to mobile designers, application developers, software engineers and user interface designers from all countries. Entries typically include smartphones, tablets, wearables, mobile applications, mobile games and mobile software. Awarded mobile designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/mobile

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Lone Mobile App
Function
Mobile App
Category
Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Software and Electronics & Appliances
Colors
Dim Gray, Silver, Dark Olive Green, Gainsboro and White Smoke
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Xi He
Country
United States of America
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#119630

Credits

Image Credits
Image: Xi He

Design Details

Unique Properties
Lone is an interactive mobile App introducing a revolutionize E-commerce, by rethinking international shopping, offer users an authentic international social shopping experience, helps customers to buy authentic things from a small boutique or even on the street around the world. With the ecosystem of travelers discover things when they are traveling and post on Lone, buyers looking for authentic items from any store anywhere on our app, Lone shoppers will help connect the dots.
Inspiration
It is hard for people to get to buy all the authentic things over the world, more deeply, it is hard for normal people to really get to know about what is good in the outside world. we all have limited knowledge about the places we've never been; there's a lack of authenticity of products that are available for people while with increasing demand for international shopping, people have a higher willingness to buy authentic, creative products.
Research
A large amount of user research was performed over the course of the project, based on audience mapping, audience analysis, including user surveys, user interviews, A round of user testing, B round of user testing. Each round of user testing had 3 different focus of testing, including naming convention and copy of all screens in the App, user experience and user journey, visual design and color.
Challenge
Since the app is aiming to have users across different countries, so the quantity and the geographical mapping of the research samples was a challenge. But it is also a requirement, so the App is able to reach the human-centered design, avoid any confusion and inappropriate visual communication for people from different places in the world.
Realization and Technology
Lone app utilizes native app technologies, including camera-based features for scan, augmented reality features to show products, and Touch ID to pay. Illustrations were designed in Adobe Illustration, app UI was designed in Sketch and animated with Adobe After Effects.
Operation and Interaction
The app is functional, simple, and intuitive. But more than anything it aims to deliver a great user experience, with emotionally engaging interaction patterns. There are 3 parts of app users for Lone app. Travelers, buyers, and LONE shoppers. Travelers discover and post product cards in the App, buyers browse product cards posted by travelers, search for products and purchase products. Lone shoppers in that specific area will get the product and ship them to buyers. In this flow, travelers and buyers are the front-end App users, it's easy for users to change roles between traveler and buyer.
Project Duration and Location
The design process of the project started in Feb 2018 in Rochester, finished in Oct 2020, it is an ongoing journey still with updates and user feedback.
Keywords
social shopping, e-commerce, app, interactive design, travel, mobile app, product design, future shopping UX, UI, user-centered,

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