Xingcheng Zhu Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Greenfun Mobile App in Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design

Xingcheng Zhu acknowledged for mobile technologies, applications and software design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 17, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design category for Greenfun Mobile App by Xingcheng Zhu, designed for XC Studio. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 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.

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.

About Greenfun Mobile App

Greenfun is a mobile application designed to support plant care and environmental awareness. Users identify plants around them with a smartphone and adopt digital versions in a personal garden. Augmented reality shows how the plants change through the four seasons, while location technology helps find adoptable plants nearby. Friends can be invited to join nature activities, and gardens can be visited to exchange plants. Credits earned through these actions give discounts on the purchase of real plants.

Award Record

This recognition makes Xingcheng Zhu 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

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/152485
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/152485
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!152485
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/346391

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Greenfun Mobile App
Function: Mobile App
Category: Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Software and Electronics & Appliances
Colors: White Smoke, Gainsboro, Sea Green, Light Gray and Powder Blue
Images: 5
Client: XC Studio

The Recognition

Laureate: Xingcheng Zhu
Country: United States of America
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2023 - 2024
Design ID: #152485

Credits

Image Credits: All images are credited by the designer Xingcheng Zhu.

Design Details

Unique Properties: This product promotes environmental awareness and plant care in engaging ways! Users can identify plants by smart phones in real world and grow them in digital gardens! Additionally, they can invite friends to participate in nature events to explore nature. By accumulating sufficient credits from these activities, they will be eligible for discounts when purchasing real plants.
Inspiration: According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, as of 2021, approximately 39,500 plant species worldwide are classified as endangered or threatened. The loss and imminent extinction of plant species is a global issue often caused by multiple factors, including human activities, habitat destruction, climate change and illegal collection. Therefore, safeguarding plants starts with raising awareness in our daily life is important. At the same time, many people want to learn about the plants around them but don't have a good way.
Research: Behavioral maps are used to document readily observable characteristics, movements, and activities, time spent at fixed locations or in a transit, and the details of environmental context. Through this method, we could observe the interaction between the participants and the plants nearby, such as actions and behaviors. In addition, through the records of different people's surveys, we can find out what attracts participants nearby.
Challenge: Based on the field investigation and analysis by using User Journey and cart sorting, it can be concluded that people's pain point is that they want more interaction, socializing and happiness. So design is from these ideas.
Realization and Technology: AR technology can help to identify plants more accurate and add virtual animal to describe the plants . Through AR technology, I can see the changes of plants in the four seasons, which increases the interaction. Meanwhile, GPS technology can help locate Adoptable plants nearby.
Operation and Interaction: The operation process is very User-friendly, as long as users register an account, they can go to the neighborhood to identify plants and adopt their own digital plants in the mobile phone. At the same time, they can fill in their friends' accounts to invite them to participate in activities. Users can visit their friends' garden to ask to exchange plants. In the end, they used the points earned for these actions to get discounts on real plant purchases.
Project Duration and Location: The concept was started in April 2018 in Loughborough, U.K, and constantly upgrade until now.
Specifications: AR technology can be directly placed into the product, produced by designers and does not require a special developer, so it is greatly convenient for designers to play. This App can be used in IOS and Android systems, convenient fo users to use.
Keywords: App, Mobile, Plant, Environment, AR, Biodiversity, UX Design