Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Goes to Haiyan Smart Home Competition Brand Identity by Zhejiang Gongshang University
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Zhejiang Gongshang University for graphics, illustration and visual communication design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Haiyan Smart Home Competition Brand Identity by Zhejiang Gongshang University, designed for Haiyan County People's Government, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Haiyan Smart Home Competition Brand Identity
Haiyan Smart Home Competition is a brand identity created for a cultural and creative design event held in Haiyan County. The main visual uses a rotating and twisted three-dimensional house form. The shifting shape expresses change and reconstruction in home life brought by smart technology. Technology-inspired colours support the theme. The graphics are built as vector artwork, so they remain clear at any size and twist in different directions across media. Applications include space installations, posters, brooches and cups.
About Zhejiang Gongshang University
Associate Professor / Master's Supervisor, Zhejiang Gongshang University Responsibilities: Brand Design / Visual Design, etc. Mr. Zhao graduated with a master's degree from Tongji University. He currently works as the Design Director at Hangzhou Big Soundwave Culture Creative Co., Ltd., and has been engaged in brand and VI design for 18 years. He has served various brands including Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Zhejiang Natural Museum, Zhejiang Wuzhen Internet Conference, Louwailou, and has completed nearly 50 projects. He has won awards such as the Red Dot Award, IF Design Award, Hong Kong Global Design Award, and Hiiibrand Award.
Award Record
This recognition makes Zhejiang Gongshang University a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2023 - 2024 to 2024 - 2025 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Entries typically include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. Awarded graphic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/graphics
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/152972
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/152972
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!152972
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/346698
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Haiyan Smart Home Competition Brand Identity
- Function
- Brand Identity
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Black, Midnight Blue, Lavender, Light Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Haiyan County People's Government
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhejiang Gongshang University
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #152972
Credits
- Team
- Kan Zhao
- Image Credits
- Designer: Kan Zhao
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design stands apart from others by focusing on how smart homes are reshaping lifestyles. Unlike conventional works that emphasize regional traditional culture, this design skillfully integrates elements of technology and home in its visual language. Utilizing a rotating, twisted 3D house form, it not only intuitively conveys the concepts of change and reconstruction but also creates a unique visual impact and sense of fashion through innovative graphic language and tech-inspired color schemes.
- Inspiration
- Invited by the Haiyan County Government for a project: designing the main visual for the upcoming "Cultural and Creative Competition of Smart Homes" in Haiyan County. The design inspiration stems from observing the continuous innovation in smart home technology and the transformation of home life. The concept of homes in transformation emerges, focusing on how intelligence is reshaping the home experience from within. The competition aims to inspire more people to take part in this competition.
- Research
- The "Haiyan Smart Home" competition successfully attracted the attention of many people. The event received significant media coverage and widespread dissemination across various sectors. The competition facilitated the signing of cooperation agreements between winning works and local enterprises. It contributed to industrial growth by increasing societal focus on Haiyan and explored new design languages.
- Challenge
- The greatest challeng is making the design both forward-looking and relatable to the public. External challenges primarily involve ensuring the design concept can be realized through practical production processes, such as material selection, printing, and digital display technologies. To overcome these challenges, the team do lots of things to ultimately achieving seamless integration between the design concept and its practical application.
- Realization and Technology
- The design and production process relies on digital tools and 3D modeling technology to achieve the expression of "changing home". In the design implementation, physical objects such as space installations, promotional posters, brooches, water cups, etc. are all made of high-quality materials and precise printing technology to ensure that the visual performance and physical texture meet expectations and achieve seamless integration of digital and physical elements.
- Operation and Interaction
- The design primarily focuses on visual identity. For instance, in various media, the graphics twist and extend in different directions to form new shapes. To achieve optimal results, it is crucial to maintain the clarity and adaptability of the graphics across various mediums, as well as their alignment with the overarching theme of "intelligence." This can be reinforced through the thoughtful selection of materials and color schemes to enhance the expression of the theme.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started its design phase in February 2023 in Hangzhou, was completed in August 2023, and the official event was held in September 2023.
- Specifications
- Use vector graphics to ensure clarity at various resolutions; ensure unified color management and adopt specific technological color combinations; animations and interactive elements must be compatible with mainstream display devices to ensure smooth transitions between key frames and clearly convey the theme of "transformation".
- Keywords
- Smart home, visual image design, technology and home, reconstruction, twisted extension
