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Printmaking Tibet Illustration by Kaixuan Guo Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design

Kaixuan Guo honored for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ Printmaking Tibet Illustration by Kaixuan Guo, designed for Northeastern University of China, 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 2023 - 2024 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.

About the Silver A' Design Award

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.

Regarding Printmaking Tibet Illustration

Printmaking Tibet is a set of illustrations that depicts Tibetan culture and landscape. The illustrations are drawn with graphic design software and follow a printmaking style. Subjects include the Potala Palace, yaks on the snowy plateau and the distant pilgrimage path. Traditional culture is combined with modern visual aesthetics to present the beautiful, remote and devout character of Tibet. Each image measures 3600 by 3600 pixels at 300 dpi. The illustrations can be printed on coated paper or cloth and applied to cultural products.

About Kaixuan Guo

Guo Kaixuan, born in 2001, is currently studying in Northeast University of China with a master's degree in art design. He has won first-class scholarships and the title of outstanding student in school for many times. He likes illustration design and advertising design. He has won the first prize of China College Students Digital Art Design Competition and his works were exhibited in Shenyang International Video Art Festival. In the future, I hope to engage in art design and make the world lively and interesting.

Award Record

With this recognition, Kaixuan Guo is 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Printmaking Tibet Illustration
Function
Illustration
Category
Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Branding & Advertising and Arts
Colors
Dark Gray, Light Slate Gray, Silver, Dim Gray and White
Images
5
Client
Northeastern University of China

The Recognition

Laureate
Kaixuan Guo
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2023 - 2024
Design ID
#158736

Credits

Image Credits
Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2023.

Design Details

Unique Properties
The work is a set of illustrations depicting Tibetan culture, which expresses the creativity of excellent national culture through the form of printmaking, and creates the beautiful, remote and pious characteristics of Tibet. The combination of traditional culture and modern artistic aesthetics gives the spiritual connotation of a new era to the pilgrimage road in Tibet.
Inspiration
As one of the important tourist destinations in China, Tibet has attracted more and more tourists for its unique geographical environment, history, culture and folk customs. Through the illustration design of Tibetan culture and landscape, explore the visual presentation of excellent Chinese culture, use the painting method of printmaking to express the beauty and mystery of Tibet, and further promote different national cultures through design.
Research
Tibet is a beautiful and remote part of China, with many unique cultural heritages. The Potala Palace stands under the blue sky and white clouds. The yak grazing on the snowy plateau is the king of the plateau. When he closes his eyes in the incense mist of the Sutras hall, he suddenly hears the truth of chanting sutras. The distant pilgrimage path, walking in it, small and firm, speaks of the long journey and the immortal faith.
Challenge
The difficulty lies in the display of national culture, combining modern aesthetics with folk content, and presenting the illustration in a novel form through the understanding of regional cultural connotation.
Realization and Technology
The work is drawn by using Photoshop and other graphic design software, and adopts high-level printing and manufacturing techniques to show exquisite details of illustrations. The illustrations can be applied to coated paper printing and cloth printing, etc., and the production materials are determined in the style of cultural and creative products.
Operation and Interaction
Through the dissemination of excellent traditional Chinese culture in the form of modern aesthetics, people can understand the charm of national culture.The Tibetan theme illustration is drawn by computer to bring the national culture into the public's vision and show the inheritance and affinity of traditional culture in a novel way.
Project Duration and Location
The work was created between June 2023 and October 2023 at Northeastern University in China.
Specifications
3600 x 3600 pixels, 300dpi, RGB.
Keywords
Tibetan culture, Illustration, Printmaking style, Cultural landscape

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