Press Release
Vanke Skyline Bay Signage by Yongan Zhou Is Granted the A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Yongan Zhou 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category for Vanke Skyline Bay Signage by Yongan Zhou, designed for Vanke. The award was conferred within 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
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 Vanke Skyline Bay Signage
Vanke Skyline Bay is a wayfinding signage system made for a coastal development in Yantai, China. The forms follow lines drawn from the sea, recalling the coastline and the traces left on the beach as the tide rises and falls. Each sign measures 0.6 meters in width, 1.8 meters in height and 0.15 meters in thickness. The signs are produced by cutting and welding stainless steel, a material selected to resist the sea wind near the shore. The design connects guidance information with the surrounding landscape and architecture.
About Yongan Zhou
Believe visual design is a comprehensive art and design institutions, including design business brand image design, signage system design, environmental design space and multimedia digital design. We provide a comprehensive design services for many customers, won many international professional design awards. In addition to professional attitude, we still in continuous innovation and find the best solution, to ensure that created by our team work to maintain the highest standards, so that consumers benefit, to allow customers to obtain the success.
Award Record
Yongan Zhou is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2015 - 2016 to 2023 - 2024 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/160567
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/160567
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!160567
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/154580
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Vanke Skyline Bay Signage
- Function
- Signage
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Lavender, Dim Gray, Dark Olive Green and Mint Cream
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Vanke
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yongan Zhou
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #160567
Credits
- Image Credits
- 5: Photographer Angeer
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Waves, beaches, and tides are constantly influencing this city. The Vanke Tianqin Bay project stands on the coast of Yantai, in the core area of this northern coastal city.
- Inspiration
- The use of architectural language and landscape environment influences the future of cities. We follow the trajectory created by the environmental space. Embed environmental guidance into it. Whether it is the coastline depicted by seawater or the traces left on the beach after the tide rises and falls, they are all the best design symbols we can have.
- Research
- The project is located near the seaside, and the main research results can be maintained for a long time without being eroded by sea winds
- Challenge
- Precision of metal cutting and welding flatness
- Realization and Technology
- The guiding signs are formed by stainless steel cutting and processing
- Operation and Interaction
- Metal cutting technology
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2023 in China Yantai and finished in January 2024 in China Yantai
- Specifications
- Width 0.6 meters, height 1.8 meters, thickness 0.15 meters
- Keywords
- Signage，Wayfinding，Graphics，Sea，Tidal
