Skip to content

Press Release

DesignNewswire · COMO, Italy ·

Hui Qiong Yang Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Xi'an Chang'an Lantern Festival Illustration in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design

Hui Qiong Yang recognized for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COMO, Italy, April 23, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Xi'an Chang'an Lantern Festival Illustration by Hui Qiong Yang, designed for Qujiang Culture and Tourism, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

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.

More About Xi'an Chang'an Lantern Festival Illustration

Xi'an Chang'an Lantern Festival is an illustration series created for a cultural tourism project. The artwork depicts the Shang Yuan Lantern Festival as it was celebrated during the Tang Dynasty. The Lantern Festival began in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2100 years ago. The illustrations draw on lantern festival traditions of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and on classical paintings such as the Shengping Joy Picture and the Shangyuan Lantern Color Picture. The vivid scenes show the busy and festive life of the ancient celebration.

About Hui Qiong Yang

artist Founder and chief writer of Guanshan Sea Nanjing Graphic Designer Alliance NGA Member Member of the China Europe International Design Culture Association (CEIDA) Shenzhen Illustration Association SIA member Visiting Professor at the School of Intelligent Applications, Sichuan Vocational College of Science and Technology

Award Record

This recognition makes Hui Qiong Yang a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2021 - 2022 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

Media Contact

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

###

Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Xi'an Chang'an Lantern Festival Illustration
Function
Illustration
Category
Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Branding & Advertising and Arts
Colors
Black, Midnight Blue, Indigo, Indian Red and Tomato
Images
5
Client
Qujiang Culture and Tourism

The Recognition

Laureate
Hui Qiong Yang
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2024 - 2025
Design ID
#166073

Design Details

Unique Properties
Using the traditional cultural lantern festival history of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties in China, to interpret the restoration of the Shang Yuan Lantern Festival during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Express the wonderful feast of Tang Dynasty lantern festivals with vivid illustrations.
Inspiration
The Lantern Festival originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2100 years ago, The paintings of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, such as Shengping Joy Picture, Shangyuan Lantern Color Picture, and Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Fun Picture, were passed down through the ages in an attempt to show the bustle of the ancient Yuanxiao (Filled round balls made of glutinous rice-flour for Lantern Festival) Lantern Festival.

Good Design Deserves Great Recognition

Nominate Your Work for the A' Design Award.

Nominate