Press Release
All Things Meet Illustration by Kaixuan Guo Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Kaixuan Guo acknowledged for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that All Things Meet Illustration by Kaixuan Guo, designed for Northeastern University, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category. 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Golden A' Design Award Means
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About All Things Meet Illustration
All Things Meet is a series of illustrations based on the regional scenery of China. Representative elements of Yunnan, Sichuan and Chongqing, Jiangnan and Northeast China are selected to depict natural and human scenery. The visual style follows copper engraving, combined with Chinese colors and a calm Eastern aesthetic. Each square image is framed to suggest the view through a window. The illustrations are drawn with vector design software and printed with high quality technology to keep fine detail. The intent is to share the scenery and culture of China.
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
This recognition makes Kaixuan Guo a winner of 2 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/168190
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/168190
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!168190
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/353280
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://c.aiiz.cn/uPicSk
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- All Things Meet Illustration
- Function
- Illustration
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Silver, Dim Gray and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Northeastern University
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kaixuan Guo
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #168190
Credits
- Team
- Guo Kaixuan
- Image Credits
- Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2024.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The work is an illustration design on the theme of regional scenery in China. It selects representative elements of different regions to draw the natural and human scenery of several regions in China - Yunnan, Sichuan and Chongqing, Jiangnan and Northeast. The work aims to show the picturesque scenery of China, and further promote and develop the charming national culture through design.
- Inspiration
- The work aims to show the picturesque scenery of China, and further promote and develop the charming national culture through design. The whole style of copper engraving, the application of different Chinese style color, the expression of quiet Zhiyuan Oriental aesthetics. The single picture is square, combined with the frame to design the visual experience of the window, looking out the window, full of vitality and hope.
- Research
- The works aim to explore the cultural characteristics and local customs of various places, and show the diversified regional features through the art of printmaking. This creation not only promotes the inheritance and innovation of traditional culture, but also enhances the sense of identity of national culture. Each work is a tribute to local history, a celebration of natural beauty, and an artistic representation of folk life, with profound cultural significance and social value, and promotes cultural exchange and dissemination.
- Challenge
- The difficulty in creating printmaking illustrations with different themes in different regions of China lies in how to accurately capture and artistically present the unique features of each region, while maintaining the unity and coordination of the works. In addition, how to integrate complex regional cultural elements in a limited space is also a big challenge.
- Realization and Technology
- The series of illustrations and expressions are drawn by the illustrator vector design software. It is produced by high level printing and manufacturing technologies to show the details of beautiful and exquisite illustrations.
- Operation and Interaction
- Viewers feel the nature and beauty in the complicated lines of longitude and latitude, opening a wonderful journey of Chinese art.
- Project Duration and Location
- Launched in China 2024.
- Specifications
- 3600 x 3600 pixels, 300dpi, RGB.
- Keywords
- Chinese style, regional illustrations, prints, monochrome paintings, humanities
