Press Release
Another Japan Yamagata Website by Tsutomu Tojo Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Website and Web Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Tsutomu Tojo for website and web design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Website and Web Design category for Another Japan Yamagata Website by Tsutomu Tojo, designed for Takamiya Hotel Group. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 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.
More About Another Japan Yamagata Website
A visual representation of traditional Japanese Zen spirit and modern hotel functions. It is easier to convey the appeal of a hotel website using images than it is to explain in detail, which is closer to Zen Mind. All of this website exists only to convey the charm of the hotel. If you browse this website, you will surely want to visit to Yamagata.
About Tsutomu Tojo
ZICCA Design is a Japanese design firm. It incorporates the Japanese philosophy of Zen into its design and conveys a simple and powerful message to the user. Then, focusing on corporate and regional branding and website design, we do various designs to convey the appeal of clients, such as brochures, posters, video works, and logos. ZICCA Design is committed to providing long-loved designs to many users around the world with a commitment to quality and unwavering quality in Japan.
Award Record
Tsutomu Tojo is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Website and Web Design Awards
The A' Web Design Award is an international web design competition recognizing good web designs by leading web designers, coders and developers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to web designers, user interface designers, user experience designers and graphic designers from all countries. Typical entries include web design, portfolios, e-commerce sites, blogs, news websites and social media platforms. The awarded web designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/web
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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/95346
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/95346
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!95346
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/263469
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.zao.co.jp/lang/en/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Another Japan Yamagata Website
- Function
- Website
- Category
- Website and Web Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software and Branding & Advertising
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Gray, Cornflower Blue and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Takamiya Hotel Group
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tsutomu Tojo
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #95346
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Atsushi Okuyama, Takamiya, 2016.; Photographer Atsushi Okuyama, Zao-spa, 2016.; Photographer Atsushi Okuyama, zao, 2016.; Photographer Atsushi Okuyama, Yamagata heritage, 2016.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A visual representation of traditional Japanese Zen spirit and modern hotel functions. It is easier to convey the appeal of a hotel website using images than it is to explain in detail, which is closer to Zen Mind.
- Inspiration
- As an inbound appeal, the survey results showed that it was difficult for the group alone to search. Also, in the case of inbound, most repeaters who visit Japan more than once come to the region. Therefore, for repeaters, the title of “Another Japan”, which I have never seen before, has been positioned as a site that introduces Yamagata Prefecture as a whole, and then guided to group accommodation facilities. It was.
- Research
- We interviewed foreign tourists directly about content that is of interest as a travel destination. Based on that, we designed the story and reflected it in the content and visuals.
- Challenge
- The difficult part of this project is that it supports 8 languages. We surveyed users in each country and analyzed preferences in the greatest common divisor to reflect them in the design.
- Realization and Technology
- No special techniques or methods were required. Branding as usual, marketing, creating a story and visualizing. They all contribute to the user. We focused solely on telling users what they wanted to do.
- Operation and Interaction
- With so many photos, visitors to this website feel like traveling around Yamagata, Japan. And actually wants to go to that place.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2016 in Yamagata, Japan.
- Specifications
- This website is a responsive website.Provide users with the best display according to the screen size.
- Keywords
- website, hotel, web design, japan, onsen, ryokan, resort
