Bee Ka Hui Pepa Hōʻikeʻike by Sang Ryu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke Competition Category.

HaoKiʻi· 2026

Bee Ka Hui Pepa Hōʻikeʻike

by Sang Ryu

Client: UNMUTED: Designers for Humanity

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Bee Ka Hui Pepa Hōʻikeʻike

Hōʻike ka moʻo Bee i nā nalo meli ma ke ʻano he hiʻohiʻona o ka ulu ʻana o ke ola, me ka hōʻike ʻana i ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi i ka mālama ʻana i nā kaiaola no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka mālama pono. Hoʻohālikelike kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o kēia moʻo ʻekolu ʻāpana i nā ʻano nui o ka nalo meli hana ma o ka pua ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi noho, a me ka pono like o ka lehulehu. Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia moʻo no ka hōʻike ʻana ma waho e hiki ai ke pili i nā mea holoholo ma nā kaiapuni e paipai ana i ka pili noʻonoʻo. I ka hopena, ke manaʻo nei ia e kono i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana no ka hilinaʻi like ʻana o ke kanaka i loko o nā kaiaola i ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana i kahi honua e loli nei.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Bee Ka Hui Pepa Hōʻikeʻike i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Bee Ka Hui Pepa Hōʻikeʻike he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Bee Ka Hui Pepa Hōʻikeʻike no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Bee? poster series was designed in response to the call for submissions for UNMUTED: Designers for Humanity, presented by Graphis, in the Climate and Environment category. The three-part series promotes bee conservation as a first step toward environmental stewardship. Bees were chosen as a topic because they are indicator species that are often overlooked despite their drastic decline due to environmental crises and their vital role in maintaining ecosystems.
Dimensions & Packaging: 609 x 914 mm
Tags: UNMUTED, Climate, Environment, Bee, Poster, Sang Ryu
Production Technology: Each poster features copy-driven and call-to-action lines that prompt reflection on the significance of bees as living beings. A series of graphic icons serves as visual cues, allowing viewers to infer the defining attributes of a worker bee: (a) labor through pollination, (b) artistry in habitat building, and (c) allegiance to collective well-being. In execution, Adobe Fonts was used for typographic refinement, while Adobe Firefly was used for image generation.
Design Challenge: How can design invite people to support human coexistence within ecosystems? How can design promote empathy for bee conservation to raise broader environmental awareness?
Research: The Bee? poster series presents bees as an example of the evolution of life, highlighting their defining attributes in sustaining ecosystems to advocate for conservation. Each poster in the three-part series personifies a worker bee's key traits through pollination, habitat building, and collective well-being. The series is intended for outdoor display to reach commuters in contexts that encourage thoughtful engagement. Ultimately, it aims to invite reflection on human interdependence within ecosystems in reimagining a changing world.
Inspiration: The design brief outlined the climate crisis and sustainability challenges as guiding themes for communicating change through poster or motion design. In response, the design objective aims to reinforce awareness of human coexistence within ecosystems, particularly with bees, as an actionable step toward supporting nature. The poster series presents bees as an example of the evolution of life, highlighting their commitment, craftsmanship, and dedication as lessons to learn from.
Project Duration: UNMUTED: Designers for Humanity closed for submissions in February 2026. The poster series was developed from December 2025 to January 2026.
Operation Flow: The posters are meant for display in high-traffic areas. Locations are scouted to include parks and gardens where bees are commonly found, as well as urban and transit areas where pollution and exhaust fumes are prevalent. The visual language helps communicate the message both playfully and quickly, designed to draw the attention of commuters in motion, whether wary or indifferent.