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Alex Pan Yong Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Code Titanium Alloy Smartwatch Face in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design

Alex Pan Yong acknowledged for interface, interaction and user experience design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category for Code Titanium Alloy Smartwatch Face by Alex Pan Yong, designed for Artalex. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated 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.

About Code Titanium Alloy Smartwatch Face

The Code Titanium Alloy tells the time by conveying a feeling of the combination of postmodernism and futurism. It renders a metal looking material, meanwhile, uses the variety of dots and patterns as a metaphor not only to keep the layout organized, but also to be a dominant way for the futuristic style. The inspiration is from the material: titanium alloy. Such material conveys the sense of future as well as the elegance. Besides, as the material of a watch face, it suits both business and casual purpose very well.

About Alex Pan Yong

Pan Yong, also known as Alex, is a Singaporean artist renowned for his innovative approach to art. Graduating from Lasalle College of the Arts in 2007 with a degree in interactive art, he embarked on a journey to explore the fusion of art and technology. With a fervent belief in the transformative power of this combination, Pan Yong delves into uncharted territories where artistry meets technological prowess. His creations serve as bridges between these seemingly disparate domains, pushing the boundaries of traditional art and embracing the boundless possibilities of technology.

Award Record

This recognition makes Alex Pan Yong a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award

The A' Interface Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good user interface designs by the best UI/UX designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interface designers, interaction designers, user experience designers and digital product designers from all countries. Entries typically include websites, mobile applications, software interfaces, game interfaces, wearable interfaces and virtual reality interfaces. Awarded interface designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interface

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Code Titanium Alloy Smartwatch Face
Function
Smartwatch Face
Category
Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Software
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Light Gray, Black and Gainsboro
Images
5
Client
Artalex

The Recognition

Laureate
Alex Pan Yong
Country
Singapore
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#121597

Credits

Image Credits
Photographer Pan Yong, Main image, 2021.; Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2021.; Photographer Pan Yong, Group shot, 2021.

Design Details

Unique Properties
The Code Titanium Alloy is an smartwatch face that tells the time via a feeling of the combination of postmodernism and futurism. It uses different forms of dots and patterns as a metaphor to keep the layout organised, guide the user experience, meanwhile, is also a dominant way for the futuristic style.
Inspiration
The inspiration is from the material: titanium alloy. Such material conveys the sense of future as well as the elegance. Besides, as the material of a watch face, it suits both business and casual purpose very well.
Research
Nothing much about the research. The idea just came out suddenly from some graphic patterns. At that moment, I had the feeling of making it a futuristic watch face.
Challenge
The hardest part of this design is to make the overall looking elegant and "come-from-future". I want to make it look more like a piece of material from the future, meanwhile it still tells you the time in a modern looking way.
Realization and Technology
It started with a random graphic pattern when I was trying to make a modern looking background. After a few attempts, one of the patterns caught my attention, then it became the background pattern of this watch face. Combining with the highlight effect, it shows a very good match of the look of titanium. So I decided to import it into watch face layers. After a few times of choosing the suitable font. The design direction was confirmed.
Operation and Interaction
The design is already released on Facer app. Go to Facer app or website (https://www.facer.io/u/artalex), search "Artalex", and look for the name "Code . Titanium". Click the "send to watch" button to sync the design into your smartwatch. You need the Facer app installed on your smartwatch.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in January 2021 in Singapore and finished in February 2021, and is released on Facer app in February 2021.
Specifications
The dimension of this design is 400 x 400px on Android watch, 360 x 360px on Samsung watch. It supports both round and square smartwatches.
Keywords
futuristic, postmodern, elegant, business, casual, informative, golden, silver, alloy, titanium, premium, innovation

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