Press Release
Kokochie Inc. Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Dear Online Wedding Invitation in Website and Web Design
Kokochie Inc. acknowledged for website and web design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Website and Web Design category for Dear Online Wedding Invitation by Kokochie Inc.. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Dear Online Wedding Invitation
Dear is an online wedding invitation service. Invitations are created by customizing photos, videos and texts, including the profiles of the bride and groom and forms for replies. Compared with paper invitations, invitations made with Dear are sent by email and social media, which reduces time, cost and effort for the couple and their guests. Dear also supports other parts of the wedding online, such as advance payment of wedding gifts, reception check-in and thank-you letters sent after the ceremony. The service is designed to be simple to use.
About Kokochie Inc.
KOKOCHIE Inc. is a Tokyo-based creative agency that has led many brands to success. The company provides services such as marketing strategy, creatives, and system development in Japan, and is very highly regarded by their clients in Japan and abroad. The company is particularly strong in B2C marketing, and its clients include cosmetics, fashion, retail, pharmaceutical, food, and restaurant chains. The company also started providing its own service, Web Invitation Dear, in 2014. It has won awards in Japan's largest design competitions and is a pioneer in the Japanese web invitation market, leading the industry.
Award Record
Kokochie Inc. 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. The competition 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. Entries typically include web design, portfolios, e-commerce sites, blogs, news websites and social media platforms. Awarded web designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/web
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/129986
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/129986
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!129986
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/315622
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://kokochie.co.jp/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dear Online Wedding Invitation
- Function
- Online Wedding Invitation
- Category
- Website and Web Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software and Branding & Advertising
- Colors
- Black, Light Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Olive Green and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kokochie Inc.
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #129986
Credits
- Team
- Kyuichi Itoshima, Yasuharu Kobayashi, Sayaka Nakagawa, Saki Ueda, Mariko Amano, Takaaki Okada, Satsuki Matsuoka, Sachiyo Ueda, Nozomu Sekine, Shohei Kodaka, Susumu Kariya and Rieko Kanai and others
- Image Credits
- Image #1,2: Studio Firma/Stocksy - stock.adobe.com; Nastya Dubrovina,AlexMaster - Shutterstock.com; Kseniya Ivanova,Gerhardus Kotze,Halfpoint,Olga Zakharova- Shutterstock.com; MooNoi_Amphol - Shutterstock.com
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- "Dear" is an online wedding invitation service which can be used to send online invitations by email and social media. Compared to paper invitations, it can reduce time, cost, and effort. Invitations can use original photos or videos and information such as the bride and groom's profile and RSVP forms can also be customized. Thank-you letters are also available to express gratitude to guests. Moreover, many functions exist such as prepayment of wedding gifts, reception for the wedding, and so on.
- Inspiration
- Among all the preparations for a wedding, one of the most burdensome tasks for the bride and groom is to manage the attendance of guests and to make and mail invitations. Nowadays web and smartphone technology is getting better and better, so we thought that the burden on the bride and groom can be reduced by using these technologies. Not only do we reduce the burden, but also improve their relationship with their guests by taking advantage of the unique benefits of web-based invitations.
- Research
- When the service was released in 2014, online invitations were a completely new service in Japan. In order to build a market, we continued to discuss the direction of the service, its design and functions, and have renewed the website. As a result, web-based invitations have become familiar in Japan. By incorporating the opinions of the generation who will hold weddings in the future, we aim to provide a service that delivers a good experience for the bride, groom and their guests.
- Challenge
- Until recently, there was a deep-rooted belief in Japan that it was rude to send wedding invitations not in sealed envelopes. Therefore, web invitations were mostly for casual wedding parties, and designs and functions were simple. However, we put an importance on luxury for prestigious wedding parties. By displaying multiple photos and videos on a full screen and adding effects as viewers scroll, we appeal to the hearts of viewers.
- Realization and Technology
- This website is based on AWS and Laravel. iOS and Android apps are also supported, which was achieved using Xamarin. CreateJS and Three.js were used for the top page and Amazing template to achieve advanced animations.
- Operation and Interaction
- When accessing the top page, the animation which attracts visitors appears. Animation can be skipped when annoying. From the top page, you can access various pages that show information such as features of this service, designs of invitations, and so on. After you register, you can use the service and make invitations.
- Project Duration and Location
- The service started in September 2014 in Japan.
- Specifications
- Available in the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, iOS and Android
- Keywords
- Wedding, Website, Webdesign, Responsive, Parallax
