Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Goes to Against Suicide Social Graphic by Lara Wilkin
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Lara Wilkin for graphics, illustration and visual communication design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Against Suicide Social Graphic by Lara Wilkin, designed for Lara, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 assessed 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 Against Suicide Social Graphic
Against Suicide is a social awareness poster created to address the taboo around depression and suicidal thoughts. A large vector illustration shows a chain reaction of small triggers and the phases of a suicidal process, together with possible forms of support. The poster is intended for public places such as squares and transport stops, where viewers have time to study the many details. The quiet design aims to help affected people feel understood and to lower the reluctance to seek help. Production is possible as a large poster, a flyer or a newspaper print.
About Lara Wilkin
Lara Wilkin born in Gladbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Scenographer from Germany who is specialized and focused on profounded and social Illustrations and Vector Illustrations full of details. She got the Bachelor of Arts in “Design-Media-Communikation“ and the Master of Arts at the subject area of “Scenography and Communication“ at the University of Applied Science and Arts - Fachhochschule Dortmund. Information graphics are also a great area of interest for Ms. Wilkin. She likes to take the viewer of their work on a journey, provocative trips, insightful and informative trips - trips into the details.
Award Record
This recognition makes Lara Wilkin a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2021 - 2022 editions 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. The awarded graphic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/graphics
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/135104
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/135104
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!135104
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/235016
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
- Against Suicide Social Graphic
- Function
- Social Graphic
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Silver, Gainsboro, Linen, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lara
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Lara Wilkin
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #135104
Credits
- Image Credits
- Lara Wilkin
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- AgainstSuicide is an illustrative / inclusive campaign design concept. The large illustration of the chain reaction shows various triggers and the solution in the form of auxiliary assumptions. The poster should be placed in public places across from squares or stops where the viewer has time to perceive what is being visualized.
- Inspiration
- Thoughts of suicide can affect anyone, at any time in life. In these difficult times, isolation and social pressures are increasing problems. On the other hand, Depressions are still a taboo and a stigma. Those affected often remain silent until the thoughts start to cycle and in the worst case, the can turn into a suicidal chain reaction. Suicide and depressions are a taboo topic.
- Research
- The big poster is full of details, full of little things and interactions, like the little triggers and phases of a suicidal process. Triggers they want to be found and they everybody knows. Those affected feel more understood and the inconspicuous design means that they are less reluctant to seek help.
- Challenge
- The hardest part war the taboo of the suicide topic.
- Realization and Technology
- The illustration was drawn with vectors.
- Operation and Interaction
- The large poster in the waiting area and in public places is intended to break the taboo of depressions and invite to discuss – everyone knows one of these.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project idea startet in Germany, but it can be an international prevention.
- Specifications
- It can be produced as a big Plakat, as Flyer, or as a newspaper print
- Keywords
- Socialgraphic, Illustration, Vectorillustration, Prevention, Suicide, Care, Depressions, #AgainstSuicide
