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Marko Maciev Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Custom Hoodies Logo in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Marko Maciev recognized for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Custom Hoodies Logo by Marko Maciev, designed for UMA Network Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
More About Custom Hoodies Logo
Custom Hoodies is a Desktop to Garment web portal where images are applied to hoodies and printed. The logo is a stylization of a tied string on a hoodie done as a stencil-graffiti friendly Little Red Riding Hood superhero symbol, if she was one today, flying around looking for a big, bad wolf. It is attempting to emit a rebellious vibe and an upbeat energy of the street fashion brand, acting as a sub-brand on top of which the users of the web portal can build their own story.
About Marko Maciev
In design practice for 20+yrs as a cross-disciplinary multi-specialist. Experiencing diverse projects caused a spill-over of skills and thinking methods, gave a wider perspective and resulted with a holistic approach. With that base, developed Zero Design philosophy. Interested in visual storytelling or Narrative Design in all its forms, into cutting-edge technologies from a perspective of using them as a tool in addressing deeper emotional needs of advanced users, marrying them to softer, more profound values. Focused on issues of branding, micro-branding, self-branding, etc. in contemporary and future societies. Since 2007, concurrently with design practice, teaching design in academia.
Award Record
With this recognition, Marko Maciev is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Entries typically include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. Awarded graphic designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/graphics
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/145151
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145151
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145151
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/337838
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://zerobureau.net/projects/project.html?project=custom_hoodies
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
- Custom Hoodies Logo
- Function
- Logo
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Firebrick, Crimson, Indian Red, White Smoke and Light Coral
- Images
- 5
- Client
- UMA Network Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Marko Maciev
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145151
Credits
- Image Credits
- UMA Network Limited
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The logo is a stylization of a tied string on a hoodie done as a stencil-graffiti friendly Little Red Riding Hood superhero symbol, if she was one today, flying around looking for a big, bad wolf. It is attempting to emit a rebellious vibe and an upbeat energy of the street fashion brand, acting as a sub-brand on top of which the users of the web-portal can build their own story.
- Inspiration
- Custom Hoodies is a Desktop-2-Garment web portal where images are applied to hoodies and printed. Hoodie have a history and various cultural meanings. In a modern sense, it is related to street culture, and in traditional to tales. This is why logo is grounded in films that popularized hoodies like Rocky, but at the same time in stories like Little Red Riding Hood. It is a semiotic hybrid fueled by these diversities converged into a a modern package, triggering people to create their own stories
- Research
- The research presented insights into the cultural significance that a hoodie is a symbol of. Not just on a functional level worn for a physical activity or as a leisurely garment of convenience, but as a certain lifestyle representative. Custom Hoodies is exactly that, plugging in into these values, promoting freedom of expression, personal stories and bold values.
- Challenge
- In this project, the first challenge was to give a compelling and relatable story to the symbol. Since research went in two ways, the second challenge was to make those two directions meet organically without losing any bit of the value of either one.
- Operation and Interaction
- The simple-heavy logo design strives to be immediately impactful for the targeted users and to directly associate the visual identity with the service provided. It encourages people to unleash their inner street-artist and put their stories out to the world with Custom Hoodies.
- Project Duration and Location
- 2 weeks, Hong Kong SAR
- Keywords
- Logos, Symbols, Corporate Identity, Logotypes
