Press Release
Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Hocking Hills Web Design in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira acknowledged for interface, interaction and user experience design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category for Hocking Hills Web Design by Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
Regarding Hocking Hills Web Design
The redesign of Hockinghills.com introduces a streamlined and contemporary booking platform for nature stays and outdoor activities. Prioritizing clarity and usability, the updated design features a minimalist approach that highlights the natural beauty of Hocking Hills. A refined user interface, optimized navigation, and a set of over 100 custom icons enhance accessibility and functionality. The result is a cohesive and engaging digital experience that simplifies trip planning while staying true to the brands dedication to nature, community, and seamless exploration.
About Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira
Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira is a designer specialized in brand design since 2014. She focuses on providing high quality and boutique brand strategy, visual identity, packaging and web design services. Recognized as an award-winning designer, Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira delivers exceptional quality work that elevates brands to new heights. A 360° brand approach, developed by her, has enabled her to forge brands that resonate and captivate. She has a credible portfolio, with esteemed international clients such as Johnson & Johnson, Jeep, Snapchat, Hallmark, Ambev. With a decade of international experience, she prioritizes client satisfaction above all.
Award Record
Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira is a winner of 7 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2022 - 2023 to 2024 - 2025 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/169553
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/169553
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!169553
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/340188
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.hockinghills.com/
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
- Hocking Hills Web Design
- Function
- Web Design
- Category
- Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software
- Colors
- Black, Lavender, Saddle Brown, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira
- Country
- France
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #169553
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The redesign of Hockinghills.com modernizes the booking platform for nature stays and outdoor activities in Hocking Hills State Park. The project involved a complete brand refresh, UX and UI enhancements, and the creation of over 100 custom icons. The updated design improves navigation, refines the user experience, and ensures visual consistency across the platform while maintaining the brands deep connection to the local community and natural environment.
- Inspiration
- The redesign is inspired by the need for clarity and ease of use, allowing the natural beauty of Hocking Hills to take center stage. The minimal and modern design approach removes visual clutter, creating a seamless and intuitive experience. A refined icon set enhances usability without distraction, while the structured layout and clean typography ensure effortless navigation. The result is a functional yet elegant platform that connects users to nature with simplicity and efficiency.
- Research
- According to the real user data from the existing website, user problems and needs are analysed and UX improvements are done accordingly.
- Challenge
- Even though an extensive design system was created, the project requirements evolved according to the project needs and as a result of that, keeping the consistency was a challenge.
- Realization and Technology
- The design thinking method of Diverge and Converge was used. All design was realized digitally as vector based assets with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
- Operation and Interaction
- Hockinghills website is used for researching and booking accommodations, activites in Hocking Hills national park.
- Project Duration and Location
- 1 year from June 2023 to June 2024 USA and France
- Specifications
- Desktop and mobile screens were designed for the whole website in a responsive manner.
- Keywords
- website, travel, outdoors, icon design, user interface
