Bee Afichi Huñu by Sang Ryu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Shuyu Kamay Competition Category.

FierruShuyu· 2026

Bee Afichi Huñu

by Sang Ryu

Client: UNMUTED: Designers for Humanity

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Shuyu Category

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The Design

About Bee Afichi Huñu

Wanwan huñuqa wanwankunatam rikuchin kawsaypa ñawpaqman rinanpa kaqllata, kawsay pachakunata kallpachananpi tukuy imaymana kaynintam qhawachin, allin waqaychayta chaninchananpaq. Kimsa rakisqa huñupi sapa ruwaymi runachan huk llamkaq wanwanpa ñawpaq kaqninkunata, sisapi puqusqa muhuta apachiyninwan, wasi ruwayninwan, hinaspa huñulla allin kayninwan. Kay huñuqa hawapi rikuchinapaqmi, purik runakunaman chayananpaq, allin yuyaywan tinkuchinankupaq. Tukuypaq, munanmi runakunapa kawsay pachakunawan huñusqa kayninmanta yuyaymanayta, huk hukmanyaq pachata musuqmanta yuyaymanaspa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

Bee Afichi Huñu A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. Bee Afichi Huñu sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta Bee Afichi Huñu yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Bee? poster series was designed in response to the call for submissions for UNMUTED: Designers for Humanity, presented by Graphis, in the Climate and Environment category. The three-part series promotes bee conservation as a first step toward environmental stewardship. Bees were chosen as a topic because they are indicator species that are often overlooked despite their drastic decline due to environmental crises and their vital role in maintaining ecosystems.
Dimensions & Packaging: 609 x 914 mm
Tags: UNMUTED, Climate, Environment, Bee, Poster, Sang Ryu
Production Technology: Each poster features copy-driven and call-to-action lines that prompt reflection on the significance of bees as living beings. A series of graphic icons serves as visual cues, allowing viewers to infer the defining attributes of a worker bee: (a) labor through pollination, (b) artistry in habitat building, and (c) allegiance to collective well-being. In execution, Adobe Fonts was used for typographic refinement, while Adobe Firefly was used for image generation.
Design Challenge: How can design invite people to support human coexistence within ecosystems? How can design promote empathy for bee conservation to raise broader environmental awareness?
Research: The Bee? poster series presents bees as an example of the evolution of life, highlighting their defining attributes in sustaining ecosystems to advocate for conservation. Each poster in the three-part series personifies a worker bee's key traits through pollination, habitat building, and collective well-being. The series is intended for outdoor display to reach commuters in contexts that encourage thoughtful engagement. Ultimately, it aims to invite reflection on human interdependence within ecosystems in reimagining a changing world.
Inspiration: The design brief outlined the climate crisis and sustainability challenges as guiding themes for communicating change through poster or motion design. In response, the design objective aims to reinforce awareness of human coexistence within ecosystems, particularly with bees, as an actionable step toward supporting nature. The poster series presents bees as an example of the evolution of life, highlighting their commitment, craftsmanship, and dedication as lessons to learn from.
Project Duration: UNMUTED: Designers for Humanity closed for submissions in February 2026. The poster series was developed from December 2025 to January 2026.
Operation Flow: The posters are meant for display in high-traffic areas. Locations are scouted to include parks and gardens where bees are commonly found, as well as urban and transit areas where pollution and exhaust fumes are prevalent. The visual language helps communicate the message both playfully and quickly, designed to draw the attention of commuters in motion, whether wary or indifferent.