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Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild by Ge Zhang

Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild by Ge Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Guld in Reklam-, Marknadsförings- och Kommunikationsdesign Competition Category.


GuldReklam· 2023

Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild

by Ge Zhang

Client: Ge Zhang

A' Design Award i Guld Winner in Reklam Category

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The Design

About Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild

Namito är en virtuell konstleksaksfigur skapad för kommersiellt bruk. Namito är en flicka med persikoformade läppar, en röd svampfrisyr och huvudbonad formad som kaninöron. Hon bär en röd klänning och står med händerna i fickorna och slutna ögon. Hennes trutande läppar bildar två hjärtan och bokstaven X, ett tecken på att älska världen samtidigt som man avvisar det som är dåligt. Karaktären förekommer i bilder, videor, utställningar och trycksaker. Namito är tänkt att minska mental stress och uppmuntra människor att vara sig själva.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Guld

Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild är vinnare av A' Design Award i Guld, ett oerhört prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, underbara och enastående designverk. Guldvinnare är utomordentligt innovativa, visionära och glamoröst bländande skapelser som speglar sina formgivares briljans, visdom och skicklighet. Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild förväntas vara en högt prisad, trendsättande och monumental uppfinning som levererar oöverträffat värde. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Guld är ett spektakulärt, respekterat projekt som i hög grad gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Namito Konstleksakskaraktärsbild skapar intensiva känslor av längtan, väcker passion, uppmuntrar kreativitet och fascinerar oss.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Namito is a girl with peach-shaped lips in a red mushroom hairstyle with rabbit ear-like headgear. She stands cool in a striking red dress with her hands in her pockets. She looks relaxed with her eyes closed, seeming to be kissing "goodliness" with pouted lips. Her unique pouted lips are in the shape of two hearts/ the letter "X" (love & say no), implying loving the world while refusing the bad. "Yes, or No, That is Not a Question" is her motto. She shapes an image of a city's dream pursuer.
Dimensions & Packaging
In commercialization, Namito has adopted such carrier forms as pictures, videos, exhibitions, and printed goods.
Tags
Art toy image, virtual image, modern art, mental stress reduction, psychological healing, business model, business co-branding, spiritual needs, meaning of life
Production Technology
Namito's prototype Portrait series belongs to the creation of IP image illustration, and the subsequent Secret Garden & Alien Painting & NFT series and other series cover painting, sculpture, installation, and encryption art, extending from plane designs to three-dimensional ones. Besides, to meet the needs of commercial applications, Namito has adopted three business models: commodity authorization, commercial exhibition, and photo gallery authorization.
Design Challenge
Main challenge: how to better combine other brands with Namito in cross-border co-branding cooperation.
Solution: Integrating brand features into Namito via second creation. The cultural collision between brands makes Namito more fresh & vivid to convey "reducing mental stress" & Namito's inner healing power more widely via brand effect, e.g. cultural & creative dolls co-branded with the Terracotta Warriors, novel and creative, well combining traditional Chinese culture & trendy modern art.
Research
Research type: virtual art toy image
Research objective: how to meet consumer spiritual needs & commercialize Namito
Market research: Art toys rose and get more popular in China. The creator conveys exclusive ideas via multi-artistic creations to meet pursuer spiritual needs.
Social impact: With many fans on the internet, Namito has held a dozen art exhibitions, won 10+ trendy art awards, and co-branded with many international brands. Many stars also often come to its art shows & take photos.
Inspiration
People often pay too much attention to public opinion and others' evaluations, putting value shackles on themselves. Thus, the curious, optimistic, and brave Namito was born, aiming to convey the idea of reducing mental stress via a lovely and cool virtual art image. It calls people to be brave to be themselves without caring about others' opinions and change their mindsets through their actions to achieve spiritual freedom.
Project Duration
Since 2021, China
Operation Flow
Consumers can interact with the author through the pictures and videos of Namito released on the streaming media platform. They can experience the happy atmosphere created by the offline exhibitions of Namito. In addition, they can get material satisfaction through Namito's co-branded products.
Team Members
Ge Zhang
Image Credits
Beijing JiuPin Technology Co., Ltd.

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