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Yunzi Liu Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Quirky Louise Book in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Yunzi Liu honored for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Quirky Louise Book by Yunzi Liu has been granted the A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Quirky Louise Book
This pop-up book introduces four unique living habits of the designer. When it is open, the book stands up and forms four cubic zones. Each zone represents a room in the designer's apartment, such as the bathroom, living room and home office where these habits typically take place. Illustrations on the left side identify the rooms, while statistics and diagrams on the right show relevant facts and possible influence caused by certain habits.
About Yunzi Liu
Yunzi Liu is a multi-disciplinary award-winning designer and artist based in New York. She was born and raised in China and came to the US in 2016 for an MFA program in Maryland Institute College of Art. Basically, she works on printed matters such as books, posters and exhibition materials. Unlike full-time graphic designer, Liu focuses on expanding traditional graphic design to an unconventional level. She believes that how viewers experience the design product is the priority for graphic designers. Besides working on design projects, she is also exploring materials such as concrete, ceramics, and paper to integrate graphic design with gallery experience.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yunzi Liu 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. 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://desingers.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://desingers.org/95169
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/95169
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!95169
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/263944
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Quirky Louise Book
- Function
- Book
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Lavender, White, Gainsboro, Thistle and Light Cyan
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yunzi Liu
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #95169
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image: Yunzi Liu Photo: Yunzi Liu
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Quirky Louise is a pop-up book introducing the unique living habits of Louise followed by infographics and statistics based on further analysis of each habit. When opened, the book stands up and forms four cubic zones which represent four rooms in Louise house: bathroom, kitchen, living room, and study where the habits typically happen. Illustration on the left side of each "rooms" creates a visual environment, while statistics and graphics on the right show some facts and possible influence.
- Inspiration
- This project was initiated upon a self-reflection on some of my unique and obsessive habits. For example, I usually get proper amount of food and will eat up every grain of rice to reduce food waste. These habits represent part of my personality. I recorded some statistics, calculated to see the results in a long run and found some shocking facts that can encourage people to take action such as reducing food waste and save water. Then I realized the butterfly effects caused by trivial things could become a warning or encouragement for everyone to benefit the whole world or to simply live a better life.
- Research
- This project started with a humorous personal topic but ended up in a serious tone. My research started from my daily life. For example, when I wash hands, I damp my hands, turn off the tap, use hand soap, turn on the tap, and clean the tap after use. I noticed that some people would let the tap run when they were applying hand soap, so I wanted to compare the two ways and see how much water I could save or waste. At first, I measured the diameter of my tap and taps of other school buildings to take an average and used stopwatch to calculate the speed and other time durations. After calculating, I found that I saved water and got a number of how much water I could save in one year.
- Challenge
- The first challenge for this project is collecting adequate and accurate statistics since the topic I chose is relatively personal. I tried to gather as much data as possible, such as experimenting with my friends and families. Another big challenge is how to exhibit the numbers so that they can not only convey enough messages but also not too overwhelming. To solve this, I left out some numbers in process and hight the most shocking numbers. For the graphics, choosing best forms of diagram for each topic required careful consideration. Instead of huge complicated diagrams, I used several simple diagrams for one topic to demonstrate different facts.
- Realization and Technology
- For the book Quirky Louise, a classic pop-up structure was adopted to represent rooms at home. On the left side of each "room", an illustration shows the reader which room it is and a title tells about Louise's quirky habit. On the right side, different charts and diagrams analyze the habit and results it may cause in a long run. Different color palettes are employed to distinguish rooms. Stripes of magnetic tape were hided in the front and back covers to close the structure when readers open it.
- Operation and Interaction
- Place the book perpendicular to the desktop and open it into a 360 degree structure so that the front and back covers will draw together by magnets and stand stable and upright on desk.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started and finished in October 2019 in Baltimore.
- Specifications
- Closed book: Width 20.3mm x Depth 1.2mm x Height 20.3mm Opened book:Width 40.6cm x Depth 40.6cm x Height 20.3mm
- Keywords
- Book design, illustration, infographics
