Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
“Signage is based on a universal language of signs and icons: numbers, pictograms, colours… It can be ‘classic’ or totally ‘creative’ depending on its purpose, but it must be effective and easily understandable as it aims to inform and guide the visitor. It is also important to master the techniques of printing, cutting, assembling and glueing materials in order to...
“I think the main difference is that your design needs to not only fit the environment it’s placed into, but also use its peculiarities to their own benefit. When I think about the best practices out there, it’s always examples where the creator understands the change of daylight or how a person encounters the design the first time around, the...
“We ask ourselves questions such as: how does it feel to be in a three-column grid system surrounded by typography? How can we make information visible in a tangible form? What message can we communicate through the way we tile the flooring? What visual clues can we use to tell our story? We contemplate the surrounding environment and user flow....
“There must be a strong awareness towards context, spatial relationships and scale, as these are site-specific mediums understood in relation to the space itself. To grasp how people flow and interact with the space are also important factors to consider, as way-finding, signage and environmental graphics all have a physicality to them that is not always present in other graphic...
“Art is better than design.”...
“We dream of a world in which preparing a way-finding system for any space will be a crucial part of designing a new building. There is still no shortage of places where finding your way to your destination is a real challenge. In recent years, large, open spaces dominate the new architecture, in which it is futile to look for...
“We have to think a lot more about how the design impacts the existing environment, so we look at the suitability of materials, structures and processes — both aesthetically and in terms of durability. When we are working in 3D, we think about size and positioning, light source and direction, viewing angles and reading heights, visitor routes, visitor interaction and...
It is no exaggeration to say that we would all be lost without way-finding and signage systems. They encompass all of the ways in which people (and even animals!) orientate themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place. Therefore, way-finding and signage should be visible at all times and easy to understand. When people are lost, simple and...
A’Design Award and Competition is one the world’s largest and most influential design award; extremely prestigious with amazing jury, press recognition and high calibre laureates. It has up to 100 categories and it is for creative of all types with awards ranging from Good Industrial Design Award, Good Architecture Design Award to Good Product Design Award, Good Communication Design Award...
What aspects do you find difficult while designing characters and how do you deal with them? “I find complex character poses are difficult for me, and I usually need more time to process the character’s movement.”...
What makes a good character design? “Soul and the pleasingness that can cross generations and cultures. This may involve the character’s personality or point of view, appearance and colour, body language, the connection between the character and the brand… these many elements may shape the pleasing degree across generations and cultures. Once it can be achieved, a good design is...
In a world where there are millions of products and designs launch each year, A’Design Award and Competition was born out of the desire to underline the best designs and well designed products. Submissions are now open in 100+ categories, with popular choices including Interior Space and Exhibition Design; Architecture, Building and Structure Design; Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design;...
