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Derby graphic designer wins prestigious international design award

Kieran Harrod, a creative graphic designer based at Connect Derby’s Sadler Bridge Studios, has been awarded the prestigious Bronze Award for Visual Communication at the A’ Design Awards.

Kieran received the award for the branding he created for Care In One Place, a Swindon-based start-up which provides a one-stop online care marketplace. Here, people can assess their personal circumstances to find the right care package for them and purchase the necessary products and services.

The winning design is warm, welcoming and offers a clear design for this healthcare start-up. It combines three key elements; location, care and everyone, which are represented by three logo elements; map-pins, a heart shape and a rainbow colour.

By bringing these elements together the logo is decipherable at a glance. The three pins are each differently coloured, representing different people with different needs who can all access the care they require, where they need it, all from a single online platform.

The Bronze A’ Design Award is a prestigious award given to top 10 percentile designs that exhibit an exemplary level of greatness in design.

Entries to the A’ Graphic Design Awards are peer reviewed and anonymously judged by a grand expert jury panel of leading academics, influential press members and experienced professionals. Nominated graphic designs are voted on pre-determined evaluation criteria to highlight only the top graphic design works.

In addition to reaching top international media, A’ Graphic Design Award winners are listed at World Design Rankings (worlddesignrankings.com), highlighted at Design Classification (designclassifications.com) platform and showcased at DesignMag.org which lists the best designs from all countries in all disciplines.

Kieran Harrod is a freelance graphic designer specialising in logos and branding and skilled in print and web design. He works with small and medium enterprises looking to spend their design budget effectively.

Commenting on the award, Kieran said:

“I’m delighted to have received the prestigious Bronze A’ Design Award, particularly as it was voted for by peers in the design industry from across the globe. The creative world is highly competitive so it’s great to know that an independent designer such as myself, can, with hard work, creative flair and passion, create work that exceeds customer expectations.

“I was very happy with the design I created for Care in One Place and to achieve international recognition for this work is the icing on the cake.”

The A’ Graphic Design Awards aim to highlight the excellent qualifications of best graphic designs and greatest graphic design concepts worldwide.

The accolades are organised and awarded annually and internationally in multiple categories to reach a wide, design-oriented audience. The ultimate aim of the A’ graphic Design Competition is to create a global awareness for good design.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Donna Hill .