Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to New Century Magic Hotel by Xiang Li
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Xiang Li for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for New Century Magic Hotel by Xiang Li, designed for X+Living. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding New Century Magic Hotel
New Century Magic is a hotel interior design for families in Zhejiang, China. The project covers 9000 square meters and was completed in June 2019. The lobby and corridors use bright colors and playful forms inspired by a tube game played by Chinese children. A tubular device with openings at different heights invites both adults and children to take part, and it also conceals cables. Children reach the upper floors through tree houses and slides, while adults use elevators. The guest rooms stay calm and simple, so the hotel also suits business travelers.
About Xiang Li
Li Xiang, who founded X+Living Architecture and Interior Design in 2011, has created representative and outstanding design works across diverse business formats such as commercial real estate, culture, retail, family entertainment and hospitality. She leverages her distinctive insights into art and culture to construct commercial spaces teeming with emotional tension, crafting sensory escape points for the general public and infusing the brands she serves with design creativity that confers a competitive edge.
Award Record
With this recognition, Xiang Li is a winner of 13 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/111807
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/111807
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!111807
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/229886
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://xxxxxx.design/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- New Century Magic Hotel
- Function
- Hotel
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Light Gray, Light Slate Gray, Linen and Pink
- Images
- 5
- Client
- X+Living
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xiang Li
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #111807
Credits
- Team
- Li Xiang, Ren Lijiao and Wu Feng
- Image Credits
- Photographer Shao Feng, New Century Magic Hotel, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design of the whole project has a distinct differentiation from the lobby to the corridor to the rooms. The public area is interesting with rich designs, the color is light and lively. The room pays more attention to create a quiet rest atmosphere.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the loudspeaker game that Chinese kids usually play, we've created an interesting hotel lobby with a simple concept. We hope that the public area of the hotel will be entertaining and meet the needs of both adults and kids, so that more parents and children can have intimate interaction here.
- Research
- The design of parent-child theme hotels often pays too much attention to the entertainment facilities in the guest room, but not the public area. We hope to promote a concept that allows public area to carry more social attributes and entertainment, while the guest rooms are not so noisy, and suitable for rest. In addition, according to the needs of hotel owner, we also considered the differentiated needs of different groups of people, and tried to find a balance to meet their needs.
- Challenge
- The challenge is that although the project itself is a parent-child theme hotel, it occasionally welcomes business people during the off-season. Therefore, the space needs to meet the needs and experience of these two different groups. Therefore, we did not bother about the hard decoration part in the guest room, but adopted an overall clean, fresh and warm design style. Just decorate the space with some childlike and colorful furniture, so that simply moving the furniture can shape the space into a space suitable for business people.
- Realization and Technology
- We use a simple game that contains the common memories of adults and children to connect parent-child interactions. At the same time, the tubular shaped device can conceal some cables, making the lobby look neat and tidy.
- Operation and Interaction
- The tubular device has different openings at different heights, allowing people of different ages to participate. Taking into account the characteristics of different groups of people, we have set up different travel lines for adults and children. Parents can go upstairs through elevators, and children can go up and down through small tree houses and big slides. This satisfies their inherently active nature.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in June 2019 in Zhejiang,China.
- Specifications
- The Project area is 9000 sqm
- Keywords
- Li Xiang, hotel, interior design, xliving, China
