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Samuel Tian Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for JIS Kuala Lumpur Social Lounge and Bar in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Samuel Tian acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ JIS Kuala Lumpur Social Lounge and Bar by Samuel Tian, designed for Jis, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
More About JIS Kuala Lumpur Social Lounge and Bar
JIS Kuala Lumpur is a social lounge and bar arranged in three distinct sections. The first section recalls the 1920s, with gold trim, changing mood lighting, geometric chandeliers and panels, and wood panel flooring. The second section, named Sakura Modern, uses Arabescato marble pillars with pink lighting and wallpaper for a bright and open atmosphere. The third section is an intimate parlour inspired by a Moroccan tearoom. A colourful glass panel links the areas. Seating is spaced carefully to allow comfortable dining and face-to-face conversation.
About Samuel Tian
Samuel is passionate about design, responsible and positive about everything. He is able to see, what other people couldn't see, when come to designing. Accepting new and challenging projects with open heart is the only way to preserve passion and overcome bottleneck, which eventually lead to success in his own design career.
Award Record
With this recognition, Samuel Tian is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/113102
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/113102
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!113102
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/269312
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://jisbar.com.my/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- JIS Kuala Lumpur Social Lounge and Bar
- Function
- Social Lounge and Bar
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Teal, Sienna, Midnight Blue, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Slate Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Jis
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Samuel Tian
- Country
- Malaysia
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #113102
Credits
- Team
- Creative Designer - Samuel Tian
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The lounge has 3 distinct sections: a 1920s Great Gatsby inspired lounge, clad in glamorous gold trim and subtle ever-changing mood lighting. The motif of the chandeliers, panels and light fittings are geometric patterns matched with the wood panel flooring; next, a modern Japanese inspired Sakura Modern lounge, Arabescato marble pillars gives the room a bright and more feminine touch, accented by pink mood lighting and wallpaper; finally, an intimate parlour reminiscent of a Moroccan tearoom.
- Inspiration
- The project attempts to bridge time and space, a ‘Back to the Future, Gateway to the Past’.The Art Deco design features bold geometric patterns, hard angles and lavish use of gold and steel. The Sakura Modern lounge takes inspiration from Zen philosophy. The open plan yet cosy atmosphere, bright and graceful lighting, are reminiscent of spring. The colourful futuristic glass panel can be visualised as a tunnel bridging two separate points in space-time from the Gatsby and Sakura Modern era.
- Challenge
- JIS, originally from Japan. We need Malaysian people to understand JIS culture, by designing a bar which significant and identical to Japanese culture, yet able to adopt to Malaysian market. Hence most of the materials and fittings were imported from overseas. And yet we need to complete the full renovation within 4 months, for this 11,000 sqft shop lots which located at level 3. Time is critical but we managed to complete everything within 3 and a half months.
- Operation and Interaction
- By creating spacious seating layout, people able to connect and socialize each other face to face. Spacing between seating was carefully measured to ensure maximum comfort, while dine-in as well as interacting with people. Color changing from the glass wall and table lamps acted as a key element, which has ability to makes people forget stressfulness from works and focus on connecting to others. And yes,it works.
- Project Duration and Location
- JIS Kuala Lumpur is located in Star Boulevard, two minutes away from the heart of city center, KLCC. The project started in early June 2019 and completed in December 2019. It tooks nearly 6 months from design till completion.
- Keywords
- Socialize, Connect, Interactive, Adding color to Life
