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Shanmu Store Retail Space by Chia-Lun Chan Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Chia-Lun Chan honored 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Shanmu Store Retail Space by Chia-Lun Chan, designed for Chia-Lun Chan/ FULLHOUSE INTERIOR DESIGN LTD., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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 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.

More About Shanmu Store Retail Space

Shanmu Store is a retail space for a Taiwanese wedding cookie brand in Taichung City. The store covers 58 square meters indoors and 39 square meters outdoors, and includes a product display area, a counter, two balconies and a restroom. Traditional Taiwanese building materials are combined with contemporary ones. Hexagonal mosaics on the floor represent flowers, and an island of solid wood forms the presentation area. Cabinet doors use rattan weaving. Vintage brick grilles divide the tasting booths and let natural light pass through.

About Chia-Lun Chan

I am an interior designer CHIA-LUN, CHAN, and I have loved drawing since I was a child. I am committed to creating the most suitable spatial residence for each owner in each situation. And is committed to seeking different design inspirations for each situation. Keeping in touch with different people and things brings me different ideas every day. I believe I will do my best, and I can also bring the power to change the world.

Award Record

With this recognition, Chia-Lun Chan 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Shanmu Store Retail Space
Function
Retail Space
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Silver, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Gainsboro and Lavender
Images
5
Client
Chia-Lun Chan/ FULLHOUSE INTERIOR DESIGN LTD.

The Recognition

Laureate
Chia-Lun Chan
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#119343

Credits

Image Credits
Photographer: Devin Huang, 2020 Video Credits: Shanmu, 2021

Design Details

Unique Properties
A variety of traditional Taiwanese building materials with a modern touch create a nostalgic yet one-of-a-kind atmosphere. A solid wood presentation area resembling the oceanic nature of our nation, whilst the flowers thriving in the forests morphs into scattering mosaics all over the pavement. The booths constructed out of vintage brick grilles not only eliminates the restriction of a closed space but also funnels in shifting lights and shadows, adding a further layer to the space and design.
Inspiration
This project is the founding store for a Taiwanese wedding cookies, whose product utilities multiple Taiwanese elements as well as incorporating trendy packaging. Our design serves as a continuation of the brand concept which introduces the forests and flowers of Taiwan into the space with a visual hint. Fresh spaces and Taiwanese building materials from yesteryear's are combined to link up the old and the new, culminating in the unparalleled elegance unique to Taiwan.
Research
Select the materials that best symbolizes the brand’s values and accentuate their key properties. Combining the traditional building materials commonly seen in Taiwan with the cutting edge ones used today, a rich visual feast shall be deduced.
Challenge
Enrich the visual experience, we add a lot of design ingenuity to the floor.With customize hexagonal mosaics to present the flowers. Due to a spatial constraint, we choose vintage brick grilles and sheers to divide the booths. Airiness levitates ease of claustrophobia whilst allowing natural light to freely scatter through the grilles. On the pavement, vintage bricks and logo are inlaid into the terrazzo, resulting in a space passing down the lineage of Taiwan through the ever-changing times.
Realization and Technology
The pavement draws attention with great areas of mosaics, whilst the all-titanium-plated customized door frame suspends the magnificent aura. Inside the store, cabinet doors all utilize rattan wearings of Taiwanese tradition, furthermore, logo walls and product display cabinets use a lot of stone paint to set off the quality of the business. Meanwhile, nostalgic brick grilles and sheers carve up the different spheres in the booths.
Operation and Interaction
The entrance begins our journey in the form of a mosaic artwork, another elaborate mosaic pattern lies under the island-shaped solid wood presentation area. Accompanied by a soft and romantic arch-shaped showcase, Elegant cabinet doors interspersed with Taiwanese rattan weavings, the tasting booths surrounded by the vintage brick grilles. Moving line connects the way to the outdoor greenery and returns to the indoor area, visual experience which connects the old and the new, comes to an end.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in February 2020 and finished in July 2020, Taichung City.
Specifications
58 square meters indoors, 39 square meters outdoors, Product display area, Counter, 2 balconies, 1 restroom
Keywords
Brick grille, mosaic, rattan weaving, spiritual property, retail space, Shanmu, Shanmudao

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