Press Release
Mayumi Ehara Receives the A' Design Award for Bay Arce Restaurant in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Mayumi Ehara for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Bay Arce Restaurant by Mayumi Ehara, designed for Bay Arce, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Bay Arce Restaurant
Bay Arce is a seafood restaurant located in the cruise terminal building at Kanazawa Port. The dining area faces the sea through a full glass wall, and the view is revealed gradually as visitors move in from the entrance. The seating volume forms a large rounded shape that recalls a ship, built from fine pieces of Noto Hiba wood from Ishikawa Prefecture. A stepped floor allows the sea to be seen from every seat, and a gentle slope gives access to wheelchair users. The wooden ceiling is bent by hand into a wave form and is lit at night.
About Mayumi Ehara
My job is to assist clients and brands grow through excellent interior design. When designing, I make sure to stay true to each client’s concept and each brand’s philosophy. While my forte is in designing stores for apparel brands, including "mystic," "kastane," and "DEICY," I also design cafés, such as "Kagurazaka Saryo" and "Café Fusion 21," located within the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa Prefecture. Occasionally, my work spreads beyond the category of “interior design” to cover the areas of graphic design, package design, and art direction.
Award Record
This recognition makes Mayumi Ehara a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2020 - 2021 editions 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/120338
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/120338
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!120338
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/232094
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://conscious-em.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bay Arce Restaurant
- Function
- Restaurant
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Sienna, Chocolate, Rosy Brown, Sandy Brown and Peru
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bay Arce
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mayumi Ehara
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #120338
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Kozo Takayama
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The structure of the audience seats cannot be seen from the entrance, and when you enter the store, you can gradually see the audience seats and the sea. This is similar to the gradual increase in expectations. The entire audience seats have a large rounded shape and look like a large ship. If you look closely, the fine wood expresses the craftsmanship of the combination of natural wood colors. In addition, the wooden panel that represents the waves is beautifully lit up on the ceiling.
- Inspiration
- Bay arce is a seafood restaurant located in the Kanazawa Port Cruise Terminal Building. Not only customers anchored at Kanazawa Port but also Japanese tourists can enjoy it. The sea side is covered with glass on one side, so you can get a beautiful view of the sea. For visitors It is a step floor format from the sea side so that it can be seen from any audience seat. Up to the height of one copy so that it can be used by people in wheelchairs You can climb on the slope floor. The sofa seats on the sea side, the round table seats, and the step floor seats are designed so that you can enjoy it even if you come with various people.
- Research
- What kind of space composition is comfortable for me? Also, the cozy space will succeed as a commercial space. I always think about that and work. For this Bay arce, you can enjoy a fresh seafood meal in a space overlooking the sea, so that you can respond to various occasions such as friends, family, lovers, anniversaries and weddings.
- Challenge
- Metals such as steel bend easily to express the waves on the ceiling, but because the load on the ceiling is too high and I wanted to use wood, I draw a wavy drawing for each sheet and bend with wood. In Earl I configured it. It is fixed to the ceiling with a fine pin.
- Realization and Technology
- The wood called Noto Hiba from Ishikawa Prefecture uses materials with excellent characteristics such as deodorant and insect repellent as the foundation. In addition, the wave shape of the ceiling, which is the image of the waves of the sea, is also made of wood by a very delicate technique. The whole waist is also beautiful with a combination of fine wooden chips It creates a rounded shape and looks like a ship.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2019 in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It opened in April 2020.
- Specifications
- Floor area: about 230 square meters
- Keywords
- (Kanazawa Port) (Ishikawa Prefecture)
