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KennaXu Gallery Showroom by Da Integrating Limited Wins the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Da Integrating Limited 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for KennaXu Gallery Showroom by Da Integrating Limited. The result belongs to 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 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 KennaXu Gallery Showroom
KennaXu Gallery is an art gallery located in an old residential community in Shenzhen, China. The 223 square meter space was converted from a former residence with two narrow and dim floors. White is the dominant colour, creating a simple and inclusive backdrop that reveals the colour and composition of the exhibited paintings. Materials include latex paint, membrane, wooden flooring, ultra-clear glass, white tile and white stainless steel. Unusual windows bring in light and outdoor sounds, linking the gallery with daily life in the community.
About Da Integrating Limited
DA INTEGRATING LIMITED is a creative solutions provider for spaces of cross-border contemporary art. "D" represents design and pragmatism, while "A" means art. Chinman Ngai founded this design practice in London in 2013, with the aspiration of seamlessly integrating pragmatism and contemporary art into daily life. So far, we've created a great many contemporary art spaces, including but not limited to Shenzhen eMoCA，Sanya Museum of Contemporary Art，KennaXu Gallery and Tus Museum of Contemporary Art. Based on the observations of contemporary humanistic lifestyles, DA INTEGRATING LIMITED mainly focuses on contemporary art, alongside also working in a wide spectrum of fields.
Award Record
With this recognition, Da Integrating Limited 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/120735
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/120735
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!120735
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/302326
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.daintegrating.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- KennaXu Gallery Showroom
- Function
- Showroom
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Silver, Gainsboro, White Smoke and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Da Integrating Limited
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #120735
Credits
- Team
- Chinman Ngai, Artist Yang Shu and Ma Shuqing
- Image Credits
- Photo by: Kevin, Benmo Studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design team reflected on the relationship between gallery and art space, and discovered more possibilities of the gallery as a public space. Located in an old residential community, the site blends a strong living atmosphere with beautiful natural landscape, making it possible to integrating art aesthetics and learning into daily life.
- Inspiration
- The space is dominated by white hue, which produces a modern, simplistic spatial tone as well as an inclusive backdrop that reveals the authenticity of things. It can fully display the color, composition, aesthetics and thinking of exhibited paintings. The design incorporates a sense of "emptiness" to create a free and serene ambience, with a view to enabling harmonious interaction between light and shadow, nature and artworks, and thereby achieving the beauty of art.
- Research
- The building, constructed in the 1990s within an old community, is the place where the gallery owner Kenna Xu spent his childhood. It carries his deep affection for Shenzhen, and also breeds his dream of establishing a contemporary art gallery that finds a foothold in the local area and pursues global visibility.
- Challenge
- There were also some unfavorable conditions as converting the former residence into an art space. The original space consisted of two floors, which were narrow and dim. The first floor had a low ceiling, looking like a storeroom, while the second floor featured an old-styled, disordered and fragmented spatial pattern. The overall space looked so different from an art space.
- Realization and Technology
- Latex paint, membrane, wooden flooring, ultra-clear glass, white tile, white stainless steel
- Operation and Interaction
- The unique windows shake off traditional designs, and act as openings for conveying messages. Meanwhile, those structures bring in the daily chatter of residents, sounds of footsteps and birdsong from outdoor groves, which become background music for the art space. The gallery seems to grow here and closely integrates with the old community.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in November, 2018 and finished in September, 2019 in the Intersection of Yitian Road and Fuqiang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China.
- Specifications
- The project is 223 square meters in all.
- Keywords
- Art gallery, Shenzhen, public space, color, freedom, openness, multi-sensory experiences
