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Xiaobing Yao Receives the Silver A' Design Award for YDS Office Work Place in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Xiaobing Yao recognized 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 YDS Office Work Place by Xiaobing Yao, designed for Yao Xiaobing Space Design Studio, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of 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 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.

About YDS Office Work Place

YDS Office is an office interior created for a space design studio in Chengdu. The project covers 240 square meters inside a large mixed use building in the Tianfu New Area. An immersive corridor leads visitors into the space, where gray and black surfaces are combined with contrasts of light and shadow to create a sense of depth. A photo wall called People Space presents a series of faces. The main materials are wood flooring, tempered glass, painted board, marble, wallpaper, stainless steel, skirting and floor tile.

About Xiaobing Yao

Xiaobing Yao, a famous independent designer, is the founder and design director of Yao Xiaobing Design Studio. In his opinion, design is an applied art rather than a pure art. He pursues the lasting vitality of space, and believes that even the best design works also need exquisite details of the craft to reflect. His design concept does not limited to a certain design style, with the precise positioning of the customer's target demand, he combines design sense, humanization and intellectualization, and achieves high-quality and efficient spatial solutions through artistic expression.

Award Record

Xiaobing Yao is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
YDS Office Work Place
Function
Work Place
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
Yao Xiaobing Space Design Studio

The Recognition

Laureate
Xiaobing Yao
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#123038

Credits

Team
Baoan Luo
Image Credits
Photographer Dou Qiang, YDS Office, 2020.

Design Details

Unique Properties
YDS Design Office is located in the Global Center of Chengdu Tianfu New Area. In the world's largest single building, which is internationalized, compound and landscaped, the designer opens an aesthetic journey of blending ideal and art for visitors with respect, empathy and professionalism.
Inspiration
In this case, people experience the design concept of "nature is magnificent by things, things are shaped by space, space is expressed by human, and human are harmonious by nature" presented by designers, feeling the exploration process of YDS Design Office over the years since its establishment.
Research
When designers and visitors comb through the complicated design ideas here, occasionally look up or look far away, they will feel the beauty of natural harmony among space, people, and remote snow mountains.
Challenge
The designer creatively design a "People Space" photo wall, with mysterious and enthusiastic faces, telling the designer's confidence and extraordinary in turning chaotic ideas into wonderful ideas.
Realization and Technology
The main materials in this project are wood floor, tempered glass, paint board, marble, wallpaper, stainless steel, skirting and floor tile.
Operation and Interaction
By the immersive corridor design full of philosophical meaning, the gray and black are mixed with light and dark, creating the illusion of time that "there is a small entrance in the mountain, as if there is light". It also makes the whole space get rid of the plane constraints, and quickly evolve to the depth, so that the field of vision converges and concentrates.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in June 2020 in Chengdu and finished in August 2020 in Chengdu.
Specifications
The project covers a total of 240 square meters.
Keywords
Interior, Office, Modern, Simple, Design Company, Artistic, Immersive

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