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The Eclipse Residential Apartment by Carina Lin Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Carina Lin of Thinkmore Interior Design honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ The Eclipse Residential Apartment by Carina Lin of Thinkmore Interior Design has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About The Eclipse Residential Apartment
The Eclipse is a residential apartment interior design in Hsinchu, Taiwan, covering 82 square meters. The design follows the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic, based on imperfection, asymmetry and simplicity. Mineral painting is applied across the whole space and forms irregular, three dimensional surfaces. Natural ochre tones and oriental oak flooring define the living room. The curved ceiling recalls clouds and eclipses, and light passes through its seams. Furniture is made from recycled wood to reduce tree cutting.
About Carina Lin
I am a designer and founder of Thinkmore design, a Taiwan based interior design company. We are built on the faith. The original design concept of ours is origin from using the simple concept to accept that the life is complicate, taking the nature of the birth of space to re-appreciate the details of life and looking at common things with unusual aesthetics. If an object could bring peace and spiritual longing for us, that is our belonging.
About Thinkmore Interior Design
The Thinkmore design is built on the faith. The original design is based on using the simple concept to accept that the life is complicate, taking the nature of the birth of space to re-appreciate the details of life and looking at common things with unus
Award Record
This recognition makes Carina Lin of Thinkmore Interior Design 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/129972
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/129972
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!129972
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/315548
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.facebook.com/Thinkmore.designTW/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Eclipse Residential Apartment
- Function
- Residential Apartment
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Carina Lin
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Brand
- Thinkmore Interior Design
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #129972
Credits
- Image Credits
- Thinkmore Interior Design
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Eclipse is a modern Wabi-sabi apartment with an old soul presents the art of Wabi-Sabi. The design shows that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. By Eclipse as the theme, using layering sense of space with deep and light hue converge to natural look. Designer utilizes three dimension (Carrier, Energy and Expression) to connect Time , Space and Human naturally.
- Inspiration
- The Eclipse is inspired by the Wabi-Sabi of Japanese aesthetics. The essence of the Wabi-Sabi are imperfection, asymmetry, simplicity and plain. People could have these four essences's vision and feeling in the Eclipse. By this design, let people live or stay in this apartment having reflection about the essence of Wabi-Sabi to get contentment and peace of mind.
- Research
- Background: residential interior design Methods: interior design Participant: designer, participant, painter and electrician
- Challenge
- The whole space of the apartment uses the mineral painting. The mineral painting is a new painting method in Taiwan interior design industry. The traditional mineral painting is a plane surface. Specially, this design uses mineral painting is three dimension especially on the surface of living room's cabinet.
- Realization and Technology
- The mineral painting is applied to the whole space to show irregular shape.The natural concave and convex surfaces enhance the overall atmosphere of Wabi-Sabi. The natural ochre color is the theme of living room and the wood floor is natural oriental oak. These make the occupants feel like that they are living in a cave. Bed room uses different mineral painting method to make the surface of wall diversifying. Occupants get rest in the bed room having extreme comfort. The furniture is made from recycled wood in Taiwan to reduce wood cutting. It integrate with the design concept.
- Operation and Interaction
- Around the main axis of the eclipses, spaces are stacked layer upon layer with a feel of volume and painted freely in light and dark tones, to converge into the look of nature between lightness and heaviness. The curved ceiling is shaped like floating clouds in the sky and eclipses of the sun and the moon, through seams of which light filters. Based on the concept of sustainability, recycled wood containing stories is selected to reset furniture. The natural texture of weathered timber makes it look like in a forest, where one surrounded by woody phytoncide breathes gently and relieves fatigue of a day in the tranquil moment.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Jan 2021 and finished in July 2021. The residential apartment is located in Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Keywords
- Wabi-Sabi Style, Interior Design, Taiwan, Hsinchu
