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La Pina Distillery Amusement Shop by Shinjiro Heshiki Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Shinjiro Heshiki recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ La Pina Distillery Amusement Shop by Shinjiro Heshiki, designed for Nago Pineapple Park, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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.
Regarding La Pina Distillery Amusement Shop
La Pina Distillery is a retail and tasting facility located in Nago, Okinawa. The interior is themed around exploration and the search for the water of life. At the center stands the Brandy Pineapple Fountain, an object measuring 4400 millimeters in width, depth and height, shaped like a distiller from which pineapple brandy appears to rise from underground. Piping-style displays, lighting and an aged copper finish recall a large old factory. Wall fixtures in iron sheeting combine with wood grain to form a calm space that adult visitors can also enjoy.
About Shinjiro Heshiki
He was born in Okinawa Prefecture. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo and entered a design school. After graduation, he worked at a shop design office, where he designed restaurants, retail stores, apparel stores, and houses. He moved to Los Angeles LA USA in 1991. While living in the U.S., he worked as a bartender and club manager, while working in design for a living. This background in restaurants seems to have enhanced his design communication. And returned to Japan in 2001, Then he started his own company, emergene, inc.
Award Record
With this recognition, Shinjiro Heshiki is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2022 - 2023 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/148176
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148176
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148176
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/292694
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://conception.zone/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- La Pina Distillery Amusement Shop
- Function
- Amusement Shop
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Nago Pineapple Park
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shinjiro Heshiki
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #148176
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photo #1~#5: Masahiro Ishibashi Video Towa Heshiki
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Fountain of Eau de Vie Distillery The explorer's quest for the water of life led him to the Brandy Pineapple Fountain. In the past, most of the target visitors were domestic tourists with children, but in recent years, many tour bus passengers (adults) from neighboring countries have been visiting the park. With such a change in target demographics, Our client have incorporated elements of a -theme park that adults can also enjoy- and have decided to open a new brand new sales facility.
- Inspiration
- This place where the explorer arrived in search of the water of life was the Brandy Pineapple Fountain. Conception Design Team have added a new design to this place, which is not only casual and playful, but also has an authentic feel and shape. By dynamically arranging distillers and barrels in the motif of a large old factory, Conception Design Team have added an entertaining and unusual element.
- Research
- Type of research:Verification of the necessity and cost effectiveness of a giant pineapple fountain object Objectives of the study :To develop a design for an object that would have a comparable impact to that of a real distiller operating in a factory inside a glass wall Methodology, data collection and research tools used:Creation of a miniature model of one fifth of the real thing Participants:Conception, constructors and Client Effects of the research on real phenomena, including design: Success in bringing impact and harmony to the space
- Challenge
- The first project, Winery Lounge, and the second project, Sweets de Pineapple, started in 2019 when covid-2019 went viral, and the third project, LA PINA Distillery, started in 2022. Many compromises had to be made, including changes in scale and design due to covid-2019. In order to meet legal requirements, construction was divided into two phases, with the distillery completed first and the retail area completed later, which significantly extended the construction period.
- Realization and Technology
- Pineapple objet art standing in the center of the facility was designed in the style of a distiller with a fountain motif. The image is as if pineapple brandy is gushing from underground. The objects are surrounded by piping-style display and lighting around the objects. The intricate piping like lighting and the rusty aged finish of the copper the impression of steampunk. The wall fixtures are finished with iron sheeting to tie in the wood grain and create a mature space.
- Operation and Interaction
- Principle of distillation The method itself is the same as for whiskey and other spirits. In the case of brandy, fermented white wine is placed in a distiller and heated. Inside the distiller, the heated vapor comes out of the top, and the vapor is cooled down again to be converted back into a liquid with a high alcohol content.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project planning was started Okinawa in July 2021, finished construction in July 2022, and opened in Nago Okinawa in Aug 2022.
- Specifications
- Brandy Pineapple Fountain Object Width 4400mm, Depth 4400mm, Height 4400mm
- Keywords
- pineapple, Industrial, century design, Ruins, Romance, Curiosity, never fades
