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Love Symbol Residential Space by Chin-Shu Chen Wins the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Chin-Shu Chen honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Love Symbol Residential Space by Chin-Shu Chen, designed for Fe Design Company. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 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.

The A' Design Award Explained

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 Love Symbol Residential Space

Love Symbol is a residential interior design for a 150 square feet home in Taipei, Taiwan. The main wall of the living room is made of natural marble with gradient colors that recall oriental ink painting landscapes. The stone wall extends into the hallway. Behind the main wall, a Buddha hall displays calligraphy drawn by the father of the family. Wood is used on the ceiling to add warmth and to link the public and private areas. The public area is semi-open and receives natural light. The design keeps the memory and sentiment of the family.

About Chin-Shu Chen

I'm an interior designer. I like the atmosphere in the space and I love to make it better. Lifestyle is an art. The balance between beauty and functional create a comfortable house. The modest communication manner, observation analysis and careful logical thinking can place your experiences, sensation and aesthetic concept into a space. A happy home life will be create naturally, and then step-by-step penetrate into human to human or between human and space. The reductions of chaos create a place suitable for cultivate body and mind.

Award Record

This recognition makes Chin-Shu Chen a winner of 7 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2019 - 2020 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
Love Symbol Residential Space
Function
Residential Space
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Black, Rosy Brown, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green and Gray
Images
5
Client
Fe Design Company

The Recognition

Laureate
Chin-Shu Chen
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#88469

Design Details

Unique Properties
The stone of gradient colors and correspondence with oriental ink-painting landscape has been selected for the main wall of the living room, which is extended to the hallway to imply the heritage of sentiment. The back of the main wall is designed as a Buddha Hall, featuring the calligraphy drawn by the father, injecting the room with abundantly artistic foundation.
Inspiration
The 150 square feet unit customized for design in the pre-construction phase is a gift left behind by the deceased father to his wife and children. The fathers care and love for the family can be observed from the location of the building to the interior layout and arts.
Research
Designer was requested for customization in the pre-construction phase and developed with the extensive expression from lifestyle. The main wall in the living room extends the majestic and spacious atmospheres through the special patterns of natural marble, incorporated with the wood features of ceiling and wall. Designer pursues and builds a humanistic construction space through the authenticity of design, providing the dwellers with the surviving situation that passes down the beautify relation and sentiment.
Challenge
The public area is semi-open designed with integration of the movement and natural lighting between the internal and external space, which is simple and delicate. And in the private domain, the room freely releases the imagination for life and implementing sentimental dimension towards humanity while blending arts in between the lines and dimensions, which correspond with the lighting, colors and materials through low-profile but remarkable style.
Realization and Technology
The ceiling is designed with wood, the scope introducing public area to the private space, which also corresponds with the hallway and the stone, adding warmth to the room. In the public area featuring natural materials, the coarse or fine patterns show the release of organized linear and dimensional impression.
Operation and Interaction
The dining room arranges for an absolutely tranquil image of the space through rational colors but also explains the sentimental and warm cultural attitude through the embellishment of vibrant colors. The material in general introduces the co-existence of coldness and warmth, realizing the sentimental performance between sense and sensibility through every unexpected turn. The study room on contrary emphasizes on functional arrangement by taking consideration of the function of work processing.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in January 2018 and finished in August 2018 in Taiwan, Taipei.
Specifications
The interior space is 150 square feet without the expression of too many different materials. The designer was requested for customization in the pre-construction phase and developed with the extensive expression from lifestyle.
Keywords
Marble wall, oriental ink-painting, natural lighting, humanistic dimension

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