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Riki Watanabe Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Riki Watanabe for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge by Riki Watanabe, designed for Joke. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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 evaluated 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.
More About Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge
An important element of this design was to bring out the appeal of the materials used. The main material used was western red cedar, which is also used in their first store in Japan. As a way of showing the material, Riki Watanabe stacked up a mosaic pattern by piling together pieces one by one like a parquet, making use of the essence of materials uneven colors. Despite using the same materials, by cutting them out, Riki Watanabe was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.
About Riki Watanabe
With a focus on interior design, Riki Watanabe work spans across a wide range of professional fields such as creative direction and branding. Utilizing the knowledge and multifaceted perspectives that we have cultivated through designing commercial spaces, hospitality spaces, exhibitions, products, and other genres, we design in consideration of the way places should be, the experiences that can be gained there, and the flow of time. For Riki Watanabe, design is not only to create new values, but also to discover the beauty and value that already exists, and to create something that will be passed down and evolve, even if the shape is old.
Award Record
This recognition makes Riki Watanabe a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2019 - 2020 edition 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/90033
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/90033
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!90033
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/254222
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://jokedesign.xyz/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge
- Function
- Lounge
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Sienna, Peru, Black, Dark Slate Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Joke
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Riki Watanabe
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #90033
Credits
- Image Credits
- #1,Photographer Masato Kawano #2,Photographer Masato Kawano #3,Photographer Masato Kawano #4,Photographer Masato Kawano #5,Photographer Masato Kawano
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Bean to Bar chocolate specialty store DandeLion chocolate in San Francisco. Bean to Bar Lounge, Japan first concept shop, is a tasting lounge, where They can enjoy single origin chocolate sweets from each production area. The most important element of this project was to bring out the best and unexpected charms of the materials used.Riki Watanabe believes that was the best way to express the store.
- Inspiration
- Riki Watanabe took inspiration from DandeLion chocolate approach to materials, especially their relationship to cacao, believing that was the best way to express the brand.
- Research
- Riki Watanabe researched brands approach to materials, especially their relationship to cacao, believed that was the best way to express the brand.
- Challenge
- Riki Watanabe challenged he combined the three requirements of unlikely use of material, craftsmanship, and cuteness in a small space and to bring out the brand colors in a meaningful way.
- Realization and Technology
- The main material used was western red cedar, which is also used in their first store in Japan. It was vital to maintain a level of consistency for the brand's image in Japan.As a way of showing the material, he stacked up a mosaic pattern by piling together pieces one by one like a parquet, making use of the essence of the western red cedar uneven colors.Despite using the same materials, by cutting them out, he was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.
- Operation and Interaction
- Bean to Bar chocolate specialty store Dandelion chocolate in San Francisco. Bean to Bar Lounge, Japan's first concept shop, is a tasting lounge , where They can enjoy single origin chocolate sweets from each production area.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2018 in Tokyo Japan and finished in February 2019 in Tokyo Japan.
- Specifications
- FLOOR AREA 49.20 square metre
- Keywords
- cafe, Lounge, chocolate,
