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Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Together and Relax Retirement Residence by Kuan-Cheng Pu

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Kuan-Cheng Pu for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Together and Relax Retirement Residence by Kuan-Cheng Pu, designed for Dr. W design team. The result belongs to 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 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.

Regarding Together and Relax Retirement Residence

Together and Relax is a residential interior design for a 110 square meter home in Taichung. The layout joins the living room, dining hall, bar and Japanese-style room into one shared area, while the ceiling design marks each zone. Lines guide the composition, from the wood grain screen at the entrance to the asymmetrical stone collage on the television wall. The Japanese-style room uses cushions in different colors in place of tatami mats. Folding and sliding doors add flexibility, and simple lines and colors create a calm setting.

Award Record

With this recognition, Kuan-Cheng Pu is 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Together and Relax Retirement Residence
Function
Retirement Residence
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Peru and Gray
Images
5
Client
Dr. W design team

The Recognition

Laureate
Kuan-Cheng Pu
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#90784

Credits

Team
CHIEN HUA HUANG

Design Details

Unique Properties
Home is a space that family get together and relax. Let the sense of 'together' strong in this design. It makes public area combine through design and uses ceiling divide every space. From living room, dinner hall, bar to Japanese-style room, the dwellers share the space and interactive each other to get together with family.Relax is another theme to make family comfortable. It uses simple line and color let dwellers feel relax in every space.
Inspiration
The feeling of line is the inspiration of this design. From the screen with wood grain in entrance to asymmetrical collage with stone on TV wall. It creates the sense of ink painting. Then the wood grain lead through the floor of dinner hall and bar to the ceiling and floor in Japanese-style room.
Research
Explore the space of display and function how to influence behavior and psychology. The designer layout moving line, storage, main wall and the place of display to create the sense of space with light.
Challenge
Use different materials and colors need to consider reasonable and consistency. The principle of simple and wonderful to make every space unique.
Realization and Technology
Japanese-style room combine traditional and modern style. It uses different color cushion to replace Tatami. It applies folding door and sliding door to increase the functions of space to make people relax. The back wall takes materials and light to let the showpiece be the focus of sight.
Operation and Interaction
The designer discusses with homeowners to understand their habits and what kinds of the arts they love. Then the designer corrects every sight to let it feel harmonious.
Project Duration and Location
Start August 2018 in Taichung. Finish January 2019 in Taichung.
Keywords
Interior design, Modern Zen style, Guest house, Japanese-style room, Black White, Guild hall, Vacation

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