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I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Manhattan Gleam Residence in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi 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 announced that Manhattan Gleam Residence by I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen, designed for Merge Interiors, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
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.
More About Manhattan Gleam Residence
Covered in gray tone, giving the space more natural and spacious ambience. American metropolis style through a lot of mix and match, bring the classic retro couch arranged with modern and elegant materials. Integrate front and back terraces usage, living room, dining hall, kitchen, and part of the aisle. To maintain spacious sense of circulation, considering a life of bachelor, with open space, break the partition wall, create a low-profile luxurious feeling, with a vibrant and stylish atmosphere.
Award Record
I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/92884
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92884
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92884
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/259912
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Manhattan Gleam Residence
- Function
- Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dim Gray, Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Merge Interiors
The Recognition
- Laureate
- I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92884
Credits
- Team
- I Ju Chen and Hsuan Yi Chen
- Image Credits
- Kyle Yu Photo, 2017
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Consideration came from client lifestyle. Client is a single male who hopes the space will bring Manhattan uptown ambience, grasp bachelor joy and freedom. When friends visit, can have a drink, talk, watch match, and have space to enjoy party together. With metropolis modern style, draw taste of an ultimate noble. With simple figure benchmark, make whole space looks simpler, brighter and wider, with American retro couch, king and queen chair set, bring out the dynamic metropolitan characteristic.
- Inspiration
- To highlight freedom of a bachelor lives alone, removed the living room, dining hall and kitchen wall partition, connect them not only by sight, light and airflow, but also create open living space. American metropolis style can best manifest the charm of the luxury fine house. Take off the historical decoration, yet retain the American neoclassical modernity to carry on American classic cozy and generous style. Pursue modernity, with stylish furniture creating modern East Manhattan metropolis.
- Research
- Whole spaces are realization of lifestyle of bachelor, made the space like a simple and stylish playground, despite projection screen of 100-inch living room, space to sit and watch a game, or maybe drink in the dining hall or terrace, no matter which public area it is, all can turn into friends gathering spot. The sharp gap between the master bedroom and living room not only present smooth space flow but also form single territory. No matter where it is, privacy not a problem.
- Challenge
- To make the form of the kitchen bar and function dimension have connectivity with space, the designer particularly rotates it 90 degrees, so that the kitchen bar dining table with about 3m long timber table, which retains the warm and lustrous texture of the wood. With a row hanging lamps on top of the bar dining table, echoing clear yellow light. After the logs are transported by cranes, the carpentry painted on-site, retaining wood natural texture and bring city-style great detail.
- Realization and Technology
- Whole space uses multi-grind flooring gives original rustic charm. Gray grind flooring has no seams, easy to clean, also creates clear and spacious space. The condensation of the cement condensation shaped unity of the space. Vintage American leather couch paired with king and queen chair in the living room, draw elegant of the client low-profile personality. Back of tall chair and circular handle, fully cover the person seat inside. Bedroom with parquet create a warm retro feel creates a calm and warm atmosphere.
- Operation and Interaction
- For client does not like front-back terrace original tiles, grille is used to cover it. Used German imported floor riser device to avoid damaging initial tiles, enable full restoration. In the bedroom, suspended TV wall extend from the middle, the wall does not appear stagnant due to connection to the ground, maintain visual permeability. Special design ceiling to avoid pipeline beams and columns have wavy shape balancing the space. Connected both function of sides, which enriches the master bedroom.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in January, 2017 in Taipei ,Taiwan.
- Specifications
- Create modern like Manhattan city lifestyle, made the house fit for often with friends have fun and enjoy party. Front-back terraces planned with an open layout. Made dining hall and living room as walkway to terrace, offer spacious flexible open space. Use the original guest bathroom layout, re-adjusted study room removed many partitions, make it more spacious. In a private area, study room wrapped in a pattern show a low-profile, extravagant sense of luxury, presenting exclusive private space.
- Keywords
- King Chair, Queen Chair, Multi-Grinding, Manhattan, American Metropolis, Modern
