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Li Zhang Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Bookish Atmosphere Sales Center in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Li Zhang for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Bookish Atmosphere Sales Center by Li Zhang, designed for Shanghai Face Decoration Design Engineering Co., Ltd, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 Bookish Atmosphere Sales Center

Bookish Atmosphere is a sales center interior located in Jiangsu, China, and completed in 2019. The project covers 1269 square meters. The exterior draws on the features of ancient buildings in Jinling and joins them with modern aesthetics and practical function. Brick surfaces are treated as the spirit of the space, and the gaps between the bricks create a quiet sense of order. Water-like ornaments and landscape elements recall the rivers of Nanjing. Borrowed scenery guides the traffic flow, so visitors move through the interior as through a contemporary garden.

About Li Zhang

Formed by a passionate young team, it is a growth and thinking company. The company has strong cohesiveness and centripetality, has a good professional value and service awareness, and can look at the overall situation. Analyze and think about problems from the perspective of development, accurately grasp the market positioning, guide the design with global awareness, and enhance the value of products with design quality, so as to achieve “development and design concepts”. The best fusion. When we accept any project commission, we will do our research and investigation carefully.

Award Record

Li Zhang is a winner of 10 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2020 - 2021 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
Bookish Atmosphere Sales Center
Function
Sales Center
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Silver, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Dark Olive Green and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
Shanghai Face Decoration Design Engineering Co., Ltd

The Recognition

Laureate
Li Zhang
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#106822

Credits

Image Credits
5: Photographer Yan Zheng, Bookish Atmosphere Overspreading Jinling, 2019.

Design Details

Unique Properties
Located among the historical sites, the building implying the elegant charisma of bookish atmosphere overspreading Jinling in the ancient capital has delicately shown the essence of authenticity. The gaps between bricks on the wall generate a concealing sense of order in the space. RoarchiRenew, with its brilliant control, reinforces the establishment of the sense of order.
Inspiration
In this design project, the building with its exterior based on the features of the ancient buildings in Jinling integrates the undertone of modern aesthetics and the functionality. Located among the historical sites, the building implying the elegant charisma of bookish atmosphere overspreading Jinling in the ancient capital has delicately shown the essence of authenticity. The gaps between bricks on the wall generate a concealing sense of order in the space.
Research
Nanjing is where uniting the elements of mountains, water, cities, and forests. The sleek mountain-like embellishment on the top incorporates the picturesque natural scenery. At the break of dawn, the sky is as artistic as a scroll unrolling the scenic the Purple Mountain, Qinhuai River, and Ming City Wall. We delineate the space with abstract elements. The design skill of borrowed scenery incorporating ancient gardens establishes the traffic flows in the space, where people begin a journey exploring a contemporary garden.
Challenge
The numerous rivers in Nanjing give birth to the local civilization. We, therefore, decided to capture the memory of water by combining the water-like adornments and landscapes. As the light shining and the water flowing, the rhythms in the air are generated. As delicate as a long river, the ornament of water artistically resembles the natural scenery of a river flowing under the bridge and by the mountain. The artistic sense of water vapor gentling diffusing manifests the lively concept of art.
Realization and Technology
RoarchiRenew, after considering the architectural and the symbolic meaning of bricks, have defined them as the spirit of space. The gaps between bricks generate a concealing sense of order in the space. RoarchiRenew, with its brilliant control, reinforces the establishment of the sense of order.
Operation and Interaction
The artistic adornment exposing the bookish atmosphere stands for the harmonious combination of elegance and modern art showing the state of composure and nimbleness, while constructing the orderly traffic flows altogether with the subtle-luxury outdoor environment, all of which show the consistency of design.
Project Duration and Location
The project finished in 2019 in Jiangsu, China.
Specifications
The project is 1269 square meter.
Keywords
Interior Design, Commercial, Sales Center, Space

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