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Tongrentang Zhima Health Offline Experience Store by Yong Wong Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yong Wong honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Tongrentang Zhima Health Offline Experience Store by Yong Wong, designed for Beijing Tongrentang Health, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Golden A' Design Award Means

The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.

Regarding Tongrentang Zhima Health Offline Experience Store

Tongrentang Zhima Health is an experience store located in Beijing. The store covers 5000 square meters on three floors. Dietary supplements, nourishing food and health care products that include health technology are offered in one place. Large areas of contrasting materials, such as solid wood and brass, are applied in the interior. From the ground floor upwards, four themes are presented, namely inquiry, food, convalescence and cure. The store also serves as a comfortable social space for customers.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yong Wong 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
Tongrentang Zhima Health Offline Experience Store
Function
Offline Experience Store
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Olive Green, Black, Dim Gray, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
Images
5
Client
Beijing Tongrentang Health

The Recognition

Laureate
Yong Wong
Country
China
Recognition
Golden A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#108738

Credits

Team
Yong Wong, Wei Tan, Chenxu Zhu, Guiying Zhang, Zhiyong Jia, Yue Yu.
Image Credits
Beijing Wuxiang Space Architecture Design

Design Details

Unique Properties
Zhima Health concept store provides dietary supplements, nourishing & health food and even health care products that incorporate health tech, enabling customers to enjoy one-stop and immersive shopping experience. Besides, it also doubles as a new and comfortable social space for customers. Following the concepts of high quality, sense of participation and personal shopping experience, the brand-new retail model aims to meet the demands of consumption upgrade and improve the quality of customers’ lives rather than overturn the traditional retail style.
Inspiration
After proposing the transformation, Tongrentang and we began field investigations at home and abroad. From retail to hotel and other formats, we have experienced almost every brand new store. And finally we focused on the trade form of hotel brand. So, the idea of creating an immersive experience space comes out.
Research
Probably in 2014, Tongrentang seems to have encountered bottleneck. The selling form relying on traditional stores urgently needs to be changed, so the brand proposed a strategic transformation from products to services at that time. After proposing the transformation, Tongrentang and we began field investigations at home and abroad. From retail to hotel and other formats, we have experienced almost every brand new store. And finally we focused on the trade form of hotel brand. So, the idea of creating an immersive experience space comes out.
Challenge
The first breakthrough lies in the initial investigation on retail industry and the final set of trade form. Secondly, the brand tried to find some well-known foreign design teams. However, because the foreign designers did not really understand the business model and accurate needs of the well-established domestic brands, they eventually failed to give a design plan. Later, when our team completed the overall design plan, many of the product lines that we are seeing now were developed backward from space design, and Tongrentang's almost perfect endorsement allowed this backward process to be realized.
Realization and Technology
The designer Yong Wong has applied a large area of contrasting materials as solid wood and brass in the store.
Operation and Interaction
From retail to hotel and other formats, we have experienced almost every brand new store. And finally we focused on the trade form of hotel brand. So, the idea of creating an immersive experience space comes out. Later, when our team completed the overall design plan, many of the product lines that we are seeing now were developed backward from space design, and Tongrentang's almost perfect endorsement allowed this backward process to be realized.
Project Duration and Location
This project started in May 2019 and finished in December 2019 in Beijing.
Specifications
5000 square meters, 3 floors
Keywords
Tongrentang, Wu Xiang, In View, Zhima, experience store, experience shop, Pharmacy store

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