Press Release
Mays Vegetarian Restaurant by Ling Chen Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Ling Chen acknowledged 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Mays Vegetarian Restaurant by Ling Chen, designed for YesDesign Studio. The award was conferred within 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 assessed 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.
About Mays Vegetarian Restaurant
Mays is a vegetarian restaurant interior covering 152 square meters. The design departs from the religious styling often used in traditional vegetarian spaces. Gray black terrazzo with blue crystal and pearl particles covers the facade, the floor, the counter and the tabletops. The terrazzo was custom made for the project. Copper chains on the ceiling suggest rolling hills. A curved metal reception wall forms a tunnel that guides guests toward the dining area. Metal edges set into the floor define the different areas. Large glass windows bring daylight inside.
About Ling Chen
Chen Ling, the designer of this project, who set up his own studio, YesDesign Studio, in Beijing between 2007 and 2008. He is really interested in how to perceive a space within the qualities of another space. It just like looking at someone who is looking at you. When objectivity is eliminated, a new objectivity can be achieved, as if you were measuring a space with your vision. This is his design philosophy. He specializes in design styles: thematic spaces, modern thematic spaces, using spatial form to tell the brand story.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ling Chen 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/109268
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/109268
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!109268
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/283999
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://cutt.ly/UfaCwrC
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mays Vegetarian Restaurant
- Function
- Vegetarian Restaurant
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- YesDesign Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ling Chen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #109268
Credits
- Team
- Chen Ling and Zhu Jiefeng
- Image Credits
- Photographer YesDesign, Mays, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The YESDESIGN team has broken the conventional design techniques of traditional vegetarian spaces. They avail themselves of the materials of terrazzo, stainless steel and copper chains, adopt bold design technique to integrate the design concept of "inversed time and space" into the whole space design, in a bid to create a unique and comfortable dining space.
- Inspiration
- Vegetarianism is a very healthy lifestyle in modern society, and in Guangdong there are folk customs of vegetarianism on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and there are even legends that eating vegetarian food all year round will reverse your growth, which is more useful than using cosmetics. So, the designer thought of creating a space that "inversed time and space", together with the dishes, to make a concept space that breaks the rules.
- Research
- A custom version of terrazzo was chosen for this project. The designer searched almost every available flooring material and traveled to the material markets in 2 cities, Wuhan and Guangzhou, and finally found an inkstone manufacturer in Wuhan who was willing to customize the terrazzo for this design. Since most regular terrazzo is gray cement with black and white stones, and we needed to use blue crystal particles and pearl particles, every single particle in the terrazzo that ended up being used in this project was chosen by the designer himself.
- Challenge
- In the past, old fashioned vegetarian restaurants were usually associated with the "Buddhist rituals", mostly in the religious realm, but how to combine the brand attitude of a natural space, while subverting people's perceptions and maintaining a sense of space without losing details, was the challenge of this design.
- Realization and Technology
- The YesDesign project team pays high attention to innovation in materials and structures. The gray black terrazzo facade with blue crystal and pearl particles readily catch the eyes of people. The reception area of metal background is presented in a specially designed arc shape, like a time tunnel, directing consumers to the dining area. Grey terrazzo and metal are organically integrated in vision, well coordinated without losing the sense of details. The abundant light shines through large glass windows into the interior space, while showing a glimpse of the internal layers of space.
- Operation and Interaction
- The interior space is fully covered with the gray black terrazzo veneers, extending from the ground to the counter and tabletop. The ceiling reinterprets the natural earth. With carefully arranged copper chains, it transforms rolling hills into a scenery with ultimate beautiful visual effects. The ground lines are carefully arranged with metal edges to define the functions of different spaces. The Nordic decorations are visible everywhere, on intimate terms with people.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in November 2018 in Wuhan and finished in February 2019 in Wuhan.
- Specifications
- The area of this project is 152 sqm.
- Keywords
- Vegetarian, Restaurant, Nordic, Modernist, Terrazzo
