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J1M5 Boutique Buyer's Shop by Various Associates Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Various Associates 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for J1M5 Boutique Buyer's Shop by Various Associates. 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 J1M5 Boutique Buyer's Shop
J1M5 Boutique is a multi-brand fashion store interior of 266 square meters in Qingdao, China. The suitcase is the guiding concept of the design. Cabinets rotate 360 degrees at horizontal level and can be opened and closed freely, so each unit can act as a column, a clothing rail, a wardrobe, a fitting room or a display window. Moving the cabinets changes the layout and the catwalk routes, and frees open floor area for pop-up events and small press conferences. The ceiling is made of micro cement and stainless steel and hides the moving tracks, the lighting and the air conditioning.
About Various Associates
Various Associates is an architecture and interior design practice working regionally and internationally on research-based design projects.VA was founded in 2017 as a team of designers from an international background with professional expertise in architecture, interior design, material design, graphic and interaction design. The studio is developing ambitious high-end projects including boutique hotels, restaurants, retail spaces, workspaces and galleries. VA focuses on enhancing spaces and developing material details using bespoke approaches to give unique visual expressions to each project.
Award Record
Various Associates 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/115786
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/115786
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!115786
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/295494
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://r6d.cn/ZYD5
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- J1M5 Boutique Buyer's Shop
- Function
- Buyer's Shop
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Silver, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Various Associates
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #115786
Credits
- Team
- Dongzi Yang, Qianyi Lin, Bo Huang and Meiyu Jiang
- Image Credits
- photo by: Feng Shao
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The designers conceived J1M5 Boutique by taking "suitcase" as the design concept. The team combined the movable, flexible features of suitcase with the origin of multi-brand boutique, and at the same time took full account of spatial layout, circulation, colour palette and experiences, thereby working out unique spatial languages that blend logic with artistry.
- Inspiration
- Based on the prototype of a single suitcase, various ways of use were worked out to satisfy different functions. It can be a column, a rail, a wardrobe, a fitting room, or even a display window. This is a space with changeable structures. It can be either empty or full of columns. Various Associates broke the conventional imagination of all kinds of stores, and created a distinctive retail space for J1M5 based on functional demands and subversive design approaches.
- Research
- Cabinets are made capable of rotating 360 degrees at horizontal level. Therefore, adjustment of a single structure will lead to the change of the entire space. Each combination of structures is a new presentation of functions and visual effects.
- Challenge
- The ceiling is characterized by a sense of order and an structural aesthetic. It hides complex systems behind, including lighting, fire prevention system, and cabinet moving tracks, which are coordinated and integrated into a whole.
- Realization and Technology
- 1. The cabinets are capable of rotating 360 degrees at horizontal level and being opened and closed casually. It has flexible cloth rails and fitting room mirror to form a multi-functional fitting room, which is made of livid wood materials. 2. The ceiling integrates with complex systems, including cabinet moving tracks, spot lighting and air conditioning systems. The ceiling is made from micro cement and stainless steel. 3. The lighting design shows a combination of ceiling light board and PC frosted materials.
- Operation and Interaction
- The position of columns can be adjusted to generate different catwalk routes and spatial patterns, so as to meet varying demands for catwalk shows. Columns are moved to two sides and combined as a matrix. In this way, the usable area of the space is maximized to serve a wide spectrum of events, such as pop-ups and small-scale press conferences of brands. All other functional areas in the store are distinctive and cater for daily shooting needs.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2020 and finished in October 2020 in Qingdao, China.
- Specifications
- 1. The cabinet can rotate 360 degrees at horizontal level. 2. The cabinet satisfies needs of multipul functions, including flexible brand display, flexible cloth rails, flexible fitting room mirrors and fitting rooms. 3. The ceiling hides complex systems behind, including cabinet moving tracks, spot lighting and air conditioning systems. 4. The lighting design shows a combination of ceiling light board and PC frosted materials. And the area of project is: 266 square meter.
- Keywords
- buyer shop, suitcase, reflections, fashion trends, changeable space, aesthetics, flexibility, fun
