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Shanmu Store Retail Space by Chia-Lun Chan Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Chia-Lun Chan 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 announced that Shanmu Store Retail Space by Chia-Lun Chan, designed for Chia-Lun Chan/ FULLHOUSE INTERIOR DESIGN LTD., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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 Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
More About Shanmu Store Retail Space
Shanmu Store is a retail space for a Taiwanese wedding cookie brand in Taichung City. The store covers 58 square meters indoors and 39 square meters outdoors, and includes a product display area, a counter, two balconies and a restroom. Traditional Taiwanese building materials are combined with contemporary ones. Hexagonal mosaics on the floor represent flowers, and an island of solid wood forms the presentation area. Cabinet doors use rattan weaving. Vintage brick grilles divide the tasting booths and let natural light pass through.
About Chia-Lun Chan
I am an interior designer CHIA-LUN, CHAN, and I have loved drawing since I was a child. I am committed to creating the most suitable spatial residence for each owner in each situation. And is committed to seeking different design inspirations for each situation. Keeping in touch with different people and things brings me different ideas every day. I believe I will do my best, and I can also bring the power to change the world.
Award Record
With this recognition, Chia-Lun Chan 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. 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/119343
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119343
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119343
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/301245
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.fullhouseid.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shanmu Store Retail Space
- Function
- Retail Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Rosy Brown, Gainsboro and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Chia-Lun Chan/ FULLHOUSE INTERIOR DESIGN LTD.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chia-Lun Chan
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119343
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Devin Huang, 2020 Video Credits: Shanmu, 2021
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- A variety of traditional Taiwanese building materials with a modern touch create a nostalgic yet one-of-a-kind atmosphere. A solid wood presentation area resembling the oceanic nature of our nation, whilst the flowers thriving in the forests morphs into scattering mosaics all over the pavement. The booths constructed out of vintage brick grilles not only eliminates the restriction of a closed space but also funnels in shifting lights and shadows, adding a further layer to the space and design.
- Inspiration
- This project is the founding store for a Taiwanese wedding cookies, whose product utilities multiple Taiwanese elements as well as incorporating trendy packaging. Our design serves as a continuation of the brand concept which introduces the forests and flowers of Taiwan into the space with a visual hint. Fresh spaces and Taiwanese building materials from yesteryear's are combined to link up the old and the new, culminating in the unparalleled elegance unique to Taiwan.
- Research
- Select the materials that best symbolizes the brand’s values and accentuate their key properties. Combining the traditional building materials commonly seen in Taiwan with the cutting edge ones used today, a rich visual feast shall be deduced.
- Challenge
- Enrich the visual experience, we add a lot of design ingenuity to the floor.With customize hexagonal mosaics to present the flowers. Due to a spatial constraint, we choose vintage brick grilles and sheers to divide the booths. Airiness levitates ease of claustrophobia whilst allowing natural light to freely scatter through the grilles. On the pavement, vintage bricks and logo are inlaid into the terrazzo, resulting in a space passing down the lineage of Taiwan through the ever-changing times.
- Realization and Technology
- The pavement draws attention with great areas of mosaics, whilst the all-titanium-plated customized door frame suspends the magnificent aura. Inside the store, cabinet doors all utilize rattan wearings of Taiwanese tradition, furthermore, logo walls and product display cabinets use a lot of stone paint to set off the quality of the business. Meanwhile, nostalgic brick grilles and sheers carve up the different spheres in the booths.
- Operation and Interaction
- The entrance begins our journey in the form of a mosaic artwork, another elaborate mosaic pattern lies under the island-shaped solid wood presentation area. Accompanied by a soft and romantic arch-shaped showcase, Elegant cabinet doors interspersed with Taiwanese rattan weavings, the tasting booths surrounded by the vintage brick grilles. Moving line connects the way to the outdoor greenery and returns to the indoor area, visual experience which connects the old and the new, comes to an end.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in February 2020 and finished in July 2020, Taichung City.
- Specifications
- 58 square meters indoors, 39 square meters outdoors, Product display area, Counter, 2 balconies, 1 restroom
- Keywords
- Brick grille, mosaic, rattan weaving, spiritual property, retail space, Shanmu, Shanmudao
