Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Leading River Interior Design Office by Wayne Chen
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Wayne Chen for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Leading River Interior Design Office by Wayne Chen, designed for Leading River Interior Design (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 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 evaluated 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 Leading River Interior Design Office
Leading River Interior Design is an office interior created for a design studio in Shenzhen, China. The workspace combines reception, work, meeting, coffee break, reading and social areas in one open plan. Each unit works independently and can be reconfigured and joined with the others. A half-enclosed entrance front in matte black sheets contrasts with ivory stone walls inside. Embedded transparent and translucent glass with anti-glare measures softens the border between interior and exterior. An arched ceiling optimizes an original structural beam and extends the space.
About Wayne Chen
The design practice's name "Leading River" is derived from the famous ancient poem "Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu" written by Li Bai. We draw inspiration from nature and analyze the relationship between time and space, to dig into the essence of design and endow each space with ever-lasting charm in the passage of time. We work to convey warmth, restraint and harmony with nature in design practices, and endeavor to make continuous effort to create quality design works.
Award Record
This recognition makes Wayne Chen 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/145456
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145456
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145456
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/338065
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Leading River Interior Design Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Silver, Dim Gray and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Leading River Interior Design (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wayne Chen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145456
Credits
- Image Credits
- YanmingStudio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Workspace has become a place where urban professionals spend the biggest portion of their day. Following the theme of a "Dream Studio", the designers communicated their corporate culture that highlighted openness, inclusiveness, adaptability and sharing, and conducted a systematic design that returns to the essence of life and looks into the future. Colors and lighting infuse sensibility to the digital age that highlights accuracy, creating an ideal office space for the designer community.
- Inspiration
- In the post-COVID era, single-use office spaces are now being infused with more diverse functions that also cater to emotional and imaginative experiences. The project is the office for a design studio, conceived by the design team themselves. As an "organism" with boundless potential, it seamlessly blends physical functions, forms, and structures with intangible spirit and ambiance to provide a free, fluid and all-encompassing spatial experience.
- Research
- The creative ideas for the project are the collective wisdom of multiple participants of the project. Likewise, the space remains open and inclusive in terms of functionality and forms to encompass both new and old. An arched ceiling creatively optimizes an original structural beam, bringing a sense of extension to the space. The beam, partially exposed, plays with a minimalist long, narrow ceiling light, subtly showing the texture of decoration details and strengthening a sense of identity.
- Challenge
- The challenge was about coordinating various steps during construction and managing the schedule for transporting different materials to the site. To improve efficiency and ensure the meticulous execution of the design scheme within a limited budget, the design team actively participated in the construction process and implemented a creative plan for construction, hence eventually ensured the successful delivery of the project while staying within budget constraints.
- Realization and Technology
- The design team properly adjusted and utilized the site's conditions, and built a half-enclosed front at the entrance with matte black sheets, which complements with the gentle ivory stone walls in the interior. The backdrop wall that divides the space without blocking interaction, along with the precisely engraved logo on the wall surface, creates a fluid order and dynamic connection in the space.
- Operation and Interaction
- This workspace integrates various functions, including reception, work, meetings, coffee breaks, reading and socializing, creating an office environment that fosters a sense of community via a suitable scale. Each unit operates independently, yet can be easily reconfigured and integrated with others. The open office area follows the spatial order of a geometric matrix, resulting in a minimalist environment that promotes concentration and tranquility for users, while maximizing daylighting.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2022 and finished in July 2022 in Shenzhen, China.
- Specifications
- A unique temperament of the space, which blends with nature yet remains free and unrestrained, is interpreted through light. With anti-dazzling measures, the embedded transparent and translucent glass redefines the relation of the interior and the exterior, creating a comfortable spatial proportion through gentle, blurred partitions. As light travels through the glass, it mitigates the sense of closeness created by solid walls and evokes the interaction between people and nature.
- Keywords
- Light and shadow, Fun of space, Ideal working scenario, Natural ambience, Sustainability and minimalism, Future community
