Press Release
Serenity Residential by Pohui Lin Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Pohui Lin for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Serenity Residential by Pohui Lin, designed for Highten. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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.
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.
About Serenity Residential
Serenity is a residential interior design for a family apartment of 118 square meters. The entrance is centered on natural marble veining, which forms a discreet and elegant focal point. Solid wood, water-stained oak, engineered quartz and natural stucco shape a warm interior, and the stucco helps control humidity for energy efficiency. Low-formaldehyde and low-VOC materials were selected. A versatile hub serves both work and play, while a separate quiet room offers privacy. Open paths and abundant natural light support shared family life.
Award Record
With this recognition, Pohui Lin 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/170269
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/170269
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!170269
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/366401
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTGIWRYwAIo
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Serenity Residential
- Function
- Residential
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gray, Dim Gray, Rosy Brown, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Highten
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Pohui Lin
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #170269
Credits
- Team
- JieYao Xu
- Image Credits
- POHUI LIN, 2025
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design features a discreetly luxurious exterior with natural marble veining as the entrys focal point, exuding elegance and revealing a warm, meticulous interior. It harmonizes diverse users, erasing boundaries while preserving private spaces. Warm solid wood and natural stucco, controlling humidity for energy efficiency, enhance the space. A versatile hub adapts to family needs, supported by low-formaldehyde green materials and abundant natural light. Innovative flow ensures comfort and harmony for all.
- Inspiration
- The design feels like a heartfelt journey, weaving the husbands dream of a cozy haven with the wifes taste for refined elegance, clashing over bold colors versus soft shades and warm textures versus sleek finishes. We found harmony in a gentle palette of muted tones and layered textures, shaping a home for a toddler and newborn due in six months. Inspired by family closeness, it offers a warm hub where the husband works and the toddler plays, beside a quiet room for the newborns future, ensuring peace. Thoughtful flow invites natural family moments, blending comfort and luxury with ease.
- Research
- Our research explored family life through in-depth talks with the husband and wife. We aimed to balance his love for a warm, cozy home with her taste for sleek sophistication, designing for a toddler and newborn. We watched daily routines, sketched layouts, and used 3D software to test spaces. Close dialogue revealed their ideal haven. Results showed muted colors and layered finishes unified their styles, with a flexible area for work, play, and a future room for the newborn, ensuring privacy. Insights showed open layouts boost family bonds and well-being. This inspires sustainable, adaptable homes, enhancing society’s harmony and business innovation.
- Challenge
- Creating this space was a deep challenge balancing the husband's love for warm, earthy tones and soft textures with the wife's taste for sleek sophistication and neutral shades. Their contrasting preferences pushed our creativity to its limits. We found harmony through a gentle palette of beige and white, using materials with varied sheen, textures, and grains to subtly bridge their visions. Cultural ideals called for a nurturing home, and spatial limits demanded openness. Thoughtful flow design ensured smooth transitions, encouraging extended family moments in a graceful, adaptable retreat.
- Realization and Technology
- The design feels like a warm, elegant retreat, poured into with endless care. The designer handpicked solid wood and water-stained oak for their earthy charm, pairing them with natural marble and engineered quartz for understated luxury, plus natural stucco and eco-friendly, low-VOC materials for a green touch. Every tiny joint where materials meet was sanded to perfection under close watch—no flaws, just smooth, seamless edges. Natural light pours in, highlighting the textures, while the designer obsessively oversaw each detail, from wood to marble, ensuring a flawless, polished finish. It’s a masterpiece of quiet luxury and comfort, built with deep attention to every delicate craft.
- Operation and Interaction
- This home feels like stepping into a quietly luxurious hotel, yet it embraces you with the warmth of a familiar home. Soft colors and textures—cozy for the dad, sleek for the mom—shift effortlessly as a toddler plays and a newborn grows. It moves naturally: a living area transforms into a dad’s workspace or kid’s play spot, with open paths inviting family chats and playful moments. The open layout brings everyone together, while a private room evolves with the newborn, offering calm. It shines by blending luxury and comfort, deepening family bonds, and staying inviting—outstanding for its heartfelt, adaptable charm.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2024 in Hsinchu, Taiwan and finished in Feburary 2025.
- Specifications
- Design space into 118 m2.
- Keywords
- Interiors, Japandi, Elegance, Serenity, Harmony, Balance, Subtle
