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Bon-Appetit Photography Photography Studio by Ming-Hong Tsai Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Ming-Hong Tsai acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Bon-Appetit Photography Photography Studio by Ming-Hong Tsai, designed for Han Yue Interior Design Co.,Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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.
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 Bon-Appetit Photography Photography Studio
Bon-Appetit Photography is a photography studio set inside a three-story building from 1982 in Hsinchu city, Taiwan. Because light is essential for photo shooting, the facade was rebuilt with glass bricks to invite natural daylight into the narrow interior. Indoors, cement hollow bricks contrast with the glass bricks, joining old and new materials. The existing marble flooring and wood-framed folding windows were preserved, while walls and ceilings were refinished with terrazzo and particle boards. At night, the lit interior shares light with passers-by through the glass brick wall.
About Ming-Hong Tsai
Inclusive backdrops of the Chinese literature up-bringing and the experience of craftsmanship practices, Ming-Hong Tsai’s works focus on spatial dialogue towards users, permeating contemporary aesthetics and sustaining poetic undertones into ordinary life. A conceptual fusion of art, literary, and architecture works up experimental approaches to interior space, reflecting the extraordinary tastes of space users.
Award Record
This recognition makes Ming-Hong Tsai a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2019 - 2020 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/88593
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/88593
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!88593
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/186599
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://hanyue-interior.com/projects/bon-appetit-photography/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Bon-Appetit Photography Photography Studio
- Function
- Photography Studio
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Han Yue Interior Design Co.,Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ming-Hong Tsai
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #88593
Credits
- Image Credits
- Yi-Hsien Lee and Associates YHLAA Photography
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This building was built in 1982, located in the hill area at Hsinchu city. Entering indoors, the cement hollow-brick wall attracts attention, creating a contrast with glass-brick facade. Both bricks (concrete and glass) imply a synthesis of old days and new era, and allow light transmitting freely spread out. Moreover, upstairs, balcony fences and front doors were restored in woods. The ceiling comprises curve and linear details, creating clean and inviting layers.
- Inspiration
- The alteration of light is a key factor for photo-shooting; thus, we supposed photography studio to coexist with natural daylight as much as possible. Inspired from membrane properties of semi-transparency, the facade was rebuilt with glass bricks. Glass transparency undermines both sloping ground-line and visual heftiness, and the building becomes a semi-clear carrier.
- Research
- The interior is a long narrow site plan, causing poor daylight during day time. As a solution, we partially demolished interior partition wall, and rebuild the facade with glass bricks.
- Challenge
- How to build a new glass brick wall integrating with old building structure is a key study for this project.
- Realization and Technology
- To reminisce about historical colonial styles, we preserved existing flooring and windows as much as possible. The mixed-color marble flooring was kept intact, and the wood-framed fold-up windows were preserved. Meanwhile, walls and ceilings were refurbished with old, hand-feel, materials: terrazzo and particle boards...etc.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this three-story building: the first floor is arranged for public area and photographer ’s office, and there are balcony and private bedrooms at the second floor, and then the photography studio with pop-up color-screen is located at the third floor. In day time, the frost-finished glass wall provides light-filled ambiance and great privacy. In dawn, because of the properties of glass bricks, while interior lighting were lit up, the neighbor and passers-by can sit on the bench and share illumination via exterior side of glass brick wall, creating a connection between community and people.
- Project Duration and Location
- Hsinchu city, Taiwan
- Specifications
- Started from October 2018 and finished in February 2019. Built area 165 square meter.
- Keywords
- glass, cement, transparency, photography studio, colonial styles
