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A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Shimao City Living Space by Zhenxiang Wu

The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Zhenxiang Wu for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Shimao City Living Space by Zhenxiang Wu, designed for Chengxu Space Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.

What the A' Design Award Means

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

More About Shimao City Living Space

Shimao City is a residential interior design for a home shared by a young man and his elder sister. The interior creates a warm and refined atmosphere, inspired by contemporary art installations. Large areas of stone, slate and wood veneer form a contrast between hard and soft surfaces. Small areas of steel, metal and glass add detail. A one centimeter metal strip is embedded in the door frames, and a two centimeter recessed metal skirting line follows the walls. The project was designed in 2019 and is located in Fuzhou, China.

About Zhenxiang Wu

As an inarticulate designer, his heart is actually very strong. Adhere to the original attitude to express his understanding of space, he is fond of using simple color and geometric modeling to perceptual decomposition, rational restructuring to give space and object profound story and emotional color, used to draw and browse through the way to absorb and contain more good design language. Moreover, he really enjoys the pleasure after the design is completed, because design is a kind of expectation and also a kind of love.

Award Record

Zhenxiang Wu 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. 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Shimao City Living Space
Function
Living Space
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Slate Gray, Black, Rosy Brown, Gray and Dark Olive Green
Images
5
Client
Chengxu Space Design

The Recognition

Laureate
Zhenxiang Wu
Country
China
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#90870

Credits

Image Credits
IP belong to Zhenxiang Wu, 2019.

Design Details

Unique Properties
The owners of this case are young brother and his elder sister with high life quality. The whole design positioning is warm, high-class atmosphere with the sense of design embodiment. The design is progressing smoothly, and the mainly we spent time on collecting and extract elements of spatial cognition. In the process for the using extremely narrow lineal material technology is more exquisite. The emotional implantation of the theme is a big challenge.
Inspiration
The overall inspiration comes from the love and insight of contemporary art installations, hoping that the use of artistic elements is not just simple placement.
Research
The improvement of aesthetics in the most original function is based on the intersection degree between the owner and the designer. After all, good design is based on meeting the needs of customers, and design is not the accumulation of formal elements, but a kind of understanding of the space.
Challenge
In the design process of this case, how to reasonably use the attributes of color and material to reflect their feelings of the corresponding space is undoubtedly the most difficult point of this case, and then is the delicate finishing process is also very challenging.
Realization and Technology
In the modern style, the large area of stone, slate and wood veneer, hard decorations form a rigid and soft visual and tactile experience. Small areas of steel, metal and glass add to the enrichment of details.
Operation and Interaction
The owner is a high quality of life requirements, like to travel and appreciate artistic things, so their living space is practical and beautiful.
Project Duration and Location
This project was designed from March to June, 2019. It is located in Shimao City, Zhen Yuan, Fuzhou, China.
Specifications
The high-class atmosphere also contained a lot of small details inside, for instance that the 1 centimeter is embedded inside the door sets metal strip, inside the metope of 2 centimeters concave metal is kicked foot line to wait for the requirement of small dimension to construction craft is quite high.
Keywords
Contemporary, Black, White and Gray, Home, Rational, Perceptual, Artistic Installation

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