Red Wave Entrance by Maiko Mochizuki and Rei Nishitani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Golden A' Design Award in Trade Show Architecture, Interiors, and Exhibit Design Competition Category.
GoldTrade Show· 2023
Red Wave Entrance
by Maiko Mochizuki and Rei Nishitani
Client: Murayama Inc
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Trade Show Category
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About Red Wave Entrance
Red Wave was installed as the entrance structure for the International Graphic Arts Show 2022. It means the rich red made possible by technology and the movement of the heart that is moved by it. The energetic red color and fluid form symbolized an enthusiastic exhibition with active business negotiations, not fearing the stagnant conditions caused by the Covid. Red Wave was also used as a design concept for the special exhibition area, guidance signs, online contents, etc. within the venue, giving it a sense of unity to reduce visitors' stress of moving around.
The Recognition
About the Golden A' Design Award
Red Wave Entrance is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Red Wave Entrance is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Red Wave Entrance creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
IGAS (International Graphic Arts Show) has always had a beautiful design for venue decoration. My challenge was to carry on the design of previous generations.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
We researched and examined the design of the International Graphic Arts Show 2022 to preserve its brand. The annual entrance to the exhibition has a unique air about it, somehow unchanging despite its changing form. We focused our research on creating a continuous structure like the architecture of the Tokyo Big Sight: the venue of this event, and on integrating the conflicting shapes of straight and curved lines into a single form.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
We want to connect the baton to the creation of better venues. We want to reaffirm the importance of exhibitions by making full use of both real and virtual spaces.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Red Wave was installed as the entrance structure for International Graphic Arts Show 2022, a comprehensive international exhibition for the printing and related industries. The design combines the beauty of an artwork with the functionality of an entrance gate. The energetic red color and fluid form symbolize the exhibition, which is full of enthusiasm with active business negotiations, not fearing the stagnant conditions caused by the Covid.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 27700mm x Depth 8440mm x Height 4000mm
- Tags
- Entrance, Gate, Registration, Exhibition, Printing industry, Red, Wave
- Production Technology
- We used a wrinkle-free fabric for striped molding which allows the graphic design to show through on both sides even printed on one side. The red colors are all slightly different and the lighting effects provide further color variation and movement. For the foundation of the molding, we used leased system products. The fabric served not only as decoration but also as a fixation for the foundation, minimizing the number of columns. This combines beauty with reduced environmental impact.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was how to define the presence of this entrance. What we imagined from the exhibition theme, "Venture into the innovation!" was that IGAS, where people's adventurous spirit intersects, is like an ocean, where visitors pass through great waves. Finally, through repeated trial and error in design, the dynamic and organically beautiful entrance design was produced by its combination of straight and curved lines.
- Research
- We researched and examined the design of the International Graphic Arts Show 2022 to preserve its brand. The annual entrance to the exhibition has a unique air about it, somehow unchanging despite its changing form. We focused our research on creating a continuous structure like the architecture of the Tokyo Big Sight: the venue of this event, and on integrating the conflicting shapes of straight and curved lines into a single form.
- Inspiration
- IGAS is a showcase of the rich colors created by advanced printing technology, and we felt that we should visualize this beautiful and functional aspect of it. "Red Wave" means the "rich red" made possible by technology and the "movement of our heart" that is moved by it. In the simple form of a series of straight lines, the entrance gate functionally expresses that it is a gateway to emotion by using a precise gradation of colors to create the brightest red in the center of the passageway.
- Project Duration
- Installed at Tokyo Big Sight for 5 days from November 24 to November 28, 2022
- Operation Flow
- Red Wave had a special presence because it was installed on the main street of Tokyo Big Sight, the venue for this show. Red Wave was used not only as the name of the entrance, but also as a design concept for the special exhibition area, guidance signs, online contents, etc. within the venue, giving it a sense of unity. This reduces visitors' stress of moving around.
- Team Members
- Maiko Mochizuki
Rei Nishitani - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer / Kudo Original Photo.Co,.Ltd, Red Wave, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer / Kudo Original Photo.Co,.Ltd, Red Wave, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer / Kudo Original Photo.Co,.Ltd, Red Wave, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer / Kudo Original Photo.Co,.Ltd, Red Wave, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer / Kudo Original Photo.Co,.Ltd, Red Wave, 2022.
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