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Dang Ming and Li Dandi Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Experiential Hall in Shanghai Lounge in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Dang Ming and Li Dandi for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Experiential Hall in Shanghai Lounge by Dang Ming and Li Dandi, designed for HONG Designworks. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
More About Experiential Hall in Shanghai Lounge
Experiential Hall in Shanghai is an interior design for a venue that combines dining, entertainment and furniture display. The project covers 1270 square meters inside an old house. The second floor holds a membership restaurant, where private rooms use a modern style with furniture of different textures. The third floor holds an entertainment club with an open reading area for quiet rest. Tea rooms are decorated in various styles, so guests can stay alone or invite friends. The original staircase, wooden beams and columns were repaired and reinforced to keep the historical character.
About Dang Ming and Li Dandi
Mr. Dang was honored as one of the 40 most influential young designers under the age of 40 in Asia. He also won 2017 CHINA INTERIOR DESIGN TOP 100 Award and 2013 China Interior Design Excellence Achievement Award. Some of his design works are collected by KLINGSPOR MUSEUM OFFENBACH and were exhibited at Graphic Design Biennale Germany China 2010. Under his leadership, HONG Designworks has received multiple design awards at home and abroad, including iF Design Award 2019, INSIDE World Festival of Interiors 2019 and A’ Design Award & Competition 2019 (Silver). Dang Ming, the founder and chief designer of HONG Designworks, once studied in Dusseldorf under the guidance of Prof.
Award Record
With this recognition, Dang Ming and Li Dandi is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition 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. 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://designers.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://designers.org/107555
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107555
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107555
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/280633
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Experiential Hall in Shanghai Lounge
- Function
- Lounge
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Sienna, Black, Dark Olive Green and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- HONG Designworks
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Dang Ming and Li Dandi
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107555
Credits
- Team
- Dang Ming, Li Dandi, Xie Xu, Ao Qinge, Wang Qing, Yan Zhen, Wang Haichuan, Hu Yifan and Shi Wangqian
- Image Credits
- photo by: Tan Xiao / Studio Ten
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The second floor is designed into a membership restaurant. The private room features a modern style, fitting with different textures of furniture. The third floor is built into an entertainment club. Open reading space enables customers to read their favorite books serenely, have a rest when tired, and enjoy slow-paced and pleasant life. As tea rooms are decorated in various styles, customers have the choice to spend time, inviting friends or staying alone.
- Inspiration
- The combination of catering, entertainment, and furniture brand is a prospective attempt, unparalleled in Shanghai. Supported by Fritz Hansen, a Denmark furniture brand with a history of over 140 years, the old house is revitalized. And it combines daily activities of catering and entertainment, restoring spatial vitality in a friendly way.
- Research
- Fritz Hansen is not only a furniture brand, but also represents a lifestyle defined by daily habits that go deep in people's mind. In this space, diversified experiences brought by food, entertainment and furniture define a new lifestyle, which offers a destination to people who enjoy life, pursue quality and desire to try new things.
- Challenge
- The design had to restore the wooden structures that had been damaged, and considered their energy saving and thermal insulation and appearance. The designers needed to use reasonably the transitional spaces at different zones.
- Realization and Technology
- 1. Utilize the existing staircase, wooden beams and columns to repair some items to stay an old texture. 2. Maintain and reinforce the original structure of old architecture to keep its historical feel. Materials: OSEKA carpet, DULUX painting
- Operation and Interaction
- Victorian elements are noticeable from the details. The hardwood floor and carpets with diverse styles incubate varying regional atmosphere. The beauty of decoration and nature is merged, as plants, and saleable art works and furnishings are in common sight. The iron-made embellishments, the retained wealth of the house, are turned into staircase hand-railing after repair. It reveals incredible spectacles under lights, enabling people to put all their worries behind.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Julyl 2018 and finished in May 2020 in Shanghai, China.
- Specifications
- The area of project is 1270 square meter.
- Keywords
- Fritz Hanse, Victorian elements, iron-made embellishments, the classic building, entertainment club, tea rooms, membership restaurant
