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Wellem Pediatric Optometry Center by Jason Chan Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Jason Chan for interior space and exhibition design

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Wellem Pediatric Optometry Center by Jason Chan, designed for Jason Design Group, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. 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.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Wellem Pediatric Optometry Center

Wellem Pediatric is the interior design of a pediatric optometry center in Shanghai, covering 1440 square meters. The space follows an ocean station theme intended to reduce children's fear of medical visits. White surfaces recall a spacecraft cabin, while curved walls use wave elements and avoid sharp lines. The reception desk is also curved to echo the overall space. Marine life forms and interactive play devices shape the children's area. The adult area is finished in muted green with wall cloth, and the clinic glass doors use a frosted film for privacy.

About Jason Chan

The main designer of this project is Jason Chan. She held the idea that not serious way to do design to face each design project, contrastive design thinking mode to break the reorganization, complete the cognition and understanding of the commissioned project, with non-inherent material to do innovation to refuse to stick to the rules, do no creativity, no design. Jason Design Group attach importance to human factors and social culture, dare to deny and get rid of traditional and thinking stereotypes, keep pace with The Times, actively innovate, and pay equal attention to both theory and practice. Design is not only the reference of design technique and theory, but also the way of thinking.

Award Record

With this recognition, Jason Chan 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Wellem Pediatric Optometry Center
Function
Optometry Center
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Silver, Dark Gray, Gainsboro, Gray and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
Jason Design Group

The Recognition

Laureate
Jason Chan
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#109749

Credits

Image Credits
CREATAR

Design Details

Unique Properties
Wellem is based in the United States, through years of international medical experience, Wellem brings the American private medical concept to China. In order to improve the medical environment, Jason Design Group also changes the traditional concept of "hospital", so that Chinese children will not be afraid of medical projects, and at the same time, it better integrates the "prevention and health care concept of not excessive treatment" advocated by Wellem.
Inspiration
Wellem is a mysterious planet in the universe, there is a group of lovely creatures living on the planet. This planet has the most advanced medical equipment. With more and more visitors, Wellem are in urgent need of the development of new planet, to set up space station, in case of need, Dr. Kangkang leads group to start a long interplanetary journey.
Research
Jason Design Group also changes the traditional concept of "hospital", so that Chinese children will not be afraid of medical projects, and at the same time, it better integrates the "prevention and health care concept of not excessive treatment" advocated by Wellem.
Challenge
How to fit the theme of Wellem and integrate space design, so that children are no longer afraid to come to the hospital, fun and practicality coexist, is the main research direction of the team in the early stage.
Realization and Technology
Ocean station (namely extends only son the theme of the planet, in our universe, there are a lot of space stations, and Wellem Jinqiao in ocean star space station, whole space is in white with the highlight of spacecraft cabin and the visual perception of the space station, the area mainly uses curve to highlight the ocean elements, in children's play area. Device elements is given priority to with spacecraft and marine biological universe, also echo the theme.)
Operation and Interaction
The reception desk is presented in curves to echo the overall space. The metope color of the adult medical beauty area is different from that of the pediatric area. It is presented with morandi green, and the wall cloth is used to make the space softer and more feminine. The glass doors of the clinic in the corridor are all treated with atomized glass film, which not only guarantees privacy but also softenes the corridor space.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in March 2019 in Shanghai and finished in MAY 2019 in Shanghai, and was exhibited in Shanghai in MAY 2019.
Specifications
Project area: 1440 square meters.
Keywords
Enjoyment, Theme Hospital, Curve, Privacy, Softenes

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