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Shinjiro Heshiki and Akiko Higashi Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Winery of Nago Pinapple Park Retail Shop in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Shinjiro Heshiki and Akiko Higashi recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Winery of Nago Pinapple Park Retail Shop by Shinjiro Heshiki and Akiko Higashi, designed for Nago Pineapple Park. The result belongs to 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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.
Regarding Winery of Nago Pinapple Park Retail Shop
Winery of Nago Pineapple Park is a retail interior located inside an amusement park in Okinawa, Japan. A large steel object shaped as a pineapple wine brewing machine stands in the atrium and measures 9000 millimeters in width, 9000 millimeters in depth and 13500 millimeters in height. The lower part serves as a wine cellar lit by indirect lighting, and a counter lounge for wine tasting surrounds the cellar. Wood, metal, mosaic tiles, antique glass and stained glass are combined. The interior offers a calm space for adults.
About Shinjiro Heshiki and Akiko Higashi
He was born in Okinawa Prefecture. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo and entered a design school. After graduation, he worked at a shop design office, where he designed restaurants, retail stores, apparel stores, and houses. He moved to Los Angeles LA USA in 1991. While living in the U.S., he worked as a bartender and club manager, while working in design for a living. This background in restaurants seems to have enhanced his design communication. And returned to Japan in 2001, Then he started his own company, emergene, inc.
Award Record
With this recognition, Shinjiro Heshiki and Akiko Higashi is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/114544
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/114544
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!114544
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/292694
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://conception.zone
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Winery of Nago Pinapple Park Retail Shop
- Function
- Retail Shop
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Sienna, Peru and Maroon
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Nago Pineapple Park
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shinjiro Heshiki and Akiko Higashi
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #114544
Credits
- Team
- Akiko MIyagi, Arisa Oshiro and Saya Fuji
- Image Credits
- Image #1~#5: Masahiro Ishibashi
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The huge object designed in the atrium space forms a focal point with its overwhelming presence. This object, made of steel, is a pineapple wine brewing machine. Shinjiro Heshiki imaged to create a space that would symbolize the next 100 years of Okinawa, a time of transformation for the facility. The Nago Pineapple Park Winery project team aimed to create a space where adults can enjoy the image, taste and color of pineapples.
- Inspiration
- In the center of the winery space for adults in an amusement park, a symbolic art object of a high-impact Wine Brewing Machine is placed. It is a fusion of the taste of a French Napa winery, a contemporary style with moderate Okinawan and exotic touches, and a traditional century style. This is a winery resort space that symbolizes the new Nago Pineapple Park, which has inherited and brushed up the historic Nago Pineapple Park and will be loved even more in the future.
- Research
- Nago Pineapple Park is developing a pineapple-based wine to attract a new customer base. The winery space, which is designed to create a space that adults can enjoy, has been adopted as the retail store, and pineapple art objects have been installed to look like brewing machines, creating a design with an impact not seen in amusement parks.
- Challenge
- This facility is part of Nago Pineapple Park, but it is also a core location. The design details adopted for this location will also play an important role in some of the facilities that will be renovated in the future.
- Realization and Technology
- By combining different materials such as wood, metal, mosaic tiles, antique glass, and stained glass in a well-balanced manner, The Nago Pineapple Park Winery project team have tried a century design that will last for 100 years.
- Operation and Interaction
- The first art object you see as you pass through the entrance is a giant wine-making machine. The height is 14 meters, and the ceiling height is effectively used by upper lighting. The lower part functions as a wine cellar and is displayed with indirect lighting. Around the cellar is a counter lounge for wine tasting and snacks. This art object is placed so that it can be seen from anywhere in the rest of the store space.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project started in Okinawa in January 2019, finished construction in May 2020, and opened in Nago Okinawa in June 2020. It's been a difficult start with the impact of Covid19 still being felt.
- Specifications
- The pineapple object Width 9000mm x Depth 9000mm x Height 13500mm
- Keywords
- Tradition, Quality, Cleanliness, Emotional, A fusion of exoticism and Okinawa, Calmness, Impact,
