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Showni Clothing Boutique by Nianwei Zhu Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Nianwei Zhu 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 Showni Clothing Boutique by Nianwei Zhu, designed for U-Guide Architectural Design Atelier. The recognition forms part of 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 assessed 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 Showni Clothing Boutique
Showni is a clothing boutique interior of 108 square meters located in Suzhou. An arc structure of irregular curves is placed at the center of the rectangular plan and holds the display area for key products. Large French windows and a half-moon-shaped doorway open the shop to the street and bring daylight inside. Red air conditioning hoses are suspended overhead as a visual guide and contrast with the white surfaces. Terrazzo floor tiles replace ground terrazzo to limit cost, while acrylic display booths and transparent shelves keep the space light.
About Nianwei Zhu
MA of Universiy of Malaya in Visual Art BA of Interior Architecture Limkokwing University of Creative Technology External Lecturer of Jiangxi Fine Art School U-Guide Architectural Design Atelier (UGD) is found by Vincent Zhu, who has a Master of arts in visual art of university Malaya.He has won the office design bronze award of Idea-Tops 2017, the best villa design of Kuala Lumpur In-Design 2013. As a designer he has rich experience where worked in international design firm and quoted company. UGD Atelier committed to provide better design solutions for quality living spaces.
Award Record
This recognition makes Nianwei Zhu 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. 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://designers.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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/116702
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/116702
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!116702
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/297574
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.szugd.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Showni Clothing Boutique
- Function
- Clothing Boutique
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Gray, Gray, Light Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- U-Guide Architectural Design Atelier
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Nianwei Zhu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #116702
Credits
- Team
- Min
- Image Credits
- Photographer Shengsu Architectural Photography, Showni, 2019.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Showni, a combination of the English word Show and the Chinese character Ni (you), is the Chinese homonym of the owner's name. It suggests staying true to the original inspiration on the road of pursuing dreams, constantly to "Be Ourselves And Show Ourselves". The designer believes that each space, as an independent entity and carrier, is writing its own unique story.
- Inspiration
- The designer presents to the greatest extent a unique exhibition space, which is different from the tradition, attractive and interesting, though limited in space. Through rearrangement of the spatial pattern with irregular curves, and displaying the models with simple colors, it echoes the concept of the brand to bloom the true self. A touch of strong red is applied to set off the unique rhythm, constantly affecting the customers' moods.
- Research
- The original top is maintained to preserve the space height. Red hoses are encircled and suspended in the space to create a new streamline and visual guidance. The red hoses are actually air conditioning hoses. As a common but easily overlooked material, they are creatively reused to exert a better functional value. They not only brighten up the space in colors, but also form an intense visual collision with the simple white overall design. Matching up with the overall circulation, the spatial interest is enhanced, forming an elaborated finishing touch.
- Challenge
- The on-site grinded terrazzo is replaced by the terrazzo floor tiles to effectively reduce the overall project cost. The acrylic red display booths and transparent shelves make the whole space lighter and more translucent. In the whole design process, a large number of curved surface modeling, and irregular red line design and fixation are applied, extremely creative and challenging. The final simple, graceful, modern and perfect presentation goes far beyond the owner's expectation.
- Realization and Technology
- Large French windows at the facade introduce better light into the chambers to display the interior environment. The half-moon-shaped doorway highlights the shop out of the regular and square pattern of the shops facing the street, drawing the public attention. In the shop, the designer builds an arc structure of irregular curves in the central area of the conventional rectangular space, adjusts the spatial atmosphere and carries on the function partition via block insertion and curve visual modeling.
- Operation and Interaction
- The first indoor space comprises the reception area, bar area and lobby. The middle part of the space is the arc core area, serving as the display area of key products. The rear half of the space is the auxiliary functional area, including the small decorations display area, locker rooms and toilets. The left and right sides are respectively provided with the clothing display space. The partition walls are used to set up staggered opposite door openings on both sides, highlighting and differentiating the display attributes with the light strips and colors.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March 2019 in Suzhou and finished in May 2019 in Suzhou.
- Specifications
- The area is 108 sqm.
- Keywords
- Retail, Interesting, Boutique, Display, Clothing
