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Whyte Woolf Fitness Club by Arthur Yang Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Arthur Yang honored 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 announced that Whyte Woolf Fitness Club by Arthur Yang, designed for Outerspace Design Firms, 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 decided 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.

About the Silver A' Design Award

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 Whyte Woolf Fitness Club

Whyte Woolf is a fitness club interior located in Chengdu, covering 1800 square meters. The design takes inspiration from the biblical story of the Garden of Eden and reflects on the move from physical labor for survival to conscious exercise that shapes the body. The layout avoids wasted space, while symbolic figures and artistic installations give the simple interior the atmosphere of an art gallery. Materials include glass, aluminum alloy sections, white steel, artificial terrazzo, gypsum and plastic wood flooring.

Award Record

This recognition makes Arthur Yang a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2020 - 2021 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
Whyte Woolf Fitness Club
Function
Fitness Club
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Cadet Blue, Medium Aquamarine, Black, Dark Slate Gray and Light Blue
Images
5
Client
Outerspace Design Firms

The Recognition

Laureate
Arthur Yang
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#118461

Credits

Team
Ye Yang and Xinan Zhou
Image Credits
photographer: Kai Zhao

Design Details

Unique Properties
The fitness club with handsome men and women is undoubtedly a condensed point of contemporary civilized society, so the design inspiration of this work is from the classic story of the Bible, but also from the contemporary Adam and Eve reflection on the Garden of Eden. Human society has moved from barbarism to modern civilization, from unconscious physical labor for survival to conscious exercise to shape its own form.
Inspiration
The fitness club with handsome men and women is undoubtedly a condensed point of contemporary civilized society, so the design inspiration of this work is from the classic story of the Bible, but also from the contemporary Adam and Eve reflection on the Garden of Eden. Human society has moved from barbarism to modern civilization, from unconscious physical labor for survival to conscious exercise to shape its own form.
Research
Through the complete understanding of design site, in the case of no waste of space, appropriate decoration of some artistic devices, so that make the simple space have the art sense of art gallery, let the members in the fitness at the same time can better understand life and sigh life.
Challenge
Because the whole space is more concise , so in the handling of details to work more hard.
Realization and Technology
environmental protection materials,glass, aluminum alloy sections, white steel, artificial terrazzo, gypsum, plastic wood floor.
Operation and Interaction
With the help of biblical allusions,the space decorated with symbolic figures to make the simple space not simple.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in June 2020 and finish in July 2020 design for three month, and was construction in Chengdu.

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