Press Release
Yan Junjie Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Yaoyao Restaurant in Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yan Junjie for hospitality, recreation, travel and tourism design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Yaoyao Restaurant by Yan Junjie, designed for Yummy Restaurant Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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.
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 Yaoyao Restaurant
Yaoyao is a restaurant interior located in Shenzhen. The design covers 250 square meters on a single floor. A curved steel surface descends from the ceiling and separates the closely spaced tables, like a fishing net stretched across the room. Each table is joined to the curved structure, and the table length was increased so that service does not disturb the guests. A ceiling of water corrugated stainless steel and glass lamps create the impression of an underwater setting. The layout forms semi-private areas that place a comfortable distance between diners.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yan Junjie a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design Award
The A' Hospitality Design Award is an international hospitality design competition recognizing good hospitality designs by best hospitality designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to hospitality designers, architects, hospitality brands and hotel chains from all countries. Entries typically include hotels, restaurants, resorts, cafes, bars and cruise ships. Awarded hospitality designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/hospitality
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/119218
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119218
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119218
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/298718
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Yaoyao Restaurant
- Function
- Restaurant
- Category
- Hospitality, Recreation, Travel and Tourism Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Food & Hospitality and Sports
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yummy Restaurant Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yan Junjie
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119218
Credits
- Team
- Junjie Yan,, Yuxing Yi,, Yinghua Wen,, Liting Yang,, Wanhuan Chen,, Yixuan Zhang,, Benkun Pei, and Junwen Lu
- Image Credits
- Main Image: Photographer Zhe Zeng Optional; Photographer Zhe Zeng Optional; Photographer Zhe Zeng
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- YAO Concept Restaurant challenges the traditional restaurant space of distance between tables, creating a unity space of separation and continuity together. Within the high density of tables in the restaurant, the curve structure which creates the separation between two tables comes down from the ceiling, just like a big fishing net covering the whole space, forming the landscape of people eating, drinking and laughing.
- Inspiration
- The structure of flowing fishing net is deconstructed and reconstructed into the design of creating a life situation of predation and sharing. Bringing the fluidity of curve structure into space can not only make the orderly inherent space lively and interesting, but also bringing strong visual impact to the space. Different spaces are divided by the rhythm of the surface, and more possibilities of the structure in the space are discussed. Internal and external spaces, interaction of open and private spaces, movement and stillness within the space, all those changes of the structural space create a rich impact within the space.
- Research
- In this project, there are many innovative ideas in our minds, due to the impact of the epidemic recently, we began to think about the distance between people in public space. In most dining spaces, they are basically private rooms and halls. We want to form a semi-shaded space between the table and the table this time, to properly distance the dining guests to a semi-private space, in order to enhance the customer's dining experience.
- Challenge
- In the era of rapid brand renewal in China, YAO Restaurant need to upgrade its branding and space image in the new generation series stores, strengthen its competitiveness and become a new iconic restaurant in the market. To achieve this, a space image for spreading and a story of the space that connects to the brand are advocated. In recent years, the space character and experience is becoming much more important in the Chinese consumer groups, making selfie in iconic space and uploaded is a popular way of spreading information and becoming a strategy. These new changes gives architects and designers a chance to explore and break the boundaries of disciplines.
- Realization and Technology
- In order to achieve the design better, we used steel to ensure the smooth of the curve surface in the process of construction, and the structure of the curve surface needs to be fixed on the ceiling, so to integrate tables and the curve surface structure and the ceiling is achieved by working with engineers, calculating over and over again to make sure the possibility and safety.
- Operation and Interaction
- In the concept and space design phase, we found that this repetition of parabola curve surface both a strong form and creating spaces for different use. With simple cuttings in surface, the continuous surface creates space of outside and inside, which can make different atmosphere while walking and eating. This curve surface is both the separation of space and the structure for the tables.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started design process in September 2009 and finished in December 2019 and was completed in Shenzhen in January 2020.
- Specifications
- 250 square meters, frame structure, one floor interior
- Keywords
- parabola, curve, water, fishing net, blue, wave, continuity, glistening
