Press Release
Hongbo Zou Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Mercer Design Shanghai Office in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Hongbo Zou for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Mercer Design Shanghai Office by Hongbo Zou, designed for Zou hongbo, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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.
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.
About Mercer Design Shanghai Office
Mercer Design Shanghai is an office interior of about 400 square meters in Shanghai, China. The design joins contemporary art with nature through the use of natural materials. The entrance is a deep door made of bronze metal, leading to a hall enclosed by wooden partitions. Natural light passes through the partitions and forms changing levels of light and shadow, so the hall is called the light box. Movable wooden grilles let work areas stay separate or open. Wood and marble keep their original texture, creating a warm and comfortable workplace.
About Hongbo Zou
Zou Hongbo's design works emphasize the integration of contemporary art and nature, in order to awaken people's worship and yearning for nature, and achieve a quiet and comfortable space temperament.Mercer design is a professional service-oriented design company integrating interior, soft decoration and product design with a group of international vision teams. Mercer design works focus on giving value to the space, focusing on diversified design, combined with brand, business, crowd and positioning needs, to provide a full range of customized solutions.
Award Record
Hongbo Zou is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in 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. 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/121837
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121837
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121837
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/302329
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mercer Design Shanghai Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Silver, Gray and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zou hongbo
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hongbo Zou
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #121837
Credits
- Image Credits
- The copyright of this project belongs to Zou Hongbo.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Emphasizes the integration of contemporary art and nature, awakening people's worship and yearning for nature. Create a comfortable office space where nature and art coexist.
- Inspiration
- Entering the deep door made of bronze steel plate, the entrance hall enclosed by the mysterious wooden partition shows different levels of light and shadow changes under the irradiation of natural light. It is called the light box, and the design space is comfortable and can meet different needs of office functions. Design the space in the most comfortable state.
- Research
- Reasonable use of natural materials, removal of cumbersome design elements, and natural materials retain their original touch. For example, the background wall adopts a warm natural texture, and the corrugated tabletop of the furniture coffee table. The pursuit of details and the harmonious symbiosis of nature create a warm and natural Comfortable office environment.
- Challenge
- The entrance is mysterious and deep, and it suddenly becomes clear after stepping into the space. The interior is designed with natural materials fusion to maximize the use of natural light. Through the movable wooden grille, the office space can maintain independence and development. Natural light refracts light from the grille, bringing natural light into the room better, creating a unique office environment.
- Realization and Technology
- Main materials: Wood, Simple and wegant marble, Hanjiang snowflake marble,Bronze metal.
- Operation and Interaction
- The design emphasizes the integration of contemporary art and nature, the use of space is reasonably designed to the greatest extent, natural materials are used in the design, and the touch and state are restored to the natural state, and the human and nature are symbiotic, and the city is blended. Mercer's feelings.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project will be completed in Shanghai, China in January 2020.
- Specifications
- The project area is about 400 square meters.
- Keywords
- Naturalism, Wood, Symbiosis, Warmth, Contemporary
