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Material Matters Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Mixc Food Hall Space in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Material Matters recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Mixc Food Hall Space by Material Matters has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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 Bronze A' Design Award
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 Mixc Food Hall Space
Mixc Food Hall is a food hall interior design located in Ningbo, China. The design creates an integrated one-stop dining place that is open to all kinds of diners. Local food culture is combined with the theme of eating at the right time. Circulation paths follow the shape of a canal, and showcases on both sides create the feeling of a market, recalling the lively atmosphere of the old port. Floor-to-ceiling metal mesh and butterfly details are inspired by a contemporary sculpture. Murals tell the fishing story of the port city through the seasons.
About Material Matters
Founded in 2016, Material Matters is a design practice based in Beijing, China, offering professional brand consulting and design services. Committed to create vivid space, the design team has been involved in various projects such as cormercial, retail, hospitality, education, and art galleries. Through precise market positioning and creative concepts, Material Matters has gained a good reputation in the commercial real estate industry.
Award Record
With this recognition, Material Matters 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/127750
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/127750
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!127750
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/312510
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Mixc Food Hall Space
- Function
- Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Silver, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Material Matters
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #127750
Credits
- Team
- Eric Yang, Kun Chen, Zhenxi Fang, Xin Jing, Xiaoxiao Liu, Bowen Tang, Shuo Sun and Ziqiong Shen
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project aims to create an integrated one-stop dining place, opening to all kinds of diners. It integrates the local food culture and conforms to the trend culture of "eating at the right time".
- Inspiration
- The overall design is inspired by the local fishing culture in Ningbo, while the floor-to-ceiling metal mesh and butterfly embellishment are inspired by the sculpture "Cocoon", whose author was Zhou Li, a contemporary artist.
- Research
- The project uses modern design techniques to highlight the current theme of "eating at the right time" in the food hall, creating a lively dining atmosphere.
- Challenge
- The challenge is the abstraction of the butterfly and how to find the right angle of embellishment to highlight the breathing and artistic sense so that the butterfly can avoid the slightly vulgar impression in the past.
- Realization and Technology
- Under the limitation of the Class A fireproof materials, common materials are used through unique technology so that it can achieve batch and modularization in the project. The colorful embellishments in the scene echo the exotic customs of people have gone to sea at the Ningbo port since ancient times.
- Operation and Interaction
- Although the cost is moderate, it brings great difficulty for the bi-curved hollow metal mesh on construction technology and engineering nodes. Inspired by Zhou Li's sculpture, the design concept is realized through hand drawing and 3D models. After further calculating the quotation and confirming with the construction firm, we split the installation into a size that can be installed and transported, and finally, it can be completed.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was designed from December 2018 to May 2021, and it finished in May 2021 in Ningbo, China.
- Specifications
- In order to create the same lively atmosphere of Ningbo Confraternity in the old port market, the project uses the traffic line to transform the shape of the canal, and the showcases on both sides create a sense of the market. The signboard, door head, and the logo are unified with the overall space style, and the mural interprets the cultural story of the port city fishing at different times of the year.
- Keywords
- interior design, retail, commercial, installation, shopping
