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Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Ching Ming Kyoto Restaurant by Takuji Kamio
Takuji Kamio of Kamiodesign 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 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Ching Ming Kyoto Restaurant by Takuji Kamio of Kamiodesign, designed for Miyoshi Corporaiton, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 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.
Regarding Ching Ming Kyoto Restaurant
Ching Ming Kyoto is a Chinese restaurant interior located in a train station building in Kyoto, Japan. The floor area is 110 square meters. Regulations limited the ceiling, so the lighting was suspended and treated as art. Line lights are formed in triangle shapes and connected continuously to surround the seating areas. The ceiling is painted black to emphasize the floating line and ball shaped lights. The walls are covered with oil paintings of old Chinese stories, combined with geometric patterns and graphic floor tiles.
About Takuji Kamio
Takuji Kamio is a Japanese designer working across architecture, interior design, and spatial branding. His work focuses on creating environments that respond to context, function, and human experience, integrating spatial clarity with practical constraints. He has been involved in residential, commercial, and institutional projects, with an emphasis on thoughtful planning and practical execution. Takuji Kamio contributes to society by developing spaces that support everyday activities while addressing regulatory, environmental, and operational requirements. He is recognized for a consistent approach to balancing design intent with real-world conditions.
About Kamiodesign
KAMIODESIGN / ICHII CORPORATION is an interior & architecture firm located in Chigasaki, Japan. We provide any design works especially on the commercial space design all over the world. As your request, we may make easy presentations for your projec
Award Record
This recognition makes Takuji Kamio of Kamiodesign a winner of 7 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2021 - 2022 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/132066
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/132066
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!132066
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/221961
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.kamiodesign.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ching Ming Kyoto Restaurant
- Function
- Restaurant
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Miyoshi Corporaiton
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Takuji Kamio
- Country
- Japan
- Brand
- Kamiodesign
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #132066
Credits
- Team
- Ray Keida
- Image Credits
- Satoru Umetsu, nacasa and partneres
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Kamio expressed the lightings as a big art by spreading them over the whole the shop area. Making the lightings in impressive line shapes, he tried to create a dramatic atmosphere. The line lights were formed in triangle shapes and connected with each other continuously to surround the shop seating areas.
- Inspiration
- Because the shop is located in a train station building and there were several regulations about ceilings, Kamio had to have some challenges to deal with lighting systems. Rather than using the normal ceiling lights, he understood and expressed the lights as art aspects.
- Research
- The team made and used 3D images and models to understand the visual effects. It was very helpful to figure out how the line lights can be seen in each seating area. Also, they researched and studied several Chinese stories and art paintings in libraries for the wall graphics.
- Challenge
- Perhaps the most difficult parts in this project was to deal with lighting combination. Because the team could not place the lighting equipments directly on the ceiling, they needed to hung all the equipment. Painting the ceiling in black, the team emphasized and focused more on the floating lightings consisted on line and ball shapes. To find the appropriate balance and locations of those different shape lighting was very sensitive work and one of most important aspects to create the whole space atmosphere.
- Realization and Technology
- For many parts, Kamio applied artistic graphics with effective lighting systems. To emphasize the art feeling, he covered the walls with oil paintings, which are telling the some Chinese old stories, with the modern expressions, such as adding geometric patterns on the paintings.
- Operation and Interaction
- Because the team used a number of graphic expressions such as wall paintings, floor tiles, and lighting shapes, it was very important to understand how those expressions work together. They carefully fill up the drawings with the graphic patterns and shared those images with all staffs to have the common visions. For some parts, they printed out actual life size drawings and discussed about the effects.
- Project Duration and Location
- From September 2018 to March 2019 in Kyoto, JAPAN
- Specifications
- Floor Area : 110 square meter
- Keywords
- Geometric lighting, Chinese restaurant, Kyoto restaurant, Authentic design, Japanese Designer
