Press Release
Teastone Mixc Store by Min Liu Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Min Liu honored 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Teastone Mixc Store by Min Liu, designed for Idodesign.cn, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
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 Teastone Mixc Store
Teastone Mixc is the interior design of a tea store in a shopping mall in Shenzhen, China. The 200 square meter space draws on traditional Chinese architecture, and the beam and eaves structure is reinterpreted with simple contemporary lines. Two bars, each 16 meters long, run beneath the main crossbeam, so guests can watch tea prepared with both historic methods and modern equipment. The open seating layout suits single visitors and groups. The main materials are wood grain aluminum, recycled stone, texture coating, composite wood flooring and glass.
About Min Liu
Min Liu, founder and creative director of idodesign.cn. She has been engaged in the interior design industry for nearly 20 years. With professional knowledge and good service attitude, she has won unanimous recognition in the industry. She has also created many high-quality works, published in many domestic and foreign magazines and won many industry awards. She always believes that it is necessary to continuously learn and practice how to use design thinking To decompose, integrate and build each project, and finally achieve balance.
Award Record
Min Liu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/133951
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/133951
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!133951
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/322881
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://33h.co/kmy74
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Teastone Mixc Store
- Function
- Store
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Sienna, Tan, Gray, Dim Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Idodesign.cn
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Min Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #133951
Credits
- Team
- Xin Chen
- Image Credits
- Photographer Chao Zhang, Teastone Mixc, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Make subtraction based on tradition, create an immersive consumption space, select the core factors of oriental aesthetics, take the traditional beams and eaves as the spiritual core, outline the contemporary simple tea space. The space is full of exquisite, warm, delicate. Combined with the "one person, one seat" tea drinking way, Tea'Stone Mixc store makes tea a beautiful way of life. Whether alone or together, we can be happy.
- Inspiration
- Tea'Stone is new retail brand of pure tea consumption in China. Its fourth store in Shenzhen Mixc is the first new concept store of the brand. How to continue the existing business logic of the brand, meet the iterative demand of function and market, and stand out from many similar brands in full bloom, is the focus of this case.
- Research
- The core idea of space design is to draw inspiration from traditional Chinese architecture, to deconstruct and express the eaves and beam column structure of Chinese architecture with contemporary understanding and design language, so that the traditional culture and spirit can be reborn and continued in the contemporary era.
- Challenge
- Tea'Stone Mixc Store is located on the second-floor platform of Shenzhen Mixc Shopping Mall, but its narrow location is not conducive to the rapid discovery and arrival of consumers.
- Realization and Technology
- The main materials in this project are wood grain aluminum broad, recycled stone, texture coating, composite wood floor and glass.
- Operation and Interaction
- The two 16-meter-long bars under the crossbeam display the ancient methods of Han and Tang Dynasties and modern technology in front of every guest, aiming to present the best state of each kind of tea. Full open seat layout, simple lines and moderate sense of wood, all express the details of the space, the transition is natural and harmonious. It not only enriches the space level, but also meets the needs of different consumer groups.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2020 in Shenzhen and finished in September 2020 in Shenzhen.
- Specifications
- The project covers a total of 200 square meters.
- Keywords
- Interior, Commercial, Modern, Oriental elements, Natural, Elegant, Store
