Press Release
Elemental Lounge Living Room and Bar by Erika Zielinski Wins the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Erika Zielinski 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 confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Elemental Lounge Living Room and Bar by Erika Zielinski, designed for Erika Zielinski Studio. The result belongs to 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Elemental Lounge Living Room and Bar
Elemental Lounge is an interior design for a living room and bar area of 60 square meters. The space is divided graphically into black and white to represent day and night during the equinox, when both last exactly 12 hours. Harmony is achieved through contrasting textures and materials, including wood, iron, fabrics, pottery, fur and precious stones. Furniture, lamps, rugs and fittings were custom made by Peruvian artisans. A hanging lamp of transparent and smoky quartz holds an LED light, and the coffee table contains a large amethyst geode.
About Erika Zielinski
Erika Zielinski is a Peruvian artist and designer. She graduated in Design at the Faculty of Art at "La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú". After 12 years experience as a graphic designer in branding projects, she decided to change course in a self-taught way, to dedicate herself completely to interior design, her true passion. Her background in Fine Arts allows her to create timeless spaces with a unique artistic conception, capable of touching visitors emotions.
Award Record
This recognition makes Erika Zielinski 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. 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/137810
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/137810
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!137810
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/327508
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUnyYIn_WI
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Elemental Lounge Living Room and Bar
- Function
- Living Room and Bar
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Silver, Light Gray, Dark Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Erika Zielinski Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Erika Zielinski
- Country
- Peru
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #137810
Credits
- Team
- Luis Alberto Quispe and Jaime Cruz
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Is it possible to achieve harmony in a small space facing up to the most radical contrast in the color palette? The goal was to design a memorable but harmonious and cozy space with a touch of natural glamour using only black and white, exploring different textures and materials like wood, iron, fabrics, pottery, fur, and precious stones.
- Inspiration
- This project was created for "Casacor Peru", the most important architecture and interior design exhibition of the Americas. The topic was "Planeta Casa", meaning our planet is our home. The inspiration to design this space graphically divided into black and white was to represent day and night during the equinox, when day and night are exactly 12 hours long. The challenge was to achieve harmony working with the most radical contrast in the color palette, dovetailing the contrast using only different textures and materials, and ultimately representing consonance and peace between opposites.
- Research
- Traveling from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki, it was very interesting to realize how two cultures with such similar climatic conditions have developed a cultural point of view as opposite as day and night. While the Nordic style looks for light and composes its interiors with white over white, Russian modern design prefers drama, composing its spaces with black over black.
- Challenge
- Every piece of furniture and design elements: lamps, carpets, stone fittings and even some accesories, where designed and custom made for this space. The time to prepare for the Casacor Event is very short, only two months for design and construction.
- Realization and Technology
- Every piece of furniture, lamps, rugs and fittings were custom and hand made by peruvian artisans and manufacters. The lamp hanging over the coffee table is an original design by Erika Zielinski that represents rain and was made of transparent and smoky quartz with led light inside. The rug was made half white and half black. The coffee table, also black and white, contains a giant amethyst geode. The white sofa was upholstered in 100% cotton fabric, the black and white sofa was upholstered in 2 colors of velvet and sewed with great precision before covering the sofa.
- Operation and Interaction
- This space is very versatile, it can be used as a residential environment or as the lounge of a luxury hotel.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in July 2019 and ended in September 2019 in Lima Peru
- Specifications
- The Venue of Casacor Peru 2019 event was a former summer palace which was donated as an inheritance to the orphaned children of Lima by its former owner Perez Aranibar. The space chosen to design was 60 square meters.
- Keywords
- interior design, black and white interior, livingroom design, chic interior, luxury decor
