Press Release
Qingdao Line 1 Subway by Newsdays Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Newsdays acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Qingdao Line 1 Subway by Newsdays, designed for Guangzhou Newsdays Interior Design and Construction Co., Ltd., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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.
Regarding Qingdao Line 1 Subway
Qingdao Line 1 is an interior design project for the stations of a city subway line. The design covers station interiors, public art, guide signs, service facilities and lighting as one integrated system. Colors and abstract art refer to the century-old architecture of Qingdao, the memory of industrial development, the four seasons, waves, rocks and flowers. Glazed mosaic, ceramic splicing and metal glaze panels are used for the wall artworks. Lighting is hidden so that the light is seen but not the source. The aim is to offer public art to passengers.
About Newsdays
Newsdays于1992年在广州成立，是一家综合性设计和建筑施工机构。 近30年来，Newsdays已发展成为集规划设计，建筑设计，景观设计，室内设计，艺术陈设设计，标牌导向设计，家具设计和生产，工程施工，项目管理为一体的行业领导者。项目已延伸至国内外，涵盖酒店、房地产、商业办公、市政文化、大型公共艺术等。 Newsdays一直致力于探索现代设计，崇尚传统与现代、东方与西方、文化与艺术的相互融合，倡导设计的多样性，为客户提供全方位专业的高品质设计和施工服务。
Award Record
Newsdays is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2021 - 2022 to 2022 - 2023 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/142144
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142144
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142144
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/315616
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://54pig.net/41LVR
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Qingdao Line 1 Subway
- Function
- Subway
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Dark Olive Green, Black, Silver and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Guangzhou Newsdays Interior Design and Construction Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Newsdays
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142144
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #1： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio Image #2： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio Image #3： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio Image #4： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio Image #5： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Qingdao Metro Line 1 as the main artery of a city's public transportation, the theme of "Beautiful Qingdao" shows the city's spirit and Qingdao's cultural temperament, allowing passengers to enjoy public art as the cultural welfare of citizens, and is also an important symbol of the progress of a modern city's civilization.
- Inspiration
- Studying the characteristics of Line 1 connecting Qingdao's century-old urbanization and industrialization development, integrating and reshaping many design elements of the space, boldly using gorgeous colors and poetic qualities The expression and abstract art techniques of Qingdao abstract the architecture of the century-old Qingdao, the memory of industrial development, the four seasons of the city, waves, rocks, flowers and other elements.
- Research
- In the design work of Line 1, the design and creative team NEWSDAYS highly coordinated the station interior space design, public art, orientation signs, service facilities, commercial advertising, pipeline integration and other majors, and successfully implemented the first domestically proposed "subway station" The guiding concept of "space integrated design" has greatly improved the quality of subway space and operation services.
- Challenge
- The construction of the unique spatial vocabulary system of Line 1 and the design concept of the modular exclusive system have been strengthened. The key stations and standard stations are clearly defined. From the dense functional facilities and many specialties, a design language system with clear context and mutual protection has been summarized and sorted out. Make it unified in the unique language system of Line 1.
- Realization and Technology
- The use of glazed mosaic, ceramic splicing, metal glaze plate splicing and other techniques will integrate the design of color and space to a higher artistic level, allowing passengers to enjoy public art as the cultural welfare of citizens. Lighting and lighting design implement the design concept of "seeing the light but not the light". The design of the guide sign system guides passengers to enter and exit the station quickly and efficiently, improving the visual taste of the station.
- Operation and Interaction
- Qingdao Metro Line 1 is the longest line in the planning of Qingdao Metro, connecting Chengyang District, the old city and the West Coast New District. It is a rare ultra-long line in China. Through the artistic interpretation process of overall design, color selection and matching, material process comparison, lighting art design, etc., the humanistic spirit, urban aesthetics and emotion of public art are carried everywhere, forming the distinctive characteristics of Line 1.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Qingdao Metro Line 1 started in April 2017 in Qingdao and finished in December 2021 in Qingdao.
- Specifications
- "Proud" Size: Length 36000mm, Height 3050mm Material technology: hot melt glass, mosaic "Liuzhen" Size: Length 35650mm, Height 3050mm Material technology: hot melt glass mosaic "Bright Moon" Size: Length 44550mm, Height 3050mm Material technology: high temperature shallow engraving glaze becomes ceramic, piecing and cutting process "Purple Lan" Size: full wall of station hall space 86150mm*3050mm 101400mm*3050mm Material technology: hot-melt glass mosaic, special-shaped color porcelain aluminum plate
- Keywords
- Integrated design of station space, public art, urban civilization, colorful Qingdao, Human Spirit, Cityscape
