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Tai+Associates - Tai Chen Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Scentbon Perfume Retail Store in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Tai+Associates - Tai Chen recognized 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/ Scentbon Perfume Retail Store by Tai+Associates - Tai Chen, designed for Tai+Associates, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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.
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 Scentbon Perfume Retail Store
Scentbon Perfume is a fragrance store in Taipei, set in one of the city's old business districts. The front door is made of iron and wood, linking the modern interior with the street outside. The shop window brings natural light inside. The handles and signboard are made of stainless mirror, which reflects light and the branches of a Frangipani tree in the front garden. Two see-through stainless steel shelves display more than 240 fragrances in front of the original brick walls. Items can be moved and replaced easily, so customers and staff can reach every product directly.
About Tai+Associates - Tai Chen
Tai+Associates was established in 2001, its Chinese title ”Tai Ren”, embodies the expectation we hold for our environment;“nature as its core and comfort in space”. With modernity, simplicity, minimalism and purity, we aspire to unite architecture, landscape and interior design professionals as our strength, providing versatile space planning for people of our time.
Award Record
Tai+Associates - Tai Chen is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2022 - 2023 editions 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. 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/144784
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/144784
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!144784
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/279559
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.taispacedesign.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Scentbon Perfume Retail Store
- Function
- Retail Store
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Silver, Light Gray, Gray and Gainsboro
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tai+Associates
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tai+Associates - Tai Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #144784
Credits
- Team
- Tai Chen, Chen Te Chang, PJ Hou, YJ Lee, Blake Wang, Rou An Shih and Yu Yu Lin
- Image Credits
- Tai+Associates Photographer Blake Wang, Scentbon Perfume, 2022.; Tai+Associates Photographer Blake Wang, Scentbon Perfume, 2022. Video Credits: Tai+Associates
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The fragrance store in Taipei is owned by two female founders and features a modern design that incorporates the city's history. The iron and wood front door connects the indoor area with the streets outside, and the shop window allows natural light to flow into the store. The iron handles and signboard reflect the light and the branches of the Frangipani tree in the front garden. The store showcases over 240 fragrances on two showcase shelves made of stainless steel, situated in front of the original brick walls. The shelves are see-through, creating a transparent display.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the pairing of breathing inhales are always followed by the exhaust, and breathing brings sense into our cells. The designers used the two showcase shelves to present human breathing in and breathing out.
- Research
- The store is located in one of Taipei’s old business districts. The front door is made of iron and wood to connect the modern style design of the indoor area and the streets on the outside. The store’s shop window captures natural light into the store. The handles and signboard are also made out of a stainless mirror, which reflects lights and the branches of the Frangipani tree in the front garden.
- Challenge
- The design had to keep the original building but at the same time bringing a new style to the place was challenging.
- Realization and Technology
- The product has two main theme walls to display fragrance products. Items can be moved and placed easily, which makes picking and placing items easier for the consumers and staff. The shelves are see-through shelves, and behind the transparent shelves are the original brick walls. The design wants to bring the history of the space into modern design.
- Operation and Interaction
- The design changes the way people shop in a fragrance store. In Taiwan the way luxury brand shops are designed often makes shopping for products hard, consumers have to ask for ascents from staff members to reach each item. However, our design gives people more space and more control over how they would like to shop. Two main theme walls to display fragrance products. Items can be moved and placed easily, which makes picking and placing items easier for not only the consumers but also the staff. The shelves are see-through shelves, and behind the transparent shelves are the original brick walls. Which combines the modern with the history.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was finished in 2022 in Taipei.
- Specifications
- The manufacture and installation of the showcase shelves. The shelves on both walls are Width 6000mm x Depth 500 mm x Height 2000 mm.
- Keywords
- retailspace, showroom, store, shop, retail space,
