Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to The Collector Residential Apartment by Hoda Lasheen
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Hoda Lasheen for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ The Collector Residential Apartment by Hoda Lasheen, designed for Hoda Lasheen Design Studio, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to 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 Bronze A' Design Award Means
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.
More About The Collector Residential Apartment
The Collector is a residential apartment interior in Cairo, Egypt, with a total area of 250 square meters. The design serves an art collector and follows a maximalist concept of more colors, more patterns, more textures and more accessories. The interior is inspired by the historical palace of princess Aisha Fahmy on the Nile river bank in Cairo. Classic cornices, silk wall panels, wall paintings and wooden flooring are combined with colorful patterned textiles. The apartment also displays art and objects gathered during travels, so the home works as a museum of art.
About Hoda Lasheen
An Interior design studio founded by Hoda Lasheen in 2006, with premises in Cairo & London, designing homes, public spaces, bespoke furniture and art pieces. Hoda Lasheen Design Studio is a shapeshifting artist who believe that the truest and deepest recognition a human being goes through is the realization that “life is you”, a realization that reflects in the guiding philosophy that “YOUR SPACE IS YOU”.
Award Record
This recognition makes Hoda Lasheen 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/145052
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145052
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145052
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/337159
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://tinyurl.com/3haj3j5w
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
- The Collector Residential Apartment
- Function
- Residential Apartment
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Maroon, Black, Sienna and Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Hoda Lasheen Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hoda Lasheen
- Country
- Egypt
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145052
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Nour El Refai, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The project is a residential apartment located in Cairo with a total area of 250 m2. The client's lifestyle is best described as being an art collector that believe in maximalism. More is more was the concept behind this apartment. More colors, more patterns, more textures and more accessories. The design beautifully blends the client's personality with all pieces of art and objects that she has acquired from travels over time.
- Inspiration
- Designed in a beautiful classical European style, this home was inspired by historical palace of princess Aisha Fahmy located by Nile river bank in Cairo. The design had an ambiance that is enriched with the utilization of colorful textiles with various patterns. Classic cornices, silk wall panels, wall paintings and wooden flooring all resulted in an amazing fusion of design that makes that home a museum of art.
- Research
- The first stages consisted of meetings and site visits to comprehend the owner lifestyle and requirements. The client brief gave the vision of creating a home around European style and cosmopolitan historical homes in Cairo. The most relevant place to this style was the historical palace of princess Aisha Fahmy in Cairo. The client was given pre-concepts and upon approval, Hoda Lasheen Design Studio started the development phase followed by delivering the construction documents and the Bill of Quantities. Hoda Lasheen Design Studio also supervised during the construction phase.
- Challenge
- Our challenge in this project was to create a design that beautifully blends the client's personality with all pieces of art and objects that she has acquired from travels over time.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2021 and finished in June 2022 in Cairo, Egypt.
- Keywords
- Collector, Art, Classical, Museum, Fancy, Unique
