Press Release
Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan Receives the Silver A' Design Award for We Transforming Circular Economy Exhibition in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan of MisoSoupDesign for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for We Transforming Circular Economy Exhibition by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan of MisoSoupDesign. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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 We Transforming Circular Economy Exhibition
We Transforming is an exhibition design about the circular economy. The layout guides visitors from a linear economy past, through a transforming present, to a sustainable future. The content is divided into seven themed zones: food, product life cycle, new business models, fabric, architecture, infrastructure and sustainable lifestyle. The main structure uses a modular shelf system, which makes the exhibition nearly 90 percent recyclable. All display materials and fabrics are given a second life after the event. The total area is 1123 square meters.
About Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan
Daisuke Nagatomo graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo, and decided to pursue his passion of architecture at Columbia University, where he received master degree in advanced architectural design. Nagatomo began his career in the metropolitan New York area with architecture firms, including TEN Arquitectos and Design Office for Research and Architecture. He was the invited researcher for FabLab House project at IaaC, Barcelona from 2009 to 2010 where he holds research diploma. Nagatomo is currently the assistant professor of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan as well as adjunct faculty member of Tokyo Denki University.
About MisoSoupDesign
MisoSoupDesign is Japan / Taiwan based Design Studio led by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan.
Award Record
Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan of MisoSoupDesign is a winner of 25 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2011 - 2012 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/147257
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147257
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147257
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/112232
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3ELRajx
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- We Transforming Circular Economy Exhibition
- Function
- Circular Economy Exhibition
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Steel Blue, Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Brand
- MisoSoupDesign
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147257
Credits
- Team
- Curatorial Group:, REnato lab ｜ Aining Ouyang, MisoSoupDesign ｜ Minnie Jan, MisoSoupDesign ｜ Daisuke Nagatomo, Design Team: and Sugar Hu, Jenny Yeh, Lily Lee
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Sharing the same sky and the same ocean, Taiwan is also moving towards the future in tandem with the world. This exhibition design is a journey of perpetual transformation, from a linear economy past, thru a transforming present, to a sustainable future defined by visitors.
- Inspiration
- The design of exhibition is inspired by the concept of circular, which refers to no-waste, utilization of existing resources, and application of innovative solution.
- Research
- This exhibition design challenges the circular design by reducing the waste after the exhibition, utilizing recycled materials, and creating social impact by education general public with sustainable lifestyle.
- Challenge
- This exhibition challenges design and build method of temporary exhibition, which commonly produce large amount of demolished trash after the exhibition. Therefore, the material and construction methods are chosen carefully to have second life after the end of the exhibition.
- Realization and Technology
- Main structure is composed by Infinity Shelf system, which makes this exhibition design as nearly 90 percent recyclable. All the display material and fabrics are to have their second life after this exhibition.
- Operation and Interaction
- The visitor goes through the entrance of dark space with stripe LED lights and reaches to the blue wall space with white wavy ceiling area. Afterwards, the main exhibition content starts to describe the issues of world sustainability. The main contents are divided into 7 themes zones, Food, Product life cycle, New business model, Fabric, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Sustainable Lifestyle.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in May 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan, and finished in September in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- Total Area: 1123 m2 Venue dimension: 48m x 23.4m
- Keywords
- Circular Economy, Exhibition Design, Taiwan, Design Expo
