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Esk Space Office by Leo Chen Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Leo Chen honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Esk Space Office by Leo Chen, designed for Eft Space and Brand Design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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 Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 Esk Space Office
Esk Space is an office interior designed to receive visitors, located in the Binjiang District of Hangzhou, China. The total area of 420 square meters is divided into three zones, with the visitor area as the core. The reception area includes a front hall, a leisure water bar, a seating area and an indoor landscape. Floor-to-ceiling glass at the entrance opens the view over the city, and a sunken reception area is placed in the center. Mirror, glass, stainless steel, stone and wood define the surfaces. Lighting differs between day and night.
About Leo Chen
Chen Qi spoke to the founder and Design Director of Leo EFT Design, member of the European Interior Design Association, CEIDA, the China Europe international design association-international senior designer member。 Chen founded EFT, the design firm that acronym Evolution, Foresight and Technology. The firm aims to"Change, forward-looking, technology" three theme-oriented design work, to create extraordinary works. In the domestic space design focus on practical environment, EFT design firm's vision will be more artistic, truly customer-centered, with works to explain the true feelings of customers.
Award Record
With this recognition, Leo Chen is 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/159380
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/159380
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!159380
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/353722
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Esk Space Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Eft Space and Brand Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Leo Chen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #159380
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image: Photographer HAMOVISION, YE SONG, 2023.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Space according to the function is divided into three areas: to meet the visitors area as the core, the design of the soft and hard to separate the design. The reception area includes the front hall, the leisure water bar area, the reception area and the indoor scenic area. Through appropriate waste area, create the mystery of entering different spaces, make the space transition natural, stimulate exploration and curiosity.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by Inception, the designer uses mirror, glass, stainless steel, marble wood finish and other materials, and creates different atmosphere Spaces from private to public through deconstruction and interpenetration. The entrance is transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, wide field of view overlooking the scenery of Hangzhou. The designer creates a sunken reception area in the central area that connects with the elevation of the entrance.
- Research
- Different lighting techniques are configured between day and night. During the day, it is decorated with natural lights and local point sources in the room, and at night, it is presented with the light source in the middle and low section of the indoor light source as the main indoor atmosphere light city night scene as the painting frame.
- Challenge
- Space design, dividing functional areas is a major challenge. The key to solve this problem is the interpenetration, dislocation, layering and mirroring of building blocks. These techniques can not only divide space, but also create a sense of hierarchy and three-dimensional. Interspersed design makes the space more flexible, provides more functional area possibilities, and enhances spatial mobility and coherence.
- Realization and Technology
- The use of large mirror ceiling between the virtual and solid space; architecture; indoor and outdoor interweaving relationship, the use of large areas of stone and local luxury stones, logs, stainless steel and other materials to reflect the texture of the space.
- Operation and Interaction
- The first step, research, understand the design, function, style needs: 1. Plane planning. 2. Collect intention, develop style, soft installation positioning. 3. Draw preliminary scheme. 4. Draw the 3D model after the plane is confirmed. 5. After confirming the 3D model and material, draw the effect diagram. The third part presents the spatial effect: 1. Draw the initial 3D effect according to the spatial model. 2. After confirming the initial 3D effect, draw the HD renderings.
- Project Duration and Location
- Start 2023 february-completion 2023 June Hangzhou, Binjiang District, China.
- Specifications
- This project has a total area of 420 square meters.
- Keywords
- Deconstruction, Reconstruction, Interpenetration, Strewn at random, Stack up, Mirror image
