Press Release
Expandy Office by Shunsuke Ohe Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Shunsuke Ohe for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Expandy Office by Shunsuke Ohe. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
Regarding Expandy Office
This is the office of a company that exports products from all over Japan overseas. It is located on the second floor of the company's vast logistics warehouse. The Spanish owner and a Japanese designer had many discussions to decide on the interior design. The design theme is a rough, dynamic, and inorganic monotone interior like an old warehouse in Europe or the United States. However, if everything is monotone, it becomes too inorganic and is not the best design for an office space to work in, so ingenuity has been put into each part to create a design suitable for an office space.
About Shunsuke Ohe
CEO and founder of LUSTYdesign Inc. From a young age, he developed an interest in architecture and interior design, formally commencing his studies in both fields at the age of fifteen. He undertakes architectural design, interior design, and interior coordination for hotels, residences, retail spaces, offices, and showrooms. His designs are guided by the theme of ‘inspiring the human heart’.
Award Record
Shunsuke Ohe is a winner of 16 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2024 - 2025 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/172542
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/172542
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!172542
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/296080
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://lusty-design.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Expandy Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Black and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shunsuke Ohe
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #172542
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photograph : NANA TAJIMA by ToLoLo studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The theme of the interior design, a rough, dynamic, inorganic monotone space like an old warehouse in Europe or America, can be too inorganic and may not be the best design for an office space. So, by installing a louvered ceiling finished in the client's three logo colors and placing colorful potted plants, accents are added to the inorganic space, making it a design suitable for an office space.
- Inspiration
- This is the office of a company that exports products from all over Japan. It is located on the second floor of the company's vast logistics warehouse. The theme of the interior design is a rough, dynamic, inorganic monotone space like an old warehouse in Europe or America. The Spanish owner and the Japanese designer combined their different sensibilities and decided on the design after many discussions.
- Research
- The building itself is old, and its strength and insulation are difficult to maintain, so appropriate measures were taken to prevent them from interfering with the design.
- Challenge
- The client's previous office space was outdated and lacking in design, but the renewed space has motivated the staff and improved the impression of the client's clients, which has contributed to the development of their business.
- Realization and Technology
- Ceiling : cloth , wood / Wall : wood wool cement board , cement , cloth / Floor : pvc tile
- Operation and Interaction
- The space was laid out while carefully simulating the expected movement lines of staff and visitors. It is not a large space, but it is an efficient layout with no waste. The president's office is located at the very back of the space, and the glass partition gives the space a sense of spaciousness and allows the president and staff to communicate effectively.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project Duration : From February 2024 to May 2024 Project location : Hyogo(Japan)
- Specifications
- Project area : 115.89 sqm / Category : Office
- Keywords
- office , sloping roof , wood wool cement board . paint , louver ceiling , , PVC tile , LUSTYdesign , Shunsuke Ohe
