Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Gluck Cafe Commercial Space by Hsin Chen
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Hsin Chen for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Gluck Cafe Commercial Space by Hsin Chen, designed for Komet Design Studio, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 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.
More About Gluck Cafe Commercial Space
Gluck Cafe is a commercial interior design located beside a riverbank park in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The name Gluck comes from a German word meaning luck and happiness. The 65 square metre space is a renovation of a 30 year old building and joins a cafe, a shop and display areas. The plan follows a loop: an outer square holds the display stands and bar seating, while an inner square holds the working area with kitchen equipment and the checkout counter. Marble, cement, wood and steel are used, and a wide glass facade brings the river views into the interior.
About Hsin Chen
Comet Design was founded in 2012. It takes attention about the happiness that space design brings. The happiness comes from the needs meet smooth movement circulation and the presentation of its unique beauty. In our experience, space design is not just merely an imagination, but it is actually a result of uncompromising aesthetics in response to the demand. Both rational thinking and emotional appeal are emphasized. Persistence in detail is our elegant paranoia.
Award Record
This recognition makes Hsin Chen 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/88881
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/88881
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!88881
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/253554
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Gluck Cafe Commercial Space
- Function
- Commercial Space
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Medium Turquoise, Gainsboro, Silver, Lavender and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Komet Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Hsin Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #88881
Credits
- Team
- Komet Design team
- Image Credits
- Photographer Beck Chen, 2018
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The word Gluck came from German sounds like Good luck. It means lucky and happiness. Designer extends the smiley face U with a big and a small circle, represents circulation and continuous. The linear structure is in loop shape, a bigger square on outside, which is the display stands and bar seating area. Inner square shape is the Nakajima working area, it contains simple kitchen equipment and checkout counter. Lights hide on track of the display stands preserve flexible space for exhibits.
- Inspiration
- This case is beside Riverbank Park, therefore the inspiration came from the views surrounding it. In order to create a complex commercial space that integrates catering, interior design, aesthetics and product of local farmer, Komet design reforms the 65m2 long shaped, 30 year old commercial space, and let it close to nature. The design idea came from circle of life, the loop shape circulation symbolizes the farm grows out and taken from the ground should be cast away on the ground.
- Research
- This case is on the riverside in a lively city. Designer hopes that this space can be given meaningful through integrating healthy ingredients of local farmers, communication between human and artistic. The space should be regarded as the organism of life, inspire more creations through design, at the same time transmit positive values.
- Challenge
- Lots of problems could be found in a 30 year old home such as leaking water, exposed pipeline and etc., designer has to put in efforts to solve and reinforce it. There is a small washroom and abnormal corner near the staircase, designer moves sink of the washroom to the corner to maximize space, the sink was decorated with metal frame mirror for visual unity. Other than that, designer plants new plants, place artworks, so that the sunlight which directly enters the space could be reduce.
- Realization and Technology
- Designer breaks the sense of distance of aesthetic space, creating a space that closes to people. The facade uses a large number of glass, make the natural views as a part of design. Interior uses natural materials such as marble, cement, wood, and steel. The material uses on floor is different, the front side uses cement powder to present the sense of nature, at the same time echoing the land of farmers; Wooden floor is used on the back side, emphasizing interaction between human and nature.
- Operation and Interaction
- The compound business area aim for relaxing integrates culture, cafe, souvenir shops and etc. It is in loop shape structure, Nakajima working area was constructed by marble, echoing the quite of nature; the blue facade sheet is to puzzle out wave of the river, creating unique expression of space. The cement structure staircase had been replaces by steel, and embedded it into the wall. To balance the whole visual, designer extends a row of golden round rod to second floor.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in December, 2017 in Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- The whole space uses grey blue color, which is the natural color of river and sky, giving us the warmth feelings. Golden sunlight irradiated on the river, echoing the interior steel display stands. Ceiling uses white, and a big chandelier is on the middle. This chandelier, birdie was designed by LUDOVICA+ROBERTO PALOMBA, using the imagery of branches and birds, which fits the main core that designer wants to convey, coexist with nature.
- Keywords
- Local, Natural, River view, Furniture, Artistic, Utensils, Gallery, Iron piece, Marble
