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Bin Liu Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Gold Feet Bay Pedicure Salon in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Bin Liu acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Gold Feet Bay Pedicure Salon by Bin Liu, designed for Lude Design. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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 Gold Feet Bay Pedicure Salon
Gold Feet Bay is a pedicure health club in Yichun, Jiangxi, China. The interior design is based on Zen culture. The background wall of the reception desk carries 145 hand-made ceramic eaves tiles, copied from Han Dynasty palace decoration, which give the space a sense of history. A quiet tea room and white lotus decorations along the stair edges connect the different function areas. Some stairs were added beside the original elevator, and a water pool was built below the stairs. Candlestick lamps, bamboo tube lamps and landscape lights create a calm and relaxing atmosphere.
About Bin Liu
Founded in September 2005 by the famous commercial space designer Liu Bin and his partners, Lude Design is an interior design practice specialized in pedicure health club. Since then, the team has designed more than 680 luxury health clubs for over 160 cities in 23 provinces across China. Lude Design inspires beauty through creativity and regards design as a tool for urban renewal and business promotion. With rigorous design details, the team creates comfortable human spaces, combining the uniqueness of local culture with industry.
Award Record
This recognition makes Bin Liu 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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/89417
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/89417
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!89417
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/254383
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://rrd.me/exAhr
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Gold Feet Bay Pedicure Salon
- Function
- Pedicure Salon
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lude Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Bin Liu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #89417
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Located in Yichun, Jiangxi, China, which is regarded as the city of Zen, Gold Feet Bay is a pedicure health club features Zen cultural heritage.
- Inspiration
- The Japanese architect Tadao Ando has revealed the four elements of architectural aesthetics: wind, light, water, and relationship. The physical natural elements and their relationship is just like the modern Zen spirit, which create an idyllic landscape.
- Research
- As a health club, it needs to guide the visitors to the situation in both physical and mental aspects. So, it is especially important to create the situational light source.
- Challenge
- The light sources from candlestick lamp, bamboo tube lamp and landscape light combined with the massage manipulation to unload the pressure of guests and to achieve a calming effect.
- Realization and Technology
- On the background wall of the reception desk, there are 145 Eaves tiles which have divinity meanings in the palace decoration in the Han Dynasty. The hand-made ceramic imitation is adopted as decoration in this health club to bring good luck and a sense of history, which highlights the cultural heritage of the project.
- Operation and Interaction
- In order to enhance the flexibility and fun of space, while retaining the original elevator, some stairs are added and a water landscape pool is built below the stairs. The space has achieved a calm and relaxing visual effect. In the indoor waterscape, the contact between people and water reminds people of nature, so as to create a pleasant recreation and entertainment space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is designed in December 2018 and it is finished in May 2019, in Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
- Specifications
- The tea room is quiet and harmonious with the fragrance of tea. The white lotus flower is decorated on the edge of the stairs, acting as a natural connection of different function areas. The decoration also symbolizes that Gold Feet Bay is a clear stream which does not follow the tide. It adheres to the business purpose of the standard high-end health club.
- Keywords
- health club, interior, design, Zen, modern
