Press Release
Layers Of Colours Residence by Ming Ru Li Wins the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Ming Ru Li honored 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 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Layers Of Colours Residence by Ming Ru Li, designed for Kongsen design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Layers Of Colours Residence
Layers of Colours is a residential interior design created for a young couple and their cats in Taichung, Taiwan. The apartment was partially renovated to provide large storage and an open view within a small floor area. Colour is used as the main medium. The living room floor combines two types of scratch-resistant timber flooring that extend to the dining area wall to mark the interior zones. The television wall uses white masonry with bright yellow plates, while the sofa wall is blue. Hidden doors keep the walls clean and support a flowing circulation.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ming Ru Li 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. 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/92565
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92565
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92565
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/259770
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Layers Of Colours Residence
- Function
- Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Black, Dark Olive Green, Cadet Blue and Medium Aquamarine
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Kongsen design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ming Ru Li
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92565
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As much as powerful colors can be on the soul, the design team boldly utilized sharp colors and variable form to shape a rich spatial expression, with material detailing to trigger a psychological impulse. The living room floor was interwoven with two types of scratch-resistant timber flooring extended all the way to dining area wall to subtly demarcate interior domains.
- Inspiration
- As far as the client of this project is concerned, the interior design would be the memory treasure bank for the entire family, as well as the container for dreams, as the client aspired for the serenity of country lifestyle, as well as the unique modern living, between which the design team utilized color as the medium to find the balance through diverse functionality portfolio, spacious circulation to outline the public and private domains that meet the everyday needs.
- Research
- This project was the space for a young couple and their cats, with the public domain adopting a reserved grey-tone scheme with bold contrasting colors, a harmonious yet dramatic scenarios amongst the real and the virtual. While the entrance detailing decimated the volumetric oppressions, the dining area were treated with a personal warmth and functional flexibility. The master bedroom adopted white-masonry textured cabinets with symmetrical large storage embedded by painted glass and LED strips.
- Challenge
- The client wished to partially renovate this 12-year-old used apartment to have large storage space and open view. Given the limited budget and the humble interior footage, the design team was asked to think beyond the pre-conceived singular usage, and to synergize multiple functions so as to create optimal spatial economy. When considering the preserved section, the design team mixed and matched materials and colors to construct a warm and richly layered aesthetics ambiance.
- Realization and Technology
- The TV wall adopted white masonry, complemented by bright yellow plates, and served as the display as well as jump platform for the cats, with the opposite sofa backwall provides a start contrasting blue color that shaped an impressive aesthetic ambiance, so as to generate layered visual depth within limited space, with an embedded oil-painting-quality laminate board that became a beautiful view-piece for the entrance.
- Operation and Interaction
- Given the limited floor area, the consideration for visual continuity was considered by the design team by utilizing the design of Hidden Doors to shape a clean-lined domain outlook with the added benefits of spacious interior and a flowing living circulation, which, when applied in the living room wall, the hidden bedroom door did create a visual extension through the circulation guide of cascading materials and colors.
- Project Duration and Location
- This project was completed in Taichung, Taiwan, in 2019.
- Specifications
- The designer placed two full-height storage cabinet which shaped the transition zone from the entrance to the living room where the vintage white color also evoked the elegance of the interior. While the entrance detailing such as the beautiful arc-angle design decimated the volumetric oppressions, as well as providing ventilation, the dining area brought warmth yet with a touch of personal tonality, as well as functional flexibility where it can be adjusted for the use by 2 or 4 people.
- Keywords
- Small Floor Area, Modern Styling, Storage Function, Material Junction, Complementary Color
