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Zhifei Li Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Super Tomato and Endless Office in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Zhifei Li 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 Super Tomato and Endless Office by Zhifei Li, designed for Li Zhifei. The recognition forms part of 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 evaluated 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.
About Super Tomato and Endless Office
Super Tomato and Endless is an office interior covering 350 square meters. The design brings the idea of home into the workplace, so that work and life are combined in one space. The original floor height is only 4.4 meters, so a sunken area one meter deep forms a mezzanine and gives the lower level a two-storey height. Zones for working, reception, kitchen and meetings are arranged across the two levels without rigid partitions. The reception table is made of white artificial stone with a mirror-finish base, and glass doors bring natural light inside.
About Zhifei Li
Li Zhifei once worked in many globally renowned design firms including CBTGC, SLD and CCD, and served for the Fortune 500 Company CR Land, where he led and participated in the development and design of various large-scale projects. In 2014, he founded SUPER TOMATO. He and his team have won multiple design awards at home and abroad, including IF Awards, The Architecture MasterPrize™, Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards (APIDA),etc.; and participated in the construction of Xiong'an, a state-level new area.
Award Record
Zhifei Li is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/92935
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92935
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92935
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/259943
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://rrd.me/gryN9
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Super Tomato and Endless Office
- Function
- Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Silver, Lavender, Dim Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Li Zhifei
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhifei Li
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92935
Credits
- Team
- SUPER TOMATO and Li Zhifei
- Image Credits
- N/A
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- By breaking through the conventional design for workplace, the designers added the idea of "home" into the design so that work is to integrate with life in the space. Since the original floor height is only 4.4m, the designers utilized a one-mete-high sunken space to make a mezzanine, hence maximizing the use of the whole space. By taking advantage of floor height, functional divisions for working, kitchen and conference, etc. are well arranged in the two-storey space without rigid partitions.
- Inspiration
- What do employees want to get from the space?What makes the workplace comfortable and pleasant? How to convey the company's values and belief in the interior design language? What will work look like in the future? And what do designers want? Those questions are needed to be considered and answered in the design. By breaking through the conventional design for workplace, the design team added the idea of "home" into the design so that work is to integrate with life in the space.
- Research
- Since the original floor height is only 4.4m, the designers utilized a one-meter-high sunken space to make a mezzanine, hence maximizing the use of the whole space. By taking advantage of floor height, functional divisions for working, reception, kitchen and conference, etc. are well arranged in the two-storey space without rigid partitions.
- Challenge
- The biggest challenge is that as the original floor height is not high enough, a one-meter-high sunken space is created to make the first floor enjoy a two-story height.
- Realization and Technology
- The reception table at the entrance is made of white artificial stone, forming a sharp contrast with the self-leveling floor. The mirror-finish base of the reception table makes the table seem like floating in the air. Glass doors are largely used in reception area, the textures of which resemble running water. Thus, the interior space enjoys sufficient natural lights, thereby creating a bright and airy environment with a simple and clean layout.
- Operation and Interaction
- By breaking through the conventional design for workplace, the designers added the idea of "home" into the design so that work is to integrate with life in the space. Since the original floor height is only 4.4m, the designers utilized a one-meter-high sunken space to make a mezzanine, hence maximizing the use of the whole space. By taking advantage of floor height, functional divisions for working, kitchen and conference, etc. are well arranged in the two-storey space without rigid partitions.
- Project Duration and Location
- Started from: February 2018 Completed at: October 2018
- Specifications
- Project area: 350sqm
- Keywords
- Office design, work, life, floor height, SUPER TOMATO
