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Gentle Messages Office by YU Design Lab Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

YU Design Lab 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 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Gentle Messages Office by YU Design Lab has been granted the Bronze 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 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.

More About Gentle Messages Office

Gentle Messages is an office interior design for a design studio in Taipei City. The 100 square meter space is arranged in a light industrial style to reduce the formal business feel and to create a calm and comfortable atmosphere similar to working at home. Separate areas are provided for reception, guest meetings, a meeting room, office seating, storage and rest. Tiles and metal trims form the partition lines, and oriented strand board is used as a raw finish. Large white surfaces, marble patterns and natural light keep the open layout clear.

Award Record

This recognition makes YU Design Lab a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 edition 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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Gentle Messages Office
Function
Office
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Dark Gray, Gray, Dim Gray, Silver and Dark Slate Gray
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
YU Design Lab
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#93173

Credits

Team
Yu Tsun Hsu/ Hung Sheng Hsu
Image Credits
Photo credit: Hey! Cheese studio

Design Details

Unique Properties
This design project is a workshop presented in light industrial style, reducing the business feel to create a friendly, carefree and comfortable atmosphere resembling working at home; the area still maintained separate regions including company reception, guest-meeting section, meeting room, office seating section, storage section and rest are etc. It hopes to inspire workers creative thoughts through the application of diversified materials.
Inspiration
The taste of space originates from desires and curiosities towards life, where under the transformation of generations, each piece of work will reveal the designers mental status at that time based on individual needs, experienced cultures as well as the overlapping of time. Design works are enriched in cultural spirit just like words, literati from the past pursued the so-called free and independent soul, so do designers.
Realization and Technology
For the application of materials, a combination of tiles and metal trims are used to create the partition lines, offering the mosaic effect of mixing modern with American table corner materials using the style of the central island, together with the application of osb board raw materials. The application and matching of diversified materials introduce natural lighting into the space arrangement, thereby allowing for natural, clear and comfortable spatial segmentations.
Operation and Interaction
Eliminating excessive resplendent decorations, replacing them with simple light industrial designs to brighten up large areas of white, clean bases, which open up the refreshing field of vision for the open layout together with the delicate patterns of the marble. At the same time of the design, it also predicts the beautiful vision that the client has towards the future life, resembling the gentle, sincere blessings.
Project Duration and Location
The project finished on the 30th of June in 2018, locates in Taipei City.
Specifications
The office is 100 square meters.
Keywords
interior, space, office, studio, designers

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