Straightforward Journey Residential Apartment by Yi-Yun Chang Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yi-Yun Chang 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/ Straightforward Journey Residential Apartment by Yi-Yun Chang, designed for Nanyi Design Interior Design Studio, 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.

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 Straightforward Journey Residential Apartment

Straightforward Journey is the interior design of a 53 square meter residential apartment in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The apartment follows an industrial style with a calm and simple base tone. The original ceiling was removed to show the structure of the building, and one wall was replaced by a French window that brings natural light inside. An iron door with grids at the top and bottom serves the bathroom, which has no window, and allows air to flow. A 45 degree wall in the bedroom holds the television and adds storage.

About Yi-Yun Chang

Nanyi Design Interior Design Studio, founded in 2012, in the perspective of humanity and design, with a persistent and enthusiastic attitude, the pursuit of beauty and feeling in space. And with high-quality construction and service, the owner will achieve each exclusive home. We believe that space can be better shaped by design and build a lifestyle that is expected.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yi-Yun Chang a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to 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. 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/93735
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/93735
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!93735
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/261053
Further Information from the Laureate: https://nanyi-design.com/

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Straightforward Journey Residential Apartment
Function: Residential Apartment
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Black and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Nanyi Design Interior Design Studio

The Recognition

Laureate: Yi-Yun Chang
Country: Taiwan (China)
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2019 - 2020
Design ID: #93735

Design Details

Unique Properties: Eliminating the commonly seen residential fundamental style in response to the house owners needs, the space is decorated with the straightforward and carefree industrial trend, refining the living sentiment into the exquisite design vocabularies, demonstrating comfortable and leisurable residential looks with precise layout planning, delicate material application together with designers sincere blessings.
Inspiration: The designer introduced slight relaxed spatial sentiment into the tough styled foundation, the wall between the public and the private spaces are deliberately left blank for visually relaxed spatial atmosphere, while the usage approach of overlapped functionalities creates the flexible life scenes.
Research: For the private space, the bed set is placed according to the original irregular layout to maintain the master bedroom’s spaciousness and functionality; a changing room is further designed, endowing space with neat and organized storage, making good use of each inch of the space completely. Strong colors and sophisticated designs are eliminated, while the carefree and straightforward base tone is applied to bring out the purity of life.
Realization and Technology: The designer values details for the overall space, hoping to preserve the primitiveness of the materials, which is actualized through nimble fingers. The original ceiling has traces of the building, and in order to get closer to the industrial trend colors, the designer therefore removed the ceiling to keep the buildings original looks. Moreover, the designer replaced the wall with a French window, allowing natural lighting to fill the room through the large window.
Operation and Interaction: For the bedroom, the designer separated the space using a 45-degree line, allowing the room entrance to overlap with the bar seating space, while the 45-degree straight wall is designed as the circulation for the sliding door and the separating wall for the changing room, it is also the television wall for the lounge and the bedroom; due to the 45-degree, the bed is placed slanted, which further allows the rear end with the addition of a 90 cm storage space.
Project Duration and Location: The project finished on the 15th of June 2018 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Specifications: The property is 53 square meters.
Keywords: Interior Design, Residential, industrial style , Space, carefree