Step Inside El Salón by Chiu Chi Ming Danny

Step Inside El Salón by Chiu Chi Ming Danny is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Espacios Interiores y Exposiciones Competition Category.

HierroInterior· 2023

Step Inside El Salón

by Chiu Chi Ming Danny

Client: Danny Chiu Interior Designs Ltd.

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Step Inside El Salón

La distribución en forma de abanico se divide básicamente en tres zonas. En primer lugar, la zona de estar multiusos y la zona de conferencias inspirada en la idea Design Lounge. Se compone de una cocina abierta bien equipada, un restaurante y una sala de reuniones. En segundo lugar, la zona de trabajo amueblada en una elegante paleta de blanco y negro. Tiene otro espacio privado cerrado que cuenta con la sala de degustación de vinos y puros. Para visualizar el lema Enjoy Your Design Life. Mientras tanto, se crea un ambiente cómodo y atractivo, que garantiza una experiencia impresionante y placentera para el cliente potencial.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

Step Inside El Salón ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que Step Inside El Salón sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. Step Inside El Salón es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Envisioned the brand new office space for a design firm should be versatile and dynamic, instead of being too commercial. Offering memorable experience and leaving room for client imagination is essential. Thus, the designer has curated a design lounge by adding a kitchen cabinet and bar area, pairing with the audio and smart system to create a comfy, capacious space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Key to the color scheme is the introduction of walnut and dark palette, complemented with ambience lighting for a comfy workspace. The statement making white marble bar table is highly contrast with the Italy imported kitchen cabinet, but still being cohesive as an overall experience. Though a darker palette is applied, one can freely change the hues by selecting different lighting arrangements.
Tags: Office, workplace, Design, Lounge, Experience
Production Technology: The design lounge is also a vast welcoming area to greet the visitors, and more importantly, to create memorable and delightful experience to the potential clients. The ultimate goal is the visualization of Enjoy Your Design Life, the motto that design director has taken to heart. To achieve this, the living zone features a multi purpose area for meetings, event space and private dining area is undeniably the focal point for this project.
Design Challenge: When designing the brand new office space, the designer was looking for something unusual. To be specific, the design brief called for an innovative workspace solution that would be dynamic and versatile, instead of a typical or commercial setting. The company new workplace would allow potential clients to experience directly and leave an imprint on our visitor mind.

The firm has introduced the idea of a design lounge not only a customer oriented approach, but also the vision and philosophy raised by the design director, aiming at curating a friendly, engaging atmosphere with causal vibe that employees could enjoy working inside.
Research: The design director Mr Danny Chiu was 40 years of age when he decided to move into the brand new office space. As such, the designer wanted to apply his philosophy to the brand new workspace.

For this project, they preferred the layout to be classified into three areas, including a design lounge for events or meetings, a staff working area, and one enclosed private zone for design director.

In the Design Lounge area, the overall design needed to fulfill certain purposes events, meetings and parties, in order to build and consolidate the design firm’s image, and above all, achieving the motto Enjoy Your Design Life.
Inspiration: The brief is a realization of the idea Design Lounge instead of a typical design firm. This concept does not only apply to the physical setting for enriching client experience, but also aim at creating an engaging workspace with a causal vibe for the employees. The ultimate goal is to visualize design director motto - Enjoy Your Design Life.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 and finished in October 2019 in Hong Kong.

Located at the commercial district - Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong, this is a project for the design firm with approximately 350 sqm.
Operation Flow: The living is a multi purpose area for events or meetings, and the conference room with glazed dividing sliding doors can be converted to a restaurant or opening up when necessary, offering a more spacious space. Guests can enjoy the cooking demonstration, as well as the food and wine prepared by our chef. In addition, the firm features a wine and cigar room.

The entire interior has been thoughtfully curated with the goal of creating a stimulating and friendly environment, thus lending to a stress free workplace for the employees.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Danny Chiu Interior Designs Ltd.
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Bobby Wu