Press Release
Ethereal Hair Salon by Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Ethereal Hair Salon by Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo, designed for Yhs Design. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Ethereal Hair Salon
Ethereal is a hair salon interior located in Taipei. The space covers 133 square meters. Wood is used as the main material, and its solid character is combined with surrounding textures. From a distance the interior looks like an installation artwork, while closer viewing reveals detailed craft work. Woodcraft elements and textures are rearranged to move away from the traditional image of a commercial hair salon. Curved and linear forms, ink-like gradations and natural scents create a calm atmosphere. The design is intended as an urban retreat where visitors can relax.
About Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo
Professionally good at architecture and implanted lots natural landscape elements in interior, which constitute "light, screen shadow, wind, water flow," intertwined. Interior design is from the popular and trend semiotics brewing a unique aesthetic sensitivity, and transformed into an easily interpreted language. Also combined with patterns, lines, materials, edge, cutting, accessories to furnishings, which are all integrated in the overall plan and design, presents not only the beauty of space, but the request for the details.
Award Record
Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo is a winner of 10 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2016 - 2017 to 2020 - 2021 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/109696
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/109696
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!109696
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/141893
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ethereal Hair Salon
- Function
- Hair Salon
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Saddle Brown, Sienna and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Yhs Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #109696
Credits
- Team
- Jacksam Yang and Steven Kuo
- Image Credits
- Weimax Studio
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- One can sense the detailing of crafts, smell the breath of nature and feel the vibes of curves and lines and the vibrancy of ink gradation within the space. Everything seems calm but it is like flowing water to the eyes. It is an artistic feast of vision, scent and touch that allows people to have a temporary getaway from the hustle and bustle of the city. This is a space where people can calmly taste and drink in the rare ambient encounter.
- Inspiration
- The use of rhyme in textures, the refreshing smell of woods and the flowing art space breaks the imaginable space of the past and abandons the existing impression of how a commercial space should be.
- Research
- Stepping into this unique and amiable space, one can feel the flow of visual aesthetics and enjoy the warmth from nature and the ingenious woodcrafts. This is an urban oasis where people can relax and immerse themselves.
- Realization and Technology
- The solidity of woods is absorbed in the rhyme of the surrounding materials. From afar, it looks like an installation art but once look closely, it is a piece of exquisite craft.
- Operation and Interaction
- We deconstruct woodcrafts and textures in the space and subvert the traditional image of a hair salon with the means of the rearrangement of the materials and the reconstruction of the space and meanwhile infuse it with energy and aesthetic.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in October 2019 and finished in December 2019 in Taipei.
- Keywords
- Beauty，SPA，Hair Salon
