Press Release
Gwangjin Kium Care Center For Children by Jaesung Kim Is Granted the A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Jaesung Kim honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Gwangjin Kium Care Center For Children by Jaesung Kim. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Gwangjin Kium Care Center For Children
Gwangjin Kium is a care center for children aged six to twelve, planned for use after school hours. The interior is divided into a static space and a dynamic space, and moving walls allow the two areas to be joined into a single room for events. The walls are integrated with bookshelves and play features that support creativity and imagination. Rooms and corridors are kept open so that teachers and children can communicate easily. Green accents and natural birch wood create a calm and warm atmosphere. Modular cabinet furniture is portable and can be rearranged.
About Jaesung Kim
The flow of projects that I have carried out so far can be summarized as understanding the underlying social and cultural characteristics and suggesting improvement measures to find solutions based on the awareness of the institutionalized status of facilities. Based on this, I have focused on the phenomena that occur in the process of acquiring public value of facilities, and have expanded the field of interest to the characteristics of the environment and spatial process underlying them.
Award Record
Jaesung Kim is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2018 - 2019 to 2021 - 2022 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/131780
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/131780
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!131780
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/224078
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.csdgdesign.com
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Gwangjin Kium Care Center For Children
- Function
- Care Center For Children
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Olive Green and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jaesung Kim
- Country
- Republic of Korea
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #131780
Credits
- Team
- Jungsook Lee
- Image Credits
- JungSook Lee Photographer, 2021
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The purpose of this facility is to provide intensive care for children aged 6 to 12 after school. It provides a static space and a dynamic space and safely resolves the care gap when elementary school students' parents cannot take care of themselves.
- Inspiration
- The walls were integrated into bookstores and amusement facilities to stimulate students' creativity, imagination, and five senses. Each room and corridor gives an open feeling so that communication between teachers and students can be made immediately. Green, the most stable and tranquil color among the colors, is used as a point, and the natural birch wood color is utilized so that you can live in a comfortable and warm space.
- Research
- Expansion of centers available around homes and schools. A safe space zone considering regional demand and child characteristics. There is a need to expand the existing primary care infrastructure and improve the quality of service.
- Challenge
- There is still a gap in caring due to the segmented and redundant provision of public childcare services. Ultimately, it acts as a cause of women's career development and abandonment of economic activities.
- Realization and Technology
- It consists of module cabinet furniture and is planned to be a space that exerts potential in interaction with students by making it a portable furniture that can move comfortably.
- Operation and Interaction
- Elementary care blind spots are eliminated and safe care services are provided. This child center project is divided into dynamic and static spaces, and can be used as a single space by applying moving walls according to events
- Project Duration and Location
- This child center project began in December 2020 and was completed in March 2021.
- Keywords
- Desk, Wood, Wooden Desk, Desk Design, Wood Design, Furniture, Furniture Design
