Press Release
BeHygeia Salon by Lycent Lai Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Lycent Lai 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 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for BeHygeia Salon by Lycent Lai, designed for Lycent Design Studio. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 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.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
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 BeHygeia Salon
BeHygeia is a beauty salon interior located in Shanghai. The project covers 288 square meters. The layout is irregular and inspired by the form of grapes. Curved walls and simple geometry create soft lines through the space. The public area is almost white, and the curved plan gives it a sense of ceremony. Scattered lights form interlaced light and shadow. Bold blue and green in the lamps and niches connect the inside and the outside. The main materials are art paint, stainless steel corrugated board and wallpaper.
About Lycent Lai
Lycent Lai is a senior interior designer with more than ten years of experience, dedicated to providing overall delivery solutions for interior design. His business areas include high-quality residential, office display, Hotel clubs, urban renewal and other aspects. Focusing on interior design for more than 10 years, he has led many large-scale and high-complexity design projects, and won the unanimous praise of the industry with professional ability and rigorous attitude.
Award Record
Lycent Lai is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2021 - 2022 editions 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/136002
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/136002
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!136002
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/223054
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- BeHygeia Salon
- Function
- Salon
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Gray, Light Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lycent Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Lycent Lai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #136002
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Jianing Zhang, BeHygeia, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Looking at the arc outside, people will have the visual experience of grace and beauty, while they will have the centripetal force, looking at it inside. In the almost pure white public space, the curvilinear layout brings out the gorgeous sense of ceremony. With combination of virtuality and reality formed by the interlaced lights and shadows from the scattered lights, as if time becomes slow, people can calm down and have a dialogue between their own bodies and souls.
- Inspiration
- The designer of this project inspired by grape to design the layout of the irregular space, using the curved wall and geometry to show the gently beautiful feminine curves. At the very beginning of the design process, the designer mainly aimed at getting rid of the concept of traditional beauty salons and creating a beauty salon that integrates avant-garde, fashion and creative consumption.
- Research
- Here is attractive as the customers can to a great extent alleviate their exhaustion after work all day long, with the help of the soft and warm colors, comfortable and pleasant environment. They can feel relaxing with the beauty and stylish life experience in such a comfortable environment. With the free blending of colors, the space is full of the modern, elegant and stylish atmosphere.
- Challenge
- What the distinctive arc adds to the space is not only a sense of interest and beauty, but also uniqueness and vitality.
- Realization and Technology
- The main materials in this project are art paint, stainless steel corrugated board, wallpaper.
- Operation and Interaction
- The bold blue and green in the lamps and niches echo the colors of the internal public areas, forming an effect of connecting the inside and outside. The metal baseboard makes the space more modern and avant-garde, to further enhance the quality feeling of the space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2020 in Shanghai and finished in December 2020 in Shanghai.
- Specifications
- The project covers a total of 288 square meters.
- Keywords
- Interior, Commercial, Beauty Salon, Modern, Simple, Natural, Art
