Press Release
Kirin Lab - Kirin Leung Receives the A' Design Award for First Digital Trust Office Interior Design in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Kirin Lab - Kirin Leung for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 30, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ First Digital Trust Office Interior Design by Kirin Lab - Kirin Leung, designed for Kirin+Lab, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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.
About First Digital Trust Office Interior Design
The office design represents a new generation office interior with design solution to cater new working culture evolved from the pandemic situation plus equipping the office in both hardware and software wise towards the metaverse development in the future. The design focuses on fluidity and simplicity in the office circulation and strategically fulfill client request to define two companies staff area but being able to share the pantry, meeting rooms facilities at the same time.
About Kirin Lab - Kirin Leung
Kirin Leung is an new generation architectural designer and a multimedia art artist. Founded the kirin +lab in 2010 as a multidisciplinary design studio with architecture interior and mixed media art. he is an award-winning designer,sculpture artist, he was a winner of the Red dot design award & asia design prize in 2022,"40 under 40 asia and china awards in 2022 & 2016, also won included the Gold award of the A design award and high Commendation award of 2015 furniture design Competition, organized by RIBA and the Grand Prize of the MTR Tiara Sculpture competition 2014.
Award Record
With this recognition, Kirin Lab - Kirin Leung is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 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/138227
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138227
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138227
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/276544
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.kirinleung.com
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- First Digital Trust Office Interior Design
- Function
- Interior Design
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Light Gray, Rosy Brown and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Kirin+Lab
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Kirin Lab - Kirin Leung
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138227
Credits
- Team
- Kirin Leung
- Image Credits
- Kirin leung
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The design emphasizes fluidity and simplicity in the office circulation and cleverly fulfilling client request to separate two companies staff area but being able to share the common area facilities at the same time. The office layout was carefully planned in such a way that there is a clear demarcation between the public guest area and general staff area, with the public guest area acting as a connector to link up and separate the two companies staff working area at the same time.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the company core business in the blockchain industry and digital assets, it is to proposed a new generation office design with solutions evolving from pandemic situation moving towards new workplace culture and equipping the office with latest hardware to facilitate the company business development in the blockchain industry. NFT art gallery, zoom room, phone booths and open plan office with individual platform workstations and hot desks are examples of the innovative design highlights.
- Research
- The office interior design represents a new generation office interior to cater new working culture evolved from the pandemic situation, equipping the office in both hardware and software wise towards the metaverse development in the future. digital art gallery, zoom room, phone booths and open plan office with individual platformed workstations and hot desks are examples of the innovative design highlights.
- Challenge
- The most challenging part of the design is to fulfill client request to separate two companies staff area but being able to share the common area facilities at the same time. We have carefully planned the layout in such a way that there is a clear demarcation between the public guest area and general staff area, with the public guest area acting as a connector to link up and separate the two companies staff working area at the same time.
- Realization and Technology
- The whole office design uses natural material such as stone, wood, charcoal grey metal with a touch of the company corporate colour blue to presents the companies energetic and yet professional image. The design also pay tribute this iconic office tower designed by Paul Rudolph in the 80s by keeping all hexagonal columns of the floor plate in a fair-faced concrete finish. While for other parts, round fillet corner and sleek fluid geometry were used in the detail articulation. The design displayed a contrast of the old and new which echoes with First Digital business idea.
- Operation and Interaction
- This is an interior design that represents how workplace should be in this new era. Different from traditional office, the design has incorporated elements like zoom room, digital art gallery, phone booths, hot desks to cater the changing demand in office culture. The design used simple material such as timber, stone, concrete plus the company corporate blue as highlight, adding an energetic yet professional image to the design.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in August 2021 and finished in January 2022 in Hong Kong
- Specifications
- The office is located in Lippo Center Hong Kong with floor area of approximately 1100sqm. When guests arrived to office, they were welcomed by a spacious gallery-like waiting area. The waiting area also serves as a NFT art gallery, show-casing some of the hottest collections of the market. A Zoom room is especially designed and equipped in view of increasing demand of web meetings under the pandemic. Another highlight of the design is the pantry area where staff and guests could enjoy the magnificent Hong Kong skyline as the background.
- Keywords
- office interior, workplace, new generation office, blockchain, NFT, modern, innovative design
