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Yen-Jung Lai Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Austin Land Playground in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Yen-Jung Lai recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Austin Land Playground by Yen-Jung Lai, designed for Er-Si Interior Design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 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 assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
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 Austin Land Playground
Austin Land is an indoor children's playground on the fifth floor of a department store in Taiwan. The 892.5 square meter space uses an open plan, so children can move freely between areas such as a shell sand pool, an art painting wall, a reading house, an engineering house and a large ball pool. A dream train connects the separate zones. Large surfaces in white and natural oak keep children clearly visible, which supports safety. The materials are stain resistant, and chamfered corners reduce the risk of injury.
About Yen-Jung Lai
The temperature of space comes from the quenching of time and space and the stacking of memories; the beauty of space comes from dimensional dialogue and attentive listening. At this moment, let us listen to your needs, weave a blueprint for the future together, and seal [hi] for our dreams. The temperature of space comes from the quenching of time and space and the stacking of memories; the beauty of space comes from dimensional dialogue and attentive listening. At this moment, let us listen to your needs, weave a blueprint for the future together, and seal [hi] for our dreams.
Award Record
Yen-Jung Lai is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
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/145062
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/145062
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!145062
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/337728
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Austin Land Playground
- Function
- Playground
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Sienna, Gray, Saddle Brown, Yellow Green and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Er-Si Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yen-Jung Lai
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #145062
Credits
- Image Credits
- Er-Si Interior Design
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project is a children's amusement space. In the background setting, there are many elements, such as joyful energy, spacecraft, the mascot Austin, etc. And the most important value is to 'create a playground for children'. When the background color is single, the human silhouette will become clear. This design can reduce the possibility of danger among children playing. The Dream Train symbolizes that Austin can drive the Dream Train to collect joyful energy. This dream train can make each independent area in series.
- Inspiration
- Austin from outer space is a mascot curious about all kinds of things, and the spacecraft accidentally landed on Earth. Because it needs 'joyful energy' to repair the spacecraft, it built a playground and invited parents and children to play with it to help it fix the spacecraft on the way home. This project features the Austin background presentation. As for the function, the designer had to consider the walking route and habits of adults and children.
- Research
- Many elements related to Austin can be seen in space, including joyful energy and spacecraft. Moreover, the light-colored environment makes children have the most vivid role in the space. This project is focusing on play with no limits. The children have the right to choose how to play by themselves, and the facilities are no longer just to fill the space but can be integrated into the interior and become one of the natural and spontaneous designs. In addition, the designer preserves the light from the windows and integrates the sunlight into the context.
- Challenge
- Many children's playgrounds make each space a separate play space, but this project turns each space into an open plan, allowing children to be free from the confines of each play facility. At the same time, the designer deliberately kept large floor-to-ceiling windows. However, because the view outside the windows does not match the fictional story of Austin Land, only the upper part of the window is kept as a part of Austin Land through the placement of cabinets.
- Realization and Technology
- Building materials: woven carpet, high-density foam, artificial lawn, iron, Benjamin Moore wear-resistant paint, wood flooring, terrazzo, wood grain veneer, mirrors, lighting, wallpaper, etc. The large color blocks on the facade are pure white and natural oak. When the area is transformed, high saturation and colorful colors meet the visual effect of children. Moreover, the materials used in this project are stain-resistant, and the chamfered corners can prevent children from collisions and injury.
- Operation and Interaction
- The children's playground has many details to meet the children's delight. The designer tailors the play facilities for each child with the idea of putting herself in their shoes, including engineering houses, shell sand pools, art painting walls, and reading areas. Each area is unlimited, so children can use the equipment and space freely.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in February 2021 in Taiwan.
- Specifications
- This 892.5 square meter project is on the fifth floor of a department store. There is a wide variety of space facilities, including dynamic and static activities. For example, there are the entrance mosaic art wall, art painting wall, shell sand pool, fantasy costume area, forest family play area, Melody's home, engineering house, reading house, toddler area, dream train, Austin City, Austin Park, 80,000 ball pool, etc.
- Keywords
- Austin, children's playground, children, department store, saturated color.
