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Che Yung Kung Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for In Between Octaves Japanese Ramen House in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Che Yung Kung recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for In Between Octaves Japanese Ramen House by Che Yung Kung, designed for Synergy Collective Catering Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 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 scored 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.
Regarding In Between Octaves Japanese Ramen House
This is a design project that integrates oriental elements into a westernized shopping mall. The overall space color system is mainly white and wood grain. An array of hand written calligraphy lanterns is used to frame the outer kitchen and dining areas like a musical score. The ramen chefs cook with the spirit of Isshokenmei. From the moment they queue up to the end of their meal, the guests all show their love for ramen and Tsukemen, just like a beautiful melody resounding in the space. Notes continuously perform the contemporary Japanese space with sound tracks between the spatial scores.
About Che Yung Kung
03dimensionsdesign Ltd. is good at exploring more possibilities of space. Space, light and shadow, material, details, art are an important perspective for them to construct space. Further achieve psychological ritual transformation. Designer make space not only rational but also meet the needs. It makes people feel the meaning of space.
Award Record
With this recognition, Che Yung Kung is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/162476
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/162476
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!162476
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/355843
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://03dimensionsdesign.art/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- In Between Octaves Japanese Ramen House
- Function
- Japanese Ramen House
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Olive Green, Dim Gray, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Synergy Collective Catering Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Che Yung Kung
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #162476
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- In a westernized shopping mall, we incorporate oriental elements into the space. Through architectural manipulation technique, a grid sequence is created where the central axis runs through the space, creating a relationship between the new and old parallel axes. An array of hand-written calligraphy lanterns is used to frame the outer kitchen and dining areas like a musical score. Notes continuously perform the contemporary Japanese space with sound tracks between the spatial scores.
- Inspiration
- When we think back to eating ramen in Japan, we remember how lucky we were to get seats at the counter. From there, we could closely observe the ramen artisans meticulously preparing each bowl. The way they shook the noodles, accompanied by their spirited shouts, made us even more excited for the ramen to be served.
- Research
- The ramen shop owner insists on using natural ingredients such as pork bones to cook the secret soup every week, in order to let gourmets taste the delicious soup. The owner told us, when we think back to eating ramen in Japan, we remember how lucky we were to get seats at the counter. The way they shook the noodles, accompanied by their spirited shouts, made us even more excited for the ramen to be served. How to make this space reflect the focused spirit of ramen chef is our goal.
- Challenge
- We must complete the construction within 45 days to catch up with the Christmas events in the area where the restaurant is located.
- Realization and Technology
- We made the following attempts to visualize the spatial atmosphere we want to convey: 1. Open kitchen bar with sliding window 2. Wooden trusses with atmospheric lighting 3. Stainless steel square expanded mesh to add details to the truss facade 4. Facade metal grille and wooden grille 5. Long wall tiles extend against textured white wallpaper 6. Long linear wall washer 7. Handwritten Japanese calligraphy lantern 8. The looming floor-to-ceiling glass 9. Brand logo styling lamp with clear details
- Operation and Interaction
- When customers enter the store, you can observe the ramen chef's preparation process due to the open kitchen. The sound of the ramen chef shaking the noodles and his spirited shouting make people look forward to the ramen being served. The inner and outer kitchens form an O-shaped circulation line through two food delivery ports, allowing for smooth execution of food preparation, soup making, meal delivery, recycling, and cleaning.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was designed in October 2022. The project began construction in November 2022. The restaurant had a trial operation in December 2022. The restaurant officially opened in January 2023 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- Space area 74 square meters
- Keywords
- Isshokenmei, Ramen, Japanese, Japan, 03dimensionsdesign, Octaves, Note, melody, Tsukemen, Issyokemen
