Press Release
Praise Life Residence by Fu Xia Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Fu Xia honored 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 20, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Praise Life Residence by Fu Xia has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 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 Silver A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Praise Life Residence
Praise Life is a residential interior design covering 320 square meters. The layout was reorganized to replace narrow and poorly lit rooms with open and bright living areas. Small rooms were merged to form a dual-aspect kitchen with north to south daylight, a piano room for the daughter, and a long dining table paired with an island bar. Modular sofas, mirrored surfaces and detailed floral patterns recall Baroque charm and reflect the outdoor views. The design aims to support family interaction, comfort and relaxed elegance in urban life.
About Fu Xia
Principal at Ping Design African Art Collector With 20 years of experience, she focuses on evolving emotional and lifestyle needs in contemporary households, excels in mediating the relationship between people and space, and adheres to a design philosophy of “order, fun, love, and self-expression.” She pioneered the “Villa as a Living System” design framework and established the industry’s first “Life Delivery System”.
Award Record
With this recognition, Fu Xia 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/164840
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/164840
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!164840
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/359402
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Praise Life Residence
- Function
- Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Fu Xia
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #164840
Credits
- Image Credits
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Hu Xueman
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project breaks through traditional kitchen and living room layouts, creating an open and bright space. Highlighted by modular sofa design and a kitchen with north-south transparency, a long dining table and island bar combination add functionality. Perfect use of color and patterns reflects the fusion of nature and seasons, creating a warm and harmonious home atmosphere. The transformed space is full of vitality, crafting a living space that combines sophistication, nature, and comfort.
- Inspiration
- Compared to the previous home filled with ceremonial French style, this time designer Fuxia hopes to inject more relaxation into the space, creating an effortless elegance in the urban lifestyle of sophistication. The design team adheres to the philosophy of spaces serving human life, redefining spatial layouts, breaking traditional concepts, and emphasizing family interaction and comfort.
- Research
- The designer reorganized the spatial structure, transforming a narrow, poorly lit space into an open and bright living environment. The renovation involved merging small spaces into larger functional areas, enhancing natural light and ventilation, and creating a cozy and comfortable living atmosphere. Emphasizing humanistic values, the design integrates natural aesthetics and refined living principles, reflected in the spacious layout, multifunctional design, and unique decorative style.
- Challenge
- The major challenge lies in reorganizing the spatial structure to ensure logical functional zoning and optimal use of natural light. Balancing comfort with spatial constraints, maintaining overall flow and aesthetics is crucial.
- Realization and Technology
- French-style elegance exudes a dignified aura, complemented by daring and avant-garde art selections. Mirrored surfaces reflect outdoor vistas, blurring the lines between space and landscape, inviting contemplation. Playful dialogues among classic elements spark imaginative intrigue. Elaborate, exquisite floral patterns evoke echoes of Baroque charm.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this renovation, the designer breaks away from the original flat and fixed layout, reorganizing the space. By merging and opening up two small spaces into a piano room for the daughter, the open layout meets the family emotional needs. In another transformation, the designer combined three small spaces to create a spacious, dual-aspect kitchen, catering to both Eastern and Western culinary needs while achieving north-south transparency on the same level.
- Project Duration and Location
- Start in 2022/1/15 and finished in 2023.12
- Specifications
- Area: 320 sqm Function: Residential
- Keywords
- Low ceiling height; Reorganizing spatial structure; Open and bright design;Multi-functional zones;Natural aesthetics; Baroque charm;Large flat renovation
