Press Release
Echo of Serenity Private Residence by Tinway Cheng Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Tinway Cheng for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ Echo of Serenity Private Residence by Tinway Cheng, designed for Creative Life Interior Design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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.
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.
More About Echo of Serenity Private Residence
Echo of Serenity is a private residence interior design in Taipei, Taiwan, covering 198.35 square meters. The entry corridor uses dark stone flooring, dark wood veneer ceilings and matching wall panels to form a grounded threshold. The main living area shifts to light wood veneer ceilings, textured wall coatings and seamless flooring, which increase openness and light diffusion. Fabric and leather furnishings soften the lines. The layout is barrier-free. The interior is intended as a calm retreat from the pace of the city.
Award Record
Tinway Cheng 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/167889
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/167889
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!167889
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/364282
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.instagram.com/creative_life_interior_design/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Echo of Serenity Private Residence
- Function
- Private Residence
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dark Olive Green and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Creative Life Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tinway Cheng
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #167889
Credits
- Team
- Tinway Cheng / Pei Yu Lo
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This residence is a sanctuary of tranquility, where materials, light, and movement create harmony. The entry corridor, with dark stone flooring and warm wood walls, grounds the space. Soft light flows along surfaces, guiding the mind toward stillness before entering the open living area. Seamless flooring enhances spatial flow, allowing light and movement to merge. Textured stone and soft-coated walls balance depth and warmth, bringing a refined, calming atmosphere. Shifting natural light cast
- Inspiration
- In fast-paced urban life, home should be a sanctuary. Inspired by the need for a retreat from city stress, this design guides emotional transitions, making homecoming a ritual of serenity. The entry corridor acts as a threshold, separating home from chaos. Dark flooring and warm wood create safety, helping the mind unwind. Further inside, seamless flooring and textured stone open the space, making it fluid and airy. Light shifts throughout the day, shaping changing moods.
- Research
- Located in Taipei, this project turns an urban home into a retreat. In a fast-moving city, home should offer peace. The design balances sensory elements—color, texture, sound, and light—to create calm. The entry corridor shifts from deep tones and a lowered ceiling to an open living area. Dark stone fosters tranquility, while soft furnishings and light wood add warmth. Textured stone, seamless flooring, and soft furnishings guide flow. Light shifts throughout the day, reinforcing balance. Beyond aesthetics, the design merges structure, materiality, and soft elements to restore harmony.
- Challenge
- This project balances urban energy with tranquility. The challenge was creating a space for relaxation while maintaining openness and elegance. The entry corridor grounds the space with dark stone and a lowered ceiling. Moving forward, an airy living area unfolds, softened by warm tones and textured materials. A key challenge was removing excess luxury while keeping warmth. The design uses refined materials, precise lighting, and minimal elegance for understated grandeur. By blending space, light, and textures, this home offers serenity, presence, and a place to recharge.
- Realization and Technology
- This project achieves spatial transformation through progressive material and color transitions. The entry corridor features dark wood veneer ceilings, paired with matching wall panels and stone flooring, creating a grounded ambiance. Moving into the main area, the ceiling shifts to light wood veneer, walls adopt textured coatings, and seamless flooring enhances openness and light diffusion. Material contrasts refine depth and tactility—stone and wood interplay to balance warm and cool textures. Tile flooring transitions into soft-coated surfaces, reducing rigidity and complementing fabric and leather furnishings.
- Operation and Interaction
- This design centers on human experience, guiding users into calm through spatial flow and material transitions. The hallway shifts from city bustle to home serenity. Materials transition from dark stone and a lowered ceiling to seamless light flooring and higher ceilings, creating openness. Lighting evolves with time, enhancing spatial interaction. Soft furnishings refine ambiance, softening rigid lines for warmth. The home is barrier-free, ensuring long-term ease. Beyond a retreat, this space restores balance in a fast-paced world.
- Project Duration and Location
- 2024/02/01-2024/10/31 Taipei Taiwan
- Specifications
- 198.35 square meters
- Keywords
- creative_life_interior_design
