Press Release
Nebu Retail Store by Eric Fung Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Eric Fung 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 confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Nebu Retail Store by Eric Fung, designed for Once Design Studio. The award was conferred within 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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.
More About Nebu Retail Store
Nebu is a retail store in Hong Kong designed for the sale of snowflake crisps. The space measures 26 square meters and has a ceiling height of 3 meters. Soft whites and pale blues recall the light of a winter morning. Wooden display fixtures and gentle lighting add natural warmth. Sanded acrylic is combined with stainless steel to create a cool, snow-like finish, as the slightly translucent acrylic reveals the metal texture behind. An open layout allows free movement, and a chocolate fountain area lets customers watch the crisps being coated.
Award Record
With this recognition, Eric Fung 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/168836
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/168836
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!168836
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/361743
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://once-hk.com/commercial/%e5%ba%97%e9%9d%a2%e8%a3%9d%e
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Nebu Retail Store
- Function
- Retail Store
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gray, Dark Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Once Design Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Eric Fung
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #168836
Credits
- Image Credits
- Laser Angel
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- As ephemeral as snowflakes, capturing fleeting moments. In the bustling heart of Hong Kong, the Nebu snowflake crisps store emerges as a serene and beautiful enclave, akin to a gently falling snowflake, Light and Elegant. This is a dreamlike space dedicated to snowflake crisps, serving not just as a retail venue but as an artistic sanctuary where sensory and emotional experiences intertwine. It exemplifies how to transform, The Beauty of the Moment, into an unforgettable shopping experience.
- Inspiration
- Soft whites interwoven with pale blues evoke the purest light of a winter morning. Wooden display fixtures paired with gentle lighting emit a natural warmth, creating a stunning contrast with the ethereal snowflake crisps. Customers linger in this space, making it easy for them to recall the brand in the future, thereby enhancing brand recognition.
- Research
- We approaches design by studying brand products while considering customer purchasing behaviors and overall shopping processes. This enables us to capture the psychology of shoppers, optimizing product display locations and the spatial layout to create a more efficient and seamless shopping and sales experience.
- Challenge
- we create and transport the 7 meters lenght of ribbon plastic board for the logo canopy, it is in one whole price.
- Realization and Technology
- We try to make an interesting and fancy material combination in this design. We are thinking how to make a cold with snow touch feeling finishing which we test to combine sanded acrylic and stainless steel together serval times. The reslut is the sanded acrylic giving a snow touch feeling with slight transparent, aloow to project the stainless steel texture at back.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this open space, customers can freely navigate and choose. The store features a chocolate fountain production area for Snowflake Crisps, drawing customers to observe the creation of chocolate-coated Snowflake Crisps up close. This experience feels like a pilgrimage of aesthetics, enhancing customer engagement and allowing them to savor each moment of the creation process. This not only adds memorable touchpoints to the shopping experience but also encourages customers to spend more time in-store, ultimately leading to purchases. The display of Snowflake Crisps is arranged like art pieces, inviting customers to engage with their sight and taste.
- Specifications
- 26sqm with 3m ceiling height
