Press Release
Ricca Sakura in a bar by Ryohei Kanda Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
The international grand jury of the 2016 - 2017 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Ryohei Kanda for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DesignNewswire/ Ricca Sakura in a bar by Ryohei Kanda, designed for Roito Inc, has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2016 - 2017 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Ricca Sakura in a bar
RICCA is a bar interior in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, a district that keeps a traditional Japanese atmosphere. The design expresses Hanami, the Japanese custom of cherry blossom viewing that lasts only a few weeks in early spring. The ceilings of both spaces are covered with flower shaped objects made of resin with hologram sheets, cut by laser and bent by hand. Light placed inside and outside is reflected in changing colors, so the objects appear as fluttering petals. A half transparent red film is added in the lounge area, while the private karaoke room reflects light naturally.
About Ryohei Kanda
The design has its unique character and vision of its own. If you strategically follow the design logic of how to highlight those originalities the answers naturally come to you. There are no absolute rules in design, but the essential design does exist, and it makes the brand’s character and vision stand out when you follow the path. An architect, and an interior design might not be only creating structures of buildings physically and also influencing relationship in between people, their sentiment and experience, miraculous encounters, and more.
Award Record
This recognition makes Ryohei Kanda 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/56181
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/56181
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!56181
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/175806
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.roito.jp
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ricca Sakura in a bar
- Function
- Sakura in a bar
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Maroon, Brown, Sienna and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Roito Inc
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ryohei Kanda
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2016 - 2017
- Design ID
- #56181
Credits
- Team
- Keigo Tanaka
- Image Credits
- photographer: Atsushi Nakamichi (Nacása & Partners)
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- "Ricca" is a bar, located at Kagurazaka. Even now, there are Japanese traditional atmosphere and alley in this town. I created this design to express Japanese aesthetic sense. In Japan, there is cultural event is known as “Hanami”, which means “cherry blossom viewing”. This unique event is happened only in couples of week of early spring. Inspired by this moment, I designed this bar with beauty, glamorous, strength and fragility of Hanami.
- Inspiration
- To express Hanami's beauty, glamorous, strength and fragility, I use a resin with hologram sheets with laser cut as fluttering flowers. Then I hung the hologram objects from the ceiling and put the light from both inside and outside. And also, I create two areas. One is lounge area that has atmosphere with glamorous and beauty, the other is private karaoke room area that has active side of Hanami, like energy, strength and more.
- Research
- When I was walking down street, the streets have many trees of cherry with blossom opens and fluttered, I was surprised this unique moment. Then I realized that if I can express cherry flowers’ beauty, glamorous, strength and fragility, which will be great design and concept for any of spaces like bar and lounge.
- Challenge
- All the reflection of this object at this place are different, cause of the angle of ceiling, light and air circulation. So, I had to take many samples and experiment to set properly. And also all the hologram materials are bend an pressed by hands, so it provides the lighting reflection randomly.
- Realization and Technology
- The ceilings of both spaces are covered with deformed flower objects. The objects are made of resin with hologram sheets and cut with a laser. Guests can see various colors and reflected lights because of the feature of the hologram sheets and they appear to be fluttering flowers. I added half-transparent red color film on the resin objects to create a more bewitching atmosphere in the lounge area. Meanwhile, in the private karaoke room I had the hologram to reflect the lights naturally in order to produce more active feelings. In the center of the room I hung the hologram objects from the ceiling and put the light from both inside and outside.
- Operation and Interaction
- This object what I designed is installed in a bar/ lounge. It stays permanently, does not required any of maintenance and repair often.
- Project Duration and Location
- B1F KAGURAZAKA TERRACE 5-1 KAGURAZAKA, SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO ZIP162 0825 JAPAN
- Specifications
- Total Area : 75.9m2 Lounge Area : 45.8m2 Vip room Area : 9.7m2 Art Panel size : 140mm x 130mm, Hexagon size : 30mm x 26mm
- Keywords
- Bar, Lounge, cherryblossom, artwork, Reflection, ceiling, hologram
