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Bryan Chang Receives the Silver A' Design Award for Smile Coffee Coffee Shop in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Bryan Chang recognized for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Smile Coffee Coffee Shop by Bryan Chang, designed for Vaste Interiors, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined 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 Smile Coffee Coffee Shop
Smile Coffee is a coffee shop located in a busy city area. The interior follows the Danish idea of Hygge, which describes comfort and quiet happiness in ordinary days. The original cement texture of the building was kept, and recycled wood was used for new surfaces. A U-shaped bar and a long table face the entrance and support service and interaction. Stairs connect three levels, and a glass partition leads to the dining area on the second floor. Prussian blue appears on the outdoor canopy, the wall logo and the indoor sofa. Natural light fills the first floor.
About Bryan Chang
VASTE - the name of the brand, its original meaning in French is capacious and far-flung. Deal with as the significant consideration, we expect to thorough achieve the essential requirements of the space. Even within the limitation of the spatial condition, we can exploit the infinite design imagination to create a timeless esthetic space and ideal life. We do not follow the crowds blindly, nor persist in our views. We bring about the intrinsic quality of space, as well value the detail presentation.
Award Record
Bryan Chang 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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/92275
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/92275
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!92275
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/259566
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://reurl.cc/W4XA0e
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Smile Coffee Coffee Shop
- Function
- Coffee Shop
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Gray, White and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Vaste Interiors
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Bryan Chang
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #92275
Credits
- Team
- Ray Ho
- Image Credits
- All copyright belongs to VASTE INTERIORS All image credit belongs to LDK International Co., Ltd.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The low-profile coffee shop situated in the hustle and bustle city, which the shop owner expects to indicate the Danish living philosophy of "Hygge" into it that also echoes the brand concept, as well bring about a concise, comfy and heartwarming ambience. The designers merely exploit minimal modify to present the intrinsic quality of the space, so that not only lays out pristine but also delicate texture circumstance, thence shows up a charming environment for the daily life.
- Inspiration
- "Hygge" is a state in which happiness can be felt in the ordinary days. Follow the ideology, we retain the original cement texture of the building, and processing with exploiting the recycled wood. By way of the large area lighting and the hollow pattern.Prussian blue as the representative color of the enterprise, which apply on the outdoors canopy, the LOGO on the metope and the indoor sofa.
- Research
- On the first floor, the counter towards to the entrance link up with a long table, which forms the field axis and plays the role of service and interaction. Additionally set up the to-go window and exterior seating area, thence coordinate each region to acquire the unique spatial experience, moreover keeps the interaction, and spreads the original intention of the brand to every corner of the space.
- Challenge
- Take the advantage of the hollowed high ceiling pattern of the original building, and then make use of stairs to connect three different elevations of the space. On the first floor, the counter towards to the entrance link up with a long table, which forms the field axis and plays the role of service and interaction.
- Realization and Technology
- For the exterior, lead the plentiful green landscapes that conduce with the wood grain fair-faced concrete wall. Besides the large area of natural sunlight on the first floor, arranged the annular lightings of candle shape on the second floor that coordinate with the white loft terrace and the snow mural. And we retained the original appearance and the brick laid hand-grinding texture. By way of processing the recycled used wood; the diffusing light of the bar; the manual spraying words on the planks; endow the building materials a new life.
- Operation and Interaction
- The low-profile coffee shop situated in the hustle and bustle city, which the shop owner expects to indicate the Danish living philosophy of "Hygge" into it that also echoes the brand concept, as well bring about a concise, comfy and heartwarming ambience. In here, attempt to embrace the essence of life, slow down and readjust yourself as for to own a comfy leisure time.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Oct. 2015 in Taichung City and finished in Jan. 2016.
- Specifications
- The design of the U-shaped bar that echoes the attitude of enjoying together towards to life. Then pay attention to the especially constructed platform loft is connected to the dining area on the second floor with the penetrating glass compartment as the transitional area. The seats here make a directional turning to cooperate the flow of the space. The oblique splice wood plates of the ceiling that add rich layering of vision.
- Keywords
- Hygge, Comfy, Recycled Material, High Ceiling, Sunlight
