Press Release
Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Goes to Miyajima Insurance Service Office by Shinya Nomiyama
The international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Shinya Nomiyama for interior space and exhibition design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ Miyajima Insurance Service Office by Shinya Nomiyama, designed for Miyajima Insurance Service, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. 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.
About Miyajima Insurance Service Office
The concept of the project is "to connect the office with the city" taking advantage of the environment. The site is located on the place where overviews the city. To achieve it tunnel shaped space are adopted,which goes through from the entrance gate to the end of the office space.The line of the ceiling wood and the black gap which is installed lights and air-conditioning fixtures emphasize the direction to the city.
About Shinya Nomiyama
Space Orchestra is one of start-up of design office in Japan. The design concept is to fuse function and beauty reasonably and give it a form. The philosophy is "in the “between”. It doesn’t mean it is halfway attitude. The real”personality”shouldn’t be landed on the place where some influential people gave, but should be taken off from the given place to where each individuals can find their “personality”, improving and fluctuating in between.Space Orchestra acts “find your colors between gray spot”
Award Record
This recognition makes Shinya Nomiyama 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/94877
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/94877
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!94877
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/224380
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.sakae-jutaku.com/example_shop/3214
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Miyajima Insurance Service Office
- Function
- Service Office
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Dim Gray, Sienna, Peru and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Miyajima Insurance Service
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Shinya Nomiyama
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #94877
Credits
- Team
- Shinya Nomiyama (Space Orchestra) and Sakae Jutaku
- Image Credits
- Image #1#2#3#4#5: Photographer Marie Yoshinaga, uruphoto
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The concept of the project is "to connect the office with the city" The concept is formed by making "tunnel" to the city taking advantage of the site environment, which is located on the place where they can see over the city. The detail of the doors, the black gap for installing air-condition fixtures and lightings are totally designed to make the vertical line to the city. Furthermore, the plant inside the office in hexagon table is to make "Japanese Shakkei"which means to take outside into inside. All detail is to achieve the concept.
- Inspiration
- The concept "to connect the office with the city" is proper to a local insurance supplying office. Because it is selling financial products which is needed the confidence of the local customer.
- Research
- The site is located on the hill which overviews the city.
- Challenge
- The site is located on the hill which overviews the city. It was consist of 3 areas, one of it had the different level in hight from the others. Two flat area was appropriate to build the architecture. The other which had the level gap area was appropriate for the car parking. The level gaped area was efficient as the approach for the visitors feeling and seeing the overview inside the office and city view. As the result, the office floor level and car parking area level became flat to emphasize the connection.
- Realization and Technology
- Major materials:wood,glass,steel,paint, red cedar, aluminium windows, plaster board,tile
- Operation and Interaction
- Visitors feel the connection with the city and transparency of office work through the tunnel space.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2018 and finished in October 2019, in Fukuoka, Japan
- Specifications
- Site area:609.76㎡ Building area:151.36㎡ Total floor area:151.36㎡
- Keywords
- office, interior, architecture, furniture, japan,office furniture, office space, decoration, interior design
