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Find Way Office by Lycent Lai Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Lycent Lai honored 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/ Find Way Office by Lycent Lai, designed for Lycent Design Studio, 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 decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Silver A' Design Award Explained

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.

Regarding Find Way Office

Find Way is an office interior design created for a health and beauty company headquarters in Shanghai. The project covers 412 square meters and follows a layout with a front reception area and working areas behind. The original straight wall lines of the building are retained, while added curves soften the plan. White and light wood tones meet gray floor tiles, natural stone and wood textures. The main hall combines reception, meeting and display functions. Chandeliers with brass brackets and turquoise blown glass spheres spread a warm light.

About Lycent Lai

Lycent Lai is a senior interior designer with more than ten years of experience, dedicated to providing overall delivery solutions for interior design. His business areas include high-quality residential, office display, Hotel clubs, urban renewal and other aspects. Focusing on interior design for more than 10 years, he has led many large-scale and high-complexity design projects, and won the unanimous praise of the industry with professional ability and rigorous attitude.

Award Record

With this recognition, Lycent Lai is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2019 - 2020 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

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

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Find Way Office
Function
Office
Category
Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors
Silver, Dark Gray, Lavender, Gray and Rosy Brown
Images
5
Client
Lycent Design Studio

The Recognition

Laureate
Lycent Lai
Country
China
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#96517

Credits

Image Credits
Photographer Fei Lin, Hall, 2018.; Photographer Fei Lin, Negotiation Area, 2018.; Photographer Fei Lin, Negotiation Area 2, 2018.; Photographer Fei Lin, Conference Room, 2018.; Photographer Fei Lin, Conference Room 2, 2018.

Design Details

Unique Properties
In the project of Xundu Health and Beauty Shanghai Headquarters, the designer balanced the modern business trend with exquisite artistic style and recalled the lost aesthetic feelings in the indifferent and alienated city. There is no conventional space structure, rigid and soft material matching, which makes people seek a surreal balance in the world. Let customers in the pursuit of external promotion at the same time, get inner peace and abundance.
Inspiration
In order to meet the needs of the company's overall operation, and at the same time to seek the satisfaction of multiple functions in the limited space, the designer has built the entire space into a layout mode of front store and back factory. He respects the original architectural structure features of the building. On the basis of retaining the original straight line of the wall, reversely makes some curves to fully meet the use function, while highlighting the unique and Personality.
Research
Under the premise of consumption upgrading, space experience is more and more like a kind of rigid demand. In order to emphasize the natural, healthy and modern atmosphere, the designer tries his best to get rid of the sharp edges and relatively strong modeling, set up the space relationship between the boxes in the high and low lattice, and provide the office space that can be flexibly combined and adjusted according to the use needs.
Challenge
One of the key points of the project design is to transform the abstract artistic expression into perceptible spatial language and increase the benefits for business operation. The reception center is adopted convergent layout, making the field more concise. It is not only a simple artistic expression, but also a resolution of the limitations of the original space.
Realization and Technology
From the entrance, the simple white and log color matching inside, the collision with the gray tiles on the ground, giving people a low-key luxury. Through natural stone and wood texture, the designer shows the change of the depth of the space and outlines the concise lines to create a balanced, harmonious and continuous flowing space environment.
Operation and Interaction
The numerous molecular chandeliers are arranged in the ceiling. The brass bracket and Turquoise blown glass ball diffuse the warm yellow halo. The shape is very creative and aesthetic, and the details are exquisite and exquisite. It lets people feel the extending, also makes the whole space clear-cut and warm.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in May 2018 in Shanghai and finished in August 2018 in Shanghai.
Specifications
The project covers a total of 412 square meters. As a space to maximize the expression of this case, the hall integrates multiple functions such as reception, conference, publicity, etc.
Keywords
Interior, Office, Commercial, Natural, Elegant, Cultural, Simple, Health and Beauty, Headquarters

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