The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial by Marty Chou

The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial by Marty Chou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

FerroInterior· 2020

The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial

by Marty Chou

Client: Ms. Lee

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial

The Mermaid's é um projeto de design de interiores residencial para um apartamento de 90 metros quadrados em Taiwan. O espaço é concebido como uma galeria para as coleções do proprietário, em vez de uma casa convencional. Uma figura de sereia de uma nova coleção tornou-se o tema central, definindo a paleta semi-monocromática e a atmosfera serena. As molduras clássicas são utilizadas como ferramenta de design. As linhas verticais fazem o espaço parecer mais alto e ocultam as portas dos quartos e os armários de armazenamento. As funções cotidianas ficam escondidas para manter a visão simples. O mobiliário é selecionado pelo contraste entre formas retas e curvas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, The Mermaid's Design de Interiores Residencial merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: During the design, came a new collection - a little Mermaid. Her serene quality caught me and my mind started to evolve around her. She became the focal point and anchor of the space, the tone of the ambiance, and the source of the semi-monochrome palette.

In the end, the entire space is the extend-dimension of this fantastical creature. She is the soul of this space; the soul that reflect the essence of the elegant lady.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior space is 90 square-meter.
Tags: Interior design, Home Gallery, Modern Classic, Minimalism, monochrome space, monochrome palette, Taiwan
Production Technology: The classical molding here is used not merely as decoration but more as a design tool. Its vertically stretching quality makes the space appears to be higher than it actually is. It also hides away the doors of rooms and storage cabinets, unified and simplified the visual elements, and create a sense of serenity and calmness for the space.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of this project is about finding balance, mainly between practicality and fantasy, decorative and minimal, classical and modern.
Research: This project is an experiment of utilizing the owner's collection not merely as ornament, but to be the main concept and inspiration of the space. And also, to incorporate the owner's fascination of classical molding into contemporary design.
Inspiration: In the beginning, the owner of this apartment, an elegant and beautiful lady, told me that she would like to live in a place, where its ambiance is ambiguous, less like a home, more like a sanctuary in dream, in which she could be isolated and indulged with her on-going collections in this timeless, sacred space.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2017 in Taiwan and finished in June 2018.
Operation Flow: To respond to the owner's wish to live in a not-home-like place, I conceive the entire space as a gallery of her collections and display of her taste. Daily function and storage are hidden away to create a sense of optimal airy-ness, so the eyes only see the most essentials. Furniture selection focuses on the quality of contrast between straight and curve, thick and thin, light and heavy, as they are displayed sculptural pieces. As for the Mermaid, its elements are used throughout the entire space; the choice of materials, the fabrics, and colors, are all inspired by her.
Image Credits: Photo Credit: Kyle Yu Photo Studio