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The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning by Marty Chou

The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning by Marty Chou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Järn in Interiör- och Utställningsdesign Competition Category.


JärnInteriör· 2020

The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning

by Marty Chou

Client: Ms. Lee

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Interiör Category

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The Design

About The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning

Book Text: The Mermaid's är en bostadsinredning för en lägenhet på 90 kvadratmeter i Taiwan. Utrymmet är utformat som ett galleri för ägarens samlingar snarare än som ett konventionellt hem. En sjöjungfrufigur från en ny kollektion blev det centrala temat och satte den halvmonokroma paletten och den lugna atmosfären. Klassiska lister används som ett designverktyg. De vertikala linjerna får rummet att verka högre och döljer samtidigt rumsdörrar och förvaringsskåp. Vardagliga funktioner är dolda för att hålla uttrycket rent och enkelt. Möblerna är utvalda för att skapa kontrast mellan raka och böjda former.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. The Mermaid's Bostadsinredning respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

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

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