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For the 2022 – 2023 design competition, there were 1884 Winners from 114 countries in 139 different design disciplines. Let’s have a look at a selection of the winners…
Eureka Lounge Chair by Beijing Yeak Tech Co. Ltd.
Inspired by the smallest Enneper in nature, the Eureka Lounge Chair is stable with a sense of flow. The unique colorful dots changes the visual with the viewing angle echoing the flow effect of the curved chair.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Beijing Yeak Tech Co. Ltd.
Maitreya Dharma Hall On Abandoned Mine by Guanghai Cui
Located on the site of an abandoned quarry, the Maitreya Dharma Hall has a single-shelled glass roof covering the colossal space, while a vertical structural element is inserted in the center for vertical ventilation, equipment, and structural reasons, connecting the ground and the roof space.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Guanghai Cui
Tension Instrument Concert Hall by Lihan Jin
The Tension Instrument Concert Hall is an orchestration of walls, balconies, and acoustic panels, which are developed from a unique architectural prototype by different scales and tectonics.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Image by Lihan Jin
Chopstikbench by Pin Ning Huang, Mhyca Hsu and Shu Hsuan Peng
The Chopstikbench is made from 37,800 pairs of chopsticks that were recycled from a night market in Taiwan. Every single piece of chopstick was intertwined and glued with non-toxic adhesive before the piece was CNC machined into the final shape.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Mhyca Hsu,New Life
Double Barn House by Katarzyna Starzyk
Double Barn is a designer house, but at the same time is durable and timeless, as it is firmly rooted in local tradition and adapted to the context of nature.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Piotr Krajewski
Honey Drop Lighting by Akira Nakagomi
The Honey Drop Lighting is designed with a blown-glass container that’s filled with honey and corked with a cork. The base is made of wood and has a rechargeable LED inside.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Takanori Urata
Kunming Zhonghaihui Delhi Garden Sales Department by Du Wenbiao
The design team imagines the sales department as a floating island with a sea of dreamy flowers, forming a huge and eternal organism.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Yanming Photos
Water Ripples Chair by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo
The Water Ripples chair presents the image of the condensed state of ripples flowing up and down, just like the frozen water surface, bringing users an interesting and novel atmosphere.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Kuo-Hsiang
Norm Air Hotel by Hayato Ishii
The hotel is designed around the theme of chill and art. In this age of information overload, this is a place where you can feel the luxury of being surrounded by nature, doing nothing, and being fulfilled just by being in this place.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Hayato Ishii
Vicutu Concept Flagship Store by Antistatics Architecture
Similar to the nature of tailoring flat fabrics into three-dimensional garments, the construction of the facade comes from an innovative fabrication process of bending and flexing aluminum sheets into doubly curved geometries.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by UK Studio, AntiStatics
Fuwa Fuwa Dessert Cafe by Ryan Chung
Visitors to this cafe are greeted by the soft curve and bright yellow of the high canopy. It frames the modern temple-like structure below. Light emanates from it, bringing light to all corners of the space.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Scott Norsworthy
Coralarc Installation Art by Shih Yuan Wang and Yu-Ting Sheng
This work transforms the rules of coral growth into organic modeling by computer, and deeply studies the rules of coral tiny cells pushing, copying, and growing with each other, and slowly forms a beautiful shape of an organic curved surface over time, and records the generated slices in each process.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by FIXER Photographic Studio
Mua Lau Lounge Chair by Ching Cheng Chang and Xu Da Zzan
The Mau Lau Lounge Chair is woven using traditional bamboo weaving techniques, using only 12 long bamboo strips to achieve the required size, and is named after a traditional Taiwanese snack that is crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by CHING CHENG CHANG | Model: Chen Zhiyu
Berliner Multifunctional Pouf by Tugce Sonmez Evin
Berliner is a large round pouf with a solid wood container unit in the middle. It’s designed to store and display magazines, books, etc. in a practical and appealing way.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Tugce Sonmez Evin
The Circus Vacation House by Hitoshi Saruta – Cubo Design Architect
Inspired by a circus tent, the simple but bold structure is made up of a large 24-sided volume and an independent volume inside shaped like a large, round table that forms the second story.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Koji Fujii / TOREAL
Dance with Life Public Art by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo
Inspired by the infinity symbol, Dance with Life is made of stainless steel, with a metal surface including three kinds of textures, such as mirror polishing, grinding, and titanium plating.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
109 Pro Headphone by Meze Audio
The 109 Pro Headphone has a self-adjusting headband that spreads the weight out to deliver even pressure for any head shape and size. Velour cushions comfortably surround the ears, providing the optimal seal to create an emotionally engaging sound.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Audio and Sound Equipment Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Meze Audio
Bamboo Mountains River and Moon Wedding Scene by Wei Zhang
Inspiration for this wedding environment comes from China’s top ten famous paintings “A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains”. As a wedding ceremony area, the structure has a bamboo mountain background, a turquoise full moon stage, a complete space installation formed by bamboo pieces installed on the river, and a small bamboo bridge, with a height of about 3.5 meters.
A’ Design Award Winner for Event and Happening Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by XIAOMAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Sakura Cup by Takanori Urata
The design inspiration comes from wrapping with both hands. Its unique shape expresses the love for natural resources, and when using the cup to drink something and it being close to your mouth, the soft wooden scent flows in the air.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware and Cookware Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Takanori Urata
Disco Oven Pizza Oven by Mark Cresswell
The Disco Ball Outdoor Wood Oven is an object of beauty and function. Its design includes a 360-degree rotating sphere, with over 34,000 hand-fitted mirrors and a traditional stone core oven with a cordierite cooking base.
Bronze A’ Design Award Winner for Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design Category in 2022 – find out more here.
Photography by Mark Cresswell
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