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For the 2023 – 2024 design competition, there were 1642 Winners from 114 countries in 151 different design disciplines. Let’s have a look at a selection of the winners…
Tau Murano Small Table by Tulczinsky
Tau Murano was born from the long collaboration between Reflex and the masters who preserve the ancient traditions of Venetian glass art. It combines a coffee table and a decorative object, creating an elegant and nostalgic vibe that can be used to beautify any environment, without being restricted to a specific area of the house.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2023 – find out more here.
Photography by Marco Zorzanello
Spirito Table Lamp by Alexey Danilin
The stylized silhouette of the classic table lamp resembles a magic ball or cast. The lamp resembles a levitating object, its upper ceiling is filled with light, although wires or metal reinforcement do not lead to it. It also feels airy thanks to a transparent silhouette of blown glass.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2023 – find out more here.
Photography by Maytoni brand photographer Pavel Dunaev
Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng
Located by the Jialing River, this gymnasium achieves harmony, openness, and interaction with nature. The overall project is conceived as an earthscape, just like a picture scroll, while city and nature are merged, with the architecture and landscape combined creating a continuous spatial sequence formed along the waterfront.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2023 – find out more here.
Photography by Dong Liang and Zhang Hongge, RAWVISION studio.
Skyline Bay Community Center by Ye Liren
A community center whose exterior features silver-white aluminum plate and champagne gold perforated aluminum plate to simulate the flexible curve lines of the butterfly wings.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2023 – find out more here.
Photography by Shrimp Studio
Meland Club Indoor Playground by Li Xiang
The inspirational narrative of designer Li Xiang is about protecting endangered wildlife, utilizing abstract mechanical styles to recreate supernatural landscapes and vibrant colors and animal imagery, to conjure a revival of all living things, an animated and dynamic amusement journey.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by X+LIVING
Royal One Private Club House by Kris Lin
Inspired by the beauty of nature, water droplet art installations symbolize the flow of life, bringing vitality to the Royal One Private Club.
type of award winner info – find out more here.
Photography by Cheng Ming
Yinchuang Zhong Shu Ge Book Store by Masato Kure and Masashi Ota
This bookshop has intersecting shelves in mid-air transcends, creating a space where diverse ideas, cultures, and perspectives meet and influence each other.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Inter mountain
Formation 01 Bathroom Faucet by Samuel Ross
Combining dynamic gesture with advanced engineering, Formation 01 takes a familiar object and reimagines it as a functional sculpture in Kohler’s dynamic Neolast composite material.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Kohler Co.
Tender Soul of Ocean Lighting Installation by Whyixd
The artwork finds its inspiration in Keelung’s ocean, nestled along the serene northern coast of Taiwan. The installation’s lights adapt instantly to the wind’s strength and direction, unveiling the subtle shifts in the breeze.
Platinum A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Projects and Light Art Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Yu-Chen, Chao
Woyun Platform Public Building by Archermit
This public building in China features a white ‘bamboo forest’ at the bottom, which is the foundation of the ‘clouds’, while the “bamboo forest” on the ground floor is used as a rural living room.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Arch-Exist, Longmenshan Town
One Line Studio Architectural Office by Tim Politis
Inspired by the surrounding mountain peaks, the soaring elevation frames its natural setting composed of wetland vegetation, natural grasses, and woodlands. An interior atmosphere is delineated between a timber wall and a curtain of suspended glass, thinly veiling the threshold between inside and outside.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Jess Blackwell
CC House Residential Single Dwelling by Muhammed Naseem M
The site’s lush surroundings and dense vegetation inspired the design of this home, which has two C shapes that mirror each other, with a tree acting as the focal point.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Muhammed Naseem M
Flatiron Lamp by Mr Smith Studio
Flatiron is a collection of lamps characterized by a structure that is as essential as it is of great visual impact. Its design is a laser-cut metal sheet with a single fold.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by MrSmith Studio
Bangkok Pendant Lamp by Alexey Danilin
Since the tiered design of Thai architecture was taken as the basis of the shape, the lamps have been designed with two or three glass elements. LED boards covered with matte diffusers were used at the top and bottom in order to create diffuse soft lighting.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Maytoni brand photographer Pavel Dunaev
Artifact Bar by Nelson Chow
Artifact is a speakeasy bar hidden behind a secret passage inside BaseHall, Hong Kong’s newest dining destination and luxury food hall in the heart of Central. The interior is inspired by the rhythm and repetition of surreal geometry and the serene atmospheres found in underground cistern.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Common Studio
Infinite Bloom Public Art by Kuo-Hsiang Kuo
This sculpture was created for the headquarters of a professional precision metal processing company. The 10-meter-tall stainless steel sculpture serves as a powerful symbol of the company’s core values and vision, while also contributing to the aesthetic appeal of the green square.
Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Kuo,Kuo-Hsiang
Royan Sofa by Esmail Ghadrdani
The Royan sofa is inspired by the letters of the Nasta’liq calligraphy. The unique curves and forms of this style have made it visually pleasing and can be used for sitting on both sides or around it. It also has space for placing books and flowers, providing a unique experience for the user.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Esmail Ghadrdani
Cenear Bench by Christine Xiang
The tea garden, with its curves and evocative history, served as the initial inspiration for the Cenear Bench. It has been designed to encourage conversation among users, with its defining feature being the implementation of two differently shaped cushions attached to the wooden frame, providing options for individualized seating preferences.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Yugong Luo
Spidique Chair by Siqi Yang
Spidique is a chair manufactured using 3D printing technology. Its shape calculation and design were carried out using the Ameba software, which employs the BESO (Bidirectional Evolutionary Structural Optimization) algorithm for topological optimization.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Yang Siqi
Sound Wave Pendant Lamp by Alexey Danilin
The design of this lamp was the silhouette of the sound wave of the work of Claude Debussy, the composer and innovator, and one of the founders of modernism in music.
Silver A’ Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category – find out more here.
Photography by Maytoni brand photographer Pavel Dunaev
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