Press Release
Marugo Shinbashi Restaurant by Futoshi Masuda Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Futoshi Masuda acknowledged 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/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Marugo Shinbashi Restaurant by Futoshi Masuda, designed for The client's name is waltz. Margot is the name of waltz's bar business format.. The result belongs to 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Marugo Shinbashi Restaurant
Marugo Shinbashi is a wine bar and restaurant interior located on a busy street in Shinbashi, Tokyo. The circle of the Marugo brand sign is repeated through the interior to improve visibility and recall. A wine red tiled wall and a buttoned bench carry the circular motif, while colored copper plates of Takaoka copperware cover a full wall. Cube brick tile and mahogany wood complete the material palette. Indirect lighting was adjusted with a full-size mockup so that light reads clearly from each circle. The space covers 105 square meters.
Award Record
With this recognition, Futoshi Masuda is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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://desingers.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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/86840
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/86840
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!86840
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/250272
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://masterd.co.jp
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Marugo Shinbashi Restaurant
- Function
- Restaurant
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Black, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Maroon
- Images
- 5
- Client
- The client's name is waltz. Margot is the name of waltz's bar business format.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Futoshi Masuda
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #86840
Credits
- Team
- designed by Masterd co.,Ltd
- Image Credits
- Photographer/Nacása & Partners Inc. Kanno Kai
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This restaurant is a project that also incorporates the circle that constitutes the Margo logo into the interior. With a sense of openness and casualness of the wine bar,Masterd tried eye-catching and memorable devices. It is neither a sum nor the sea by using the red color of the counterback, the buttoned bench and the copper panel used for the elements of the ocean and the Takaoka copperware on the entire wall and combining Japanese materials Masterd think Masterd was able to make something that was not there.
- Inspiration
- It was planned to be a busy, crowded downtown area called the bridge Yanagi Dori. In order to convey the store's visibility and the business condition of the wine bar, Masterd incorporated the mark of restaurant sign circle into the wall of the wine red wall and the bench, and tried an eye-catching and memorable device.
- Research
- It was necessary to have both the eye-catching standout mechanism and the open feeling and casual feeling like a wine bar for the downtown street called Yanagi Dori.
- Challenge
- In order to make the light clear from the circle, a full-size mockup was made and the installation position of the indirect lighting was adjusted.
- Realization and Technology
- Colored copper plate of Takaoka copperware,wine red tile,Cube brick tile,Mahogany Wood,
- Operation and Interaction
- To improve visibility in miscellaneous areas called Shinbashi. To convey that the store being developed in Shinjuku has appeared in a new area. For the purpose mentioned above, ○ used in the brand sign was incorporated into the interior design.
- Project Duration and Location
- 3-13-4-1F Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
- Keywords
- Marugo,restaurant,bar,shinbashi,takaoka,masterd
