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Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners
Book of life will open,  | International Design Awards Winners

Book of life will open

Lead DesignersRyan Kuo
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
Entry Description

In traditional China, there is a common paean: "A book holds a house of gold, a book holds a fair lady". To be more traditionally Western, many would claim that “I read, therefore I am.”

For this project, the owner is a professor. He is also an avid. Reflecting the importance of books in both his professional and personal life, we placed books at the center of the design concept for the house. We want to build a scholarly but comfortable atmosphere. The core colors of reading, black, gray and white, dominate the design, while natural wood colors harken back to traditional libraries while hinting at scrolls and book covers.

Book lovers talk about the smell of a new book, about the excitement that comes from creasing the book to protect the binding. The eagerness and promise of the coming read. Knowing how intimately bibliophiles examine books, the design incorporates all of the aspects of the physical object. The core shape, a rectangle, can be found repeatedly. The spine of the book, the foundation of the structure, can be found in the chandelier for the eating space. Books are not only 90 degree angles – they contain curves as well. The curves and arches in this space are the same as found in an open book.

Open a book, and you are drawn into the pages found there. As you turn the pages, you see different angles as light is refracted. The paper page can be found throughout the design. Light through the windows streams through as if through paper. The translucent screens recreate this effect as do the lamps and different layers of light in the master bedroom. The side of the chandelier and the curtains both reflect the look of a closed book. Paper, of course, can be folded. This usage of paper to create art is traditional in Asian culture. To create modern feeling furniture, while maintaining the book theme, we used shapes that felt like folded paper. The television stand, the dining table, the coffee table legs and many other aspects of the furniture use this design approach.

Bio

Three main appeals: Comfort, Energy, Environment

Design focused on the overlap between "sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell" ─ the five senses of life.

Ryan Kuo’s designs have won many international awards such as the Andrew Martin International Interior Design Award; Golden Award from France IDS•La Créativité Pierre International Green Space Category; Golden Award from US IDA International Design Awards of INTERIOR DESIGN-RESIDENTIAL (the first designer from Taiwan to win this prize); Germany IF Design Award; The American Architecture Prize Winner; The Italy A’ Design Award;

Awards and Prize

2019 GOOD DESIGN AWARD
2019 The Architecture MasterPrize/2019 winner
2019 MUSE Design Awards/GOLD Winner
2019 THE TID GOLD AWARD
2019 Golden Pin Design Award/The Best
2018 APDC*IDA/2018 winner
2018 APDC*IDA Design Excellence Awards/Energy-saving Building–Residential
2018 APDC*IDA Design Excellence Awards/Residential–Renovation
2018 APDC*IDA Design Excellence Awards/Residential–Interior Conceptual space
2018 Hurun Report: Respected Chinese Designer
2018 The 8th CHINA INTERNATIONAL SPACE DESIGN COMPETITION/CHINA BUILDING DECORATION DESIGN AWARD/Golden Prize
2018 The 13th Golden Bund Award
2017 The American Architecture Prize Winner
2017 INSIDE World Festival of Interiors-Residential 2017 Finalists
2016 CHINA INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS/GOOD DESIGN OF THE YEAR APARTMENT
2016 Asia Interior Design Award/Best Innovation Award
2016 Asia International Interior Design Award-Golden Prize
2016 iF DESIGN AWARD
2015 Annual Cover of ” INTERIOR DESIGN” magazine
2015 Andrew Martin International Interior Design Awards
2015 IDS La Créativité Pierre-Green Space Category -Golden Prize
2015 The TID Award of Residential Space
2015 Golden Pin Design Award
2015 APDC Asia Pacific Interior Design Award
2014 Italy A’Design Awards-Commercial Space
2014 International Space Environment Art Design Competition-Nest Awards-Golden Prize
2014 International Space Environment Art Design Competition-Nest Awards–Excellence Apartment Design
2014 International Space Environment Art Design Competition-Nest Awards –Excellence Villa Space
2014 CIID Interior Design China Award-The Best Material to Use-Golden Award
2014 CIID Interior Design China Award-Residential-Excellence Award
2014 The TID Award of Working Space
2014 TdA Taiwan Design Alliance-Beneficence Design
2014 Successful Design Awards/Successful Green Design of the Year
2013 International Green Home/Best Green Space/Best Creative Award
2009 iF DESIGN AWARD