Sky Design Awards × Merci 2027 · Call for Entries

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Submit and pay by 30 November 2026 to secure the Early Bird rate; project files may be uploaded by 15 January 2027. Every shortlisted project receives its own press release, certificate, official logo, jury evaluation and a permanent Sky Knowledge Record (SKR) number.

7 November 2026 · ANA InterContinental Tokyo

Awards Ceremony 2026

Designers, judges and guests gathered at Prominence Hall to celebrate 88 shortlisted projects and announce the 2026 winners.

Shortlisted designers, winners, judges and guests at the Sky Design Awards 2026 ceremony
Shortlisted designers, winners, judges and guests at the close of the ceremony.

Merci × Sky Design Awards 2026

The 2026 Winners

Announced on 7 November 2026 at the ANA InterContinental Tokyo. From 88 shortlisted projects across eight categories, the jury awarded 16 Gold, 14 Silver and 12 Bronze, named 9 projects The New Black, and Stellar Works selected one Special Prize.

GoldSilverBronzeThe New Black
01

Architecture

Presented by Jing Liu

AMAMI HOUSE, SAKAI ARCHITECTS
Gold

AMAMI HOUSE

SAKAI ARCHITECTS

Kazunori Sakai

SKR-2026-000048

Lost Villa Huanglong Island Lighthouse Hotel, WJ STUDIO
Silver

Lost Villa Huanglong Island Lighthouse Hotel

WJ STUDIO

Hu Zhile

SKR-2026-000036

ESR Yokohama Sachiura DC3 R:Lounge – Facade, TAKATO TAMAGAMI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Ltd
Bronze

ESR Yokohama Sachiura DC3 R:Lounge – Facade

TAKATO TAMAGAMI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Ltd

Takato Tamagami

SKR-2026-000051

02

Interior — Commercial, Office, Institution & Public

Presented by Daisuke Hironaka

Commercial and Office

Rose Gallery, WJ STUDIO
Gold

Rose Gallery

WJ STUDIO

Zhile Hu

SKR-2026-000027

ABE galerie TOKYO, ODS, Oniki Design Studio
Silver

ABE galerie TOKYO

ODS, Oniki Design Studio

Koichiro Oniki

SKR-2026-000017

GRAND GREEN OSAKA, NOMURA Co.,Ltd
Bronze

GRAND GREEN OSAKA

NOMURA Co.,Ltd

Yuka Kurachi

SKR-2026-000080

ASOOM Shimbashi, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
The New Black

ASOOM Shimbashi

KOKUYO Co., Ltd.

Lin Su

SKR-2026-000072

Institution

CREVA OKUMA – KUMA SUN TERRACE, FIELD FOUR DESIGN OFFICE
Gold

CREVA OKUMA – KUMA SUN TERRACE

FIELD FOUR DESIGN OFFICE

Sakaguchi Kei

SKR-2026-000039

BANDAI HOBBY CENTER PLAMO DESIGN INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM, CIC, NOMURA Co., Ltd
Silver

BANDAI HOBBY CENTER PLAMO DESIGN INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM

CIC, NOMURA Co., Ltd

Shinsuke Uesugi

SKR-2026-000019

Pure Semicircles, KTX archiLAB
Bronze

Pure Semicircles

KTX archiLAB

Tetsuya Matsumoto

SKR-2026-000060

Transportation & Hub

Fukuoka International Airport, SEMBA Corporation
Gold

Fukuoka International Airport

SEMBA Corporation

Satsuki Yoshizumi

SKR-2026-000044

03

Interior — Retail Design

Presented by Peggy Lui

HAKUSAN MEGANE SHANGHAI, Each Design
Gold

HAKUSAN MEGANE SHANGHAI

Each Design

Suliuyi Li

SKR-2026-000023

Healing Pets, Informal Design
Silver

Healing Pets

Informal Design

SKR-2026-000062

Ambientec Gallery Tokyo, ODS, Oniki Design Studio
Bronze

Ambientec Gallery Tokyo

ODS, Oniki Design Studio

Koichiro Oniki

SKR-2026-000022

UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE HARAJUKU, SPACE CO.,LTD
Bronze

UNIVERSAL MUSIC STORE HARAJUKU

SPACE CO.,LTD

Takashi Ichikawa

SKR-2026-000043

PETSROCK, Falab
The New Black

PETSROCK

Falab

Jing Liu

SKR-2026-000025

DAIKYO ANABUKIFUDOSAN Banchō Residence Salon, SPACE CO.,LTD
The New Black

DAIKYO ANABUKIFUDOSAN Banchō Residence Salon

SPACE CO.,LTD

Daiki Mishima

SKR-2026-000049

04

Interior — Bar, Restaurant, Café & Tearoom

Presented by Daisuke Hironaka

Bar & Restaurant

The SAKAI Tokyo, KTX archiLAB
Gold

The SAKAI Tokyo

KTX archiLAB

Tetsuya Matsumoto

SKR-2026-000061

ESPRIT C. KEI GINZA, A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd
Silver

ESPRIT C. KEI GINZA

A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd

Hironori Takeuchi

SKR-2026-000001

ST LOUIS BAR by KEI, A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd
Bronze

ST LOUIS BAR by KEI

A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd

Hironori Takeuchi

SKR-2026-000074

salon du vin ivresse, MIGIRI Design LLC
The New Black

salon du vin ivresse

MIGIRI Design LLC

Yuki Miyake

SKR-2026-000067

Cafe & Tearoom

% Arabica Egypt Cairo Roastery, no.10, NOMURA Co., Ltd
Gold

% Arabica Egypt Cairo Roastery

no.10, NOMURA Co., Ltd

Shohei Suzuki

SKR-2026-000077

L’hirondelle, hiro nakata atelier
Silver

L’hirondelle

hiro nakata atelier

Hirotaka Nakata

SKR-2026-000002

Grid Coffee in Sanyuanli Market, B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
The New Black

Grid Coffee in Sanyuanli Market

B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio

Shuhei Aoyama

SKR-2026-000041

05

Interior — Residential

Presented by Peggy Lui

Lakeside Villa, WJ STUDIO
Gold

Lakeside Villa

WJ STUDIO

Hu Zhile

SKR-2026-000037

Urban House in Tokyo, RON DESIGN Articious Co., Ltd
Silver

Urban House in Tokyo

RON DESIGN Articious Co., Ltd

Ryoko Ogoshi

SKR-2026-000054

Volumetric Fluidity, in Him’s interior design
Bronze

Volumetric Fluidity

in Him’s interior design

Samuel Lam

SKR-2026-000011

Park Homes Shijo Kawaramachi, Mitsui Designtec Co., Ltd
The New Black

Park Homes Shijo Kawaramachi

Mitsui Designtec Co., Ltd

Makiko Ito

SKR-2026-000068

06

Interior — Hotel & Resort

Presented by Jing Liu

SUMIHEI TAIZA AWAI-CLUB SHIROSHIMA VILLA, supermaniac inc
Gold

SUMIHEI TAIZA AWAI-CLUB SHIROSHIMA VILLA

supermaniac inc

Akitoshi Imafuku

SKR-2026-000059

OMO5 Hakodate by Hoshino Resorts, fan Inc
Silver

OMO5 Hakodate by Hoshino Resorts

fan Inc

Fumihiko Fujii

SKR-2026-000014

RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka, Vignette Collection, RENS. NOMURA Co., Ltd.
Bronze

RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka, Vignette Collection

RENS. NOMURA Co., Ltd.

Nanako Kikuchi

SKR-2026-000078

The Yard Hotel Shanghai, Haptic Elemental Research Office : HERO
The New Black

The Yard Hotel Shanghai

Haptic Elemental Research Office : HERO

Romeo Ming Fung Chang

SKR-2026-000004

07

Interior — Lighting, Leisure, Wellness & Special Projects

Presented by Peggy Lui

Clubhouse

The Timber Afterlight Lounge, OFT
Gold

The Timber Afterlight Lounge

OFT

OFT

SKR-2026-000010

Sienna One Sales Gallery and Clubhouse, ARTTA Concept Studio
Silver

Sienna One Sales Gallery and Clubhouse

ARTTA Concept Studio

Bela Tse

SKR-2026-000013

Club Anonymous, Adapa Architects Limited
Bronze

Club Anonymous

Adapa Architects Limited

Ada Leung

SKR-2026-000063

Green & Sustainable Design

Kawayu Midoriya, Mitsui Designtec Co., Ltd
Gold

Kawayu Midoriya

Mitsui Designtec Co., Ltd

Eiko Tanaka

SKR-2026-000005

Leisure and Wellness

Gifu-Jo Rakuichi, SEMBA Corporation
Gold

Gifu-Jo Rakuichi

SEMBA Corporation

Satsuki Yoshizumi

SKR-2026-000045

La villa Hiro-o, Old Kan Inc
Silver

La villa Hiro-o

Old Kan Inc

Shohei Urata

SKR-2026-000038

GORAKADAN FUJI GOLF, A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd
The New Black

GORAKADAN FUJI GOLF

A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd

Hiroki Yasuda

SKR-2026-000076

Lighting Design

Yamato Headquarters Building A, Building B, NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD – KAJIMA DESIGN
Gold

Yamato Headquarters Building A, Building B

NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD – KAJIMA DESIGN

Yukihiro Imamura

SKR-2026-000056

YAMAHA MUSIC YOKOHAMA MINATOMIRAI, LCR, KOIZUMI Lighting Technology Corp
Silver

YAMAHA MUSIC YOKOHAMA MINATOMIRAI

LCR, KOIZUMI Lighting Technology Corp

Ayato Hamada

SKR-2026-000058

NANEI Nishiki Building, MR STUDIO Co.,Ltd
Bronze

NANEI Nishiki Building

MR STUDIO Co.,Ltd

Nobuaki Miyashita

SKR-2026-000026

Others

THE DINING by KAMAGAYA BATH CLINIC, JOKE Inc
Gold

THE DINING by KAMAGAYA BATH CLINIC

JOKE Inc

Riki Watanabe

SKR-2026-000012

REXON SPACE, ByoArc Studio
Silver

REXON SPACE

ByoArc Studio

Yuan Jiang

SKR-2026-000015

Gateway Studio, KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
The New Black

Gateway Studio

KOKUYO Co., Ltd.

Manami Oka

SKR-2026-000086

08

Product & Visual Communication Design

Presented by Daisuke Hironaka

Product Design

CAPELLAMORPH, SOL style
Gold

CAPELLAMORPH

SOL style

Kemmotsu Yoshimi / Ito Yu

SKR-2026-000028

HIKU by OFT x UNION, OFT Studio – UNION Japan
Silver

HIKU by OFT x UNION

OFT Studio – UNION Japan

OFT

SKR-2026-000009

Sou, soell inc
Bronze

Sou

soell inc

Tomoki Doi

SKR-2026-000024

Visual Communication Design

Panasonic Group Pavilion The Land of NOMO, NOMURA Co., Ltd
Gold

Panasonic Group Pavilion The Land of NOMO

NOMURA Co., Ltd

Kiyotaka Tanii

SKR-2026-000020

Signature Pavilion “Earth Mart” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, nora,NOMURA Co.,Ltd
Silver

Signature Pavilion “Earth Mart” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

nora,NOMURA Co.,Ltd

Ryo Onishi

SKR-2026-000088

Higeta Building, MR STUDIO Co.,Ltd
Bronze

Higeta Building

MR STUDIO Co.,Ltd

Nobuaki Miyashita

SKR-2026-000033

★

Stellar Works Special Prize

Selected by Daisuke Hironaka, CEO, Stellar Works

RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka, Vignette Collection, RENS. NOMURA Co., Ltd.
Special Prize

RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka, Vignette Collection

RENS. NOMURA Co., Ltd.

Ryutaro Matsuura · Founder & Creative Director, RENS

SKR-2026-000078

Every shortlisted and winning project holds a permanent Sky Knowledge Record (SKR) number. Congratulations to all 88 shortlisted designers and to every winner.


Collaborations / Furniture
Sky Design Awards × Stellar Works × Masterd

AIDA
The Space Between

Interior and spatial designers shape how people live, gather and experience a place. This collaboration creates an opportunity for that understanding to inform the furniture people use every day. Peggy Lui, founder of Sky Design Awards and editor-in-chief of Merci Magazine, initiated the project through conversations with Stellar Works CEO Daisuke Hironaka about opening new avenues for designers through industry partnerships. With Stellar Works’ support and sponsorship, Masterd’s Futoshi Masuda could explore his ideas through a furniture prototype, bringing his approach to space into closer contact with the body and everyday life.

Meet Futoshi Masuda, Daisuke Hironaka and Peggy Lui ↓
AIDA in an interior setting. Visual supplied for the collaboration.
01

The idea behind the collaboration

Peggy Lui, founder of Sky Design Awards and editor-in-chief of Merci Magazine, developed the project through discussions with Daisuke Hironaka, CEO of Stellar Works. Both recognised that interior and spatial designers offer valuable perspectives on furniture design, and that connecting these professionals with industry expertise would create new opportunities for collaboration.

Interior designers engage deeply with how people move, gather and inhabit spaces. Furniture offers a way to apply this understanding at the scale of the body, introducing new possibilities for materials, construction and use. Peggy saw an opportunity to connect these designers with industry partners who could help them put their ideas into practice.

Stellar Works’ support and sponsorship provided a practical foundation for the initiative, enabling the development of a furniture prototype. After Masterd received recognition at the Sky Design Awards 2025, Hironaka, who also served as an awards judge, selected the studio for the collaboration. Futoshi Masuda’s AIDA concept brings his spatial approach into dialogue with the company’s engineering and manufacturing expertise.

This initiative establishes a practical pathway from interior design into new forms of collaboration. Through prototype development, designers engage with a wider range of specialists and explore how their concepts can be realised with manufacturers, institutions and project partners. AIDA embodies this ambition.

People / Collaboration

The people behind the collaboration

Futoshi Masuda
Futoshi Masuda
Founder, Masterd
Designer of AIDA

With AIDA, I am interested in the relationship between a person, a chair and the space around them. The open frame creates a boundary while leaving a connection to the surrounding interior. Developing the concept with Stellar Works offers a way to explore how that intention can be carried into the structure, materials and experience of sitting.

Daisuke Hironaka
Daisuke Hironaka
CEO, Stellar Works
Sky Design Awards judge

For Daisuke Hironaka, furniture contributes to how people feel, interact and inhabit a space. His approach centres on omotenashi, the Japanese spirit of thoughtful hospitality, with comfort and care expressed through materials, craftsmanship and atmosphere. He sees contemporary manufacturing and skilled handwork as complementary ways to bring that thinking into everyday use.

The collaboration with Masterd offers a setting in which to explore these principles through Masuda’s spatial perspective, developing AIDA’s form alongside the practical demands of making.

Peggy Lui
Peggy Lui
Founder, Sky Design Awards
Editor-in-Chief, Merci Magazine

I wanted to create more opportunities for interior and spatial designers to develop ideas beyond their usual commissions. In conversations with Daisuke Hironaka, we saw the potential to connect that experience with furniture making. Stellar Works’ support gives this idea a practical starting point: a prototype through which a designer can explore new possibilities with an industry partner.

02

Futoshi Masuda & Masterd

Founded in Tokyo in 2016 by Futoshi Masuda, Masterd works with the materials and techniques through which Japanese culture takes physical form. Masuda graduated from Osaka University of Arts in 2004 and gained experience at a major interior design and construction firm and an interior design studio before establishing his own practice.

The studio explores how natural materials embody the history of a place, reflect craftsmanship and evolve over time. Since completing TACUBO SHIROKANEDAI in 2024, Masuda has placed greater emphasis on incorporating earth and other natural materials into his projects. For Masterd, interior design involves bringing these traditions into contemporary contexts, allowing spaces to gain character through use.

AIDA carries this philosophy forward, exploring the nuanced ways individuals relate to furniture. Its design leaves room for different postures and activities, from sitting and leaning to pausing and observing.

The full form: a rounded seat held within an open contour.
The detail: the relationship between the seat, frame and surrounding space.
03

AIDA: an open boundary

In his concept for AIDA, Masuda draws on a Japanese appreciation of shadow, ambiguity and the interval known as ma. He refers to Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows as a point of departure, considering how an object can be perceived through the shadow and presence it leaves within a space.

The frame forms an open circle, uniting the functions of arm, back and structure in a single gesture to create a gentle boundary around the sitter. This openness is central to the concept, as the chair supports the sitter while preserving a connection to the surrounding space.

Masuda sees AIDA as an invitation to movement and reflection, allowing each person to settle into a posture that suits the moment or activity. The chair’s rounded upholstered seat and slender outline balance a substantial place to sit with a sense of openness, complementing the surrounding interior without imposing on it.

04

Stellar Works: from spatial vision to furniture

Stellar Works unites Japanese sensibility, an international design culture and an integrated manufacturing base in Shanghai. Its distinctive strength comes from the close connection between these elements: designers collaborate directly with in-house technical and manufacturing teams, allowing the essential character of an idea to guide production decisions.

The company combines skilled handcraft with modern production technology across timber, metal, upholstery and surface finishing. Bringing these capabilities together allows the team to develop a piece as a whole, with its structure, proportions, tactile qualities and finishes considered in relation to one another. Materials and construction are refined to balance comfort, durability and production cost while preserving the details that give a design its identity.

This expertise supports three ways of working. Established collections offer resolved designs that can be specified for different interiors. Customisation allows upholstery, finishes, dimensions or configurations to be adapted, subject to technical review. Bespoke development starts with a project’s drawings and material requirements, then moves through engineering, samples and prototypes to production. Interior designers can therefore work with Stellar Works at different scales, from adapting an existing piece to developing furniture particular to a space.

Stellar Works develops furniture with designers including Neri&Hu, Space Copenhagen, Yabu Pushelberg, Keiji Ashizawa Design and Alessandro Munge. These collaborations bring different approaches to proportion, materials and spatial experience into a manufacturing framework that supports both established collections and bespoke development.

That breadth is evident across projects in different cities. At The Paramount Club in New York, established collections sit alongside bespoke pieces to support work, dining and social life. Raffles Sentosa Singapore demonstrates the company’s capabilities across bespoke case goods, millwork and upholstered seating. At Sakura Bar in Osaka, the Bund collection by Neri&Hu and Marea by Alessandro Munge contribute distinct characters to an intimate hospitality setting. Together, these projects show how Stellar Works can respond to a designer’s individual perspective and the practical requirements of a particular interior.

For AIDA, this makes Stellar Works a partner in translating Masuda’s spatial thinking into furniture. The open frame and rounded seat establish the design’s character; engineering must resolve how they connect, support the body and retain their proportions. Direct dialogue with the people responsible for making helps refine those decisions through samples and prototypes, keeping the original intention present as the design develops.

Furniture considered as part of a spatial experience.
05

From intent to prototype

The collaboration is organised around five stages, set out in the Stellar Works booklet. Each stage focuses on a different question, from what to preserve in the design to how to review the resulting prototype.

01
Selection
Identify the recognised design practice and set the direction of the collaboration.
02
Design intent
Clarify use, experience and the essential idea to preserve.
03
Engineering
Resolve structure, materials, making processes and commercial considerations.
04
Prototype review
Build, test and refine against agreed creative and production standards.
05
Exposure
Present and promote the prototype once it meets the agreed standards.
06

Where the collaboration could lead

AIDA’s potential lies in carrying a way of thinking about interiors into an object that can enter different spaces. A residential sitting area, a hotel lounge or a setting for conversation could each offer a different context for its open form. These are possible directions for the design, with suitability to be established through development and testing.

The broader opportunity is to open further collaborations for designers whose principal work is in interiors and spaces. Working with a manufacturer introduces new specialists, methods and production knowledge, while partnerships with other organisations could create further settings in which to develop and apply that expertise. AIDA provides a practical example of this exchange. Any future collection or project application would depend on the outcome of the development work.

For Merci, the collaboration connects design, art, people and cities through a concrete act of making. Masuda’s attention to shadow and interval gives the chair its cultural and sculptural vocabulary. Engineering brings that vocabulary into contact with the body and everyday use. The connection between Tokyo’s design practice and Shanghai’s manufacturing expertise opens a route for a local sensibility to find a place in interiors elsewhere.

A botanical study within the open form.
A chair, and the space
that forms around it.
07

Recognition, carried forward

Initiated by Peggy Lui through Sky Design Awards and Merci Magazine, and made possible by Stellar Works’ support and sponsorship, the collaboration gives Masterd a setting in which to develop its spatial thinking through furniture. Its wider purpose is to create more opportunities for designers to work across disciplines and with new partners, building practical experience through the process of making.

Project credits
ProjectAIDA
Initiated byPeggy Lui / Sky Design Awards & Merci Magazine
DesignFutoshi Masuda / Masterd Co., Ltd.
Support & sponsorshipStellar Works
CollaborationSky Design Awards × Stellar Works × Masterd
DevelopmentFurniture prototype collaboration
VisualsSupplied project visuals
Initiated bySky Design Awards
Published bymerci
Support & sponsorshipStellar Works
DesignMasterd

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We are pleased to announce that the Sky Design Awards 2025 Ceremony will be at the ANA InterContinental Tokyo by IHG in Tokyo, Japan on November 7, 2026.

in 2025, event welcomed 150 esteemed guests, including our distinguished panel of judges, VIP attendees, supporting organizations, and shortlisted entrants.

We sincerely thank each of you for joining us this evening. Your presence and support celebrate the innovation, excellence, and creativity that the Sky Design Awards embody.

Our judges thoroughly reviewed various criteria, including design aesthetics, originality, creativity, presentation, appearance, constructibility, and sustainability. They also considered a more profound value: how each project can enhance our communities. This dedication to transformative design is what makes these awards truly special.

Congratulations to our outstanding winners from the Sky Design Awards 2025! Each has established a new benchmark of design excellence, and we are honoured to acknowledge their talent and dedication.

Thank you once again for making this event unforgettable. We look forward to witnessing the remarkable advancements that the design world will achieve in the coming year.

Special Prize Announcement

We extend our warmest congratulations to MASTERD Co., Ltd. on being chosen by Stellar Works to collaborate on a new furniture prototype. Thank you to one of our judges Daisuke Hironaka, the CEO of Stellar Works. This partnership is truly inspiring, and we greatly appreciate the opportunity provided by Stellar Works to unite creative talents through meaningful design initiatives.

Merci Media/Sky Design Awards is pleased to support this collaboration through editorial and promotional exposure. Once the prototype is completed and the final piece meets the intended creative and production standards, we would be honoured to feature and promote it in our online shop and B2B approach.

Updated: The final prototype is in final stage, we will have more information soon released.

2024 Winning Projects

Architecture:

Gold: Komonokaen designed by Tatsuya Kawamoto + Associates (Japan)

Silver: Tianmu Lake · LI City Library designed by Greater Dog Architects (China)

Bronze: Gohee Inc - Tiny/Tsujido (Japan)

Interior Design - Commercial & Office

Gold: FUJIFILM Creative Village designed by KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Silver: AMADA GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTER designed by NOMURA Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Bronze: History is the future designed by Dayi Design (China)

Interior Design - Retail Design

Gold: nice rice Shanghai Flagship Store designed by say architects (China)

Silver: ARC'TERYX Store, Taikoo Li Chengdu designed by ARC'TERYX ISE & VVYY Group & STILL YOUNG (China)

Bronze: Liangcai Wu Eyewear Store designed by Dayuan Design (China)

Interior Design - Hotel & Resorts

Gold: Setsu Niseko designed by FIELD FOUR DESIGN OFFICE (Japan)

Silver: KAI Izumo designed by NOMURA Co.,Ltd (Japan)

Bronze: RUSUTSU RESORT HOTEL - WELLNESS ROOM PROJECT designed by MITSUI DESIGNTEC (Japan)

Interior Design - Hotel & Resorts

Gold: Setsu Niseko designed by FIELD FOUR DESIGN OFFICE (Japan)

Silver: KAI Izumo designed by NOMURA Co.,Ltd (Japan)

Bronze: RUSUTSU RESORT HOTEL - WELLNESS ROOM PROJECT designed by MITSUI DESIGNTEC (Japan)

Interior Design - leisure and wellness

Gold: Hiranoya sauna designed by itoto architects (Japan)

Silver: AEON MALL Mean Chey designed by SEMBA Corporation (Japan)

Bronze: Beauty of Light designed by Arti Studio Limited (Hong Kong)

Interior Design - Institution

Gold: Suntory Kita-Alps Shinano-no-Mori Water Plant designed by SEMBA Corporation (Japan)

Silver: LuxLinea designed by KTX archiLAB (Japan)

Bronze: Minimalist National Style - "Wuwei" Art Museum designed by DOT.DESIGN (China)

Interior Design - Institution

Gold: Suntory Kita-Alps Shinano-no-Mori Water Plant designed by SEMBA Corporation (Japan)

Silver: LuxLinea designed by KTX archiLAB (Japan)

Bronze: Minimalist National Style - "Wuwei" Art Museum designed by DOT.DESIGN (China)

Interior Design - Restaurants & Bars

Gold: Tang'Talk designed by Jingle Design (China)

Silver: % ARABICA Manila BGC designed by no.10, NOMURA Co,.Ltd (Japan)

Silver: MORINOMACHI PLAZA WONSETO FOODHALL designed by RENS, NOMURA Co.,Ltd (Japan)

Bronze: Touch Tea designed by Touch Design (China)

Interior Design - Others

Gold: Japanese Ryokan for Cats designed by Dial Interior Design Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

Silver: Feather dancing designed by Destiny Wedding Planner (China)

Bronze: In-depth Perception designed by Haifu Construction Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

Interior Design - Residential

Gold: Suzhou Industrial Park Renhai Interior Design Studio - Greenland Tai-Lake City (China)

Silver: Sheng Lan Fei Nuo designed by Design Apartment (China)

Bronze: KT102 designed by in Him's interior design (Hong Kong)

Interior Design - Residential

Gold: Suzhou Industrial Park Renhai Interior Design Studio - Greenland Tai-Lake City (China)

Silver: Sheng Lan Fei Nuo designed by Design Apartment (China)

Bronze: KT102 designed by in Him's interior design (Hong Kong)

Interior Design - Commercial & Office (The New Black)

Gold: D.A.Consortium Niigata Office PJ designed by KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Silver: SoloTime SHIMBASHI designed by KOKUYO Co.,Ltd. (Japan)

Bronze: Création Capital, Inc. OFFCE designed by MITSUI Designtec Co.,Ltd. (Japan)

Exhibition, Pop-Up & Multimedia

Gold: SC Business Fair 2023 NOMURA booth designed by NOMURA Co.,Ltd (Japan)

Silver: DESIGNART TOKYO SCRAPTURE designed by NOMURA Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Bronze: Optical Camouflage Smoking Area designed by SEMBA Corporation (Japan)

Branding | Graphics | Signages | Packaging

Gold: hokkaido ballpark f village designed by artless inc. (Japan) - Signage Design -

Silver: Chiyaba designed by artless Inc. (Japan)

Bronze: Osaka Art & Design 2023 designed by ahd osaka (Japan)

Product Design

Gold: Honey drop designed by AKIRA NAKAGOMI DESIGN (Japan)

Silver: Di+Re products designed by Takasu Gaku Design and Associates (Japan)

Bronze: PRIMITIVO HOME COLLECTION designed by OHSTUDIO (Mexico)

2024 SHORTLISTED PROJECTS (ALL LISTED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

Architecture

Interior Design - Commercial & Office

Interior Deign - Retail

Interior Design - Hotel & Resort

Interior Design - Institution

Interior Design - Leisure and Wellness

Interior Design - Residential

Interior Design - Restaurant & Club (Included Coffee & Tea Shop)

Interior Design - Commercial & Office (The New Black)

Exhibition, Pop-Up & Multimedia

Branding | Graphics | Signages | Packaging

Product Design


2023 SHORTLISTED & WINNING PROJECTS