INSIDE World Festival of Interiors 2019 has just announced the best interior designs across the categories of Offices, Health and Education, and Retail.
The annual awards at RAI Amsterdam, encompass the best interior designs from the past 12 months from around the globe.
The INSIDE World Festival of Interiors 2019 Day 1 category winners are:
Offices
Winner: B:Hive, Smales Farm (Auckland, New Zealand) by BVN in association with Jasmax. The winner was ‘unanimously agreed’ between judges as an exemplary example of a sustainable and flexible workspace, where the ‘needs of the users informs the architecture‘. The office is packed with state of the art facilities, amenities and technology all designed to deliver an environment that empowers and helps to grow regional businesses.
Office Winner: B:Hive, Smales Farm by BVN in association with Jasmax © John Gollings
Retail
Winner: Aesop Bondi Junction Signature Store (Syndey, Australia) by mlkk Studio. Judges commented that the design offered a “sophisticated” and “informed” design solution. The store design intended to retain the construction framework as incomplete and exposed the raw pine structure surface in order to celebrate the beauty of incompleteness. The entire shop front is formed purely by the exposed pine stud framing and glazing and stimulates explorations of several other materials to enhance this concept. Atelier tao+c was also highly commended for their design of the JHW Store in Zhengzhou, China.
Retail Winner: Aesop Bondi Junction Signature Store by mlkk studio © Courtesy of Aesop
Health and Education
Winner: Classroom Makeover for the Blind (Pattaya, Thailand) by Creative Crews. Judges commented that “every element (in the design) is purely aligned, essential and thoughtfully considered. Despite a tiny budget, the designers have created a projects with a real social conscience”. The school enrols pupils with varying degrees of visual impairment and abilities, therefore the facilities needed to be flexible. The main aim for the building programme was to equip all students with fundamental skills for their future livelihoods beyond the school’s gate.
Health and Education Winner: Classroom Makeover for the Blind by Creative Crews © Creative Crews
These three category winners will be followed by a further six category winners announced on Day 2. The nine category winners will then go head-to-head on the final day of the event to be named World Interior of the Year 2019.
