Shang Cai
CHINA
Meet Shang Cai - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in China. Shang Cai's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Shang Cai's impressive haul of 4 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Landscape Design and Interior, Shang Cai's work stands as a living testament to a steadfast commitment to design excellence, serving as a beacon of inspiration for designers globally. With each project, Shang Cai masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Shang Cai's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
View Profile Consult Now Hire NowIt is a design case for a spatial installation representing the Cloud theme. As the installation is designed for long-term outdoor use, the designer used 50000 frames of different sizes, and hard materials to represent the curves of the clouds. Meanwhile, 15,000 CNC light sources are used to control the color and brightness, so that the device at night presents a dynamic effect of light and shadow flow. The installation is located on a hilltop by the river and has wide visibility, so it has become a famous landmark, which has helped greatly in the publicity and promotion of the project.
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This project is a fashionable restaurant. The owner hopes that the space can not only meet demands of daily restaurant, but also can be used as the place to hold parties. The designer regards water elements as space theme and regards light as key design elements. Through the interaction between light and materials with different luminosity and transparency, combined with space devices with water element themes, space hierarchy and sense of light and motion unique to water elements are created.
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This case is a furniture retail store with an interior area of 400 square meters, located in a large furniture mall. The designer de-emphasized the walls, floors, and ceiling of the space, and built a large space installation to transform the product display area into a suspended stage, making the displayed products the visual focal point of the stage. On one hand, this approach can improve the product display effect, and on the other hand, compared to hundreds of other furniture showrooms in the surrounding area, this unique spatial structure also has stronger recognition and memorability.
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In addition to the rational spatial planning and setting of motion lines, the designer adopts the most representative freehand brushwork techniques in the painting and calligraphy of the Song Dynasty in the space design to build an illusory land of great void with mountains, sea, clouds, moonlight and flowers. In color matching, the designer uses azure as the main color and added black and white to create a sense of space that is ethereal, clean and rich in the aesthetic features of the Song Dynasty in China.
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