20 A’ design award winners transform interiors into spatial art

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a’ design award and competition calls for 2025 entries

The A’ Design Award and Competition stands as a prestigious platform for elevating exceptional designs, offering global exposure and ensuring that remarkable projects receive the recognition they truly deserve. With its reach spanning across major countries and languages, the competition promotes innovation and creativity on a grand scale. By taking a look at past winners, designboom spotlights 20 playful and intricate designs that earned the coveted Good Architecture Design Award, each transforming interiors into a vibrant art form. Spanning over residential spaces, hotels, galleries, and retail environments, these works invite architects and designers to reimagine how space can evoke emotion through every curve, texture, and material.

Now is the time to join this wave of creativity – nominate your design here for the 2025 edition and be part of the next chapter in spatial design.

Yinchuang Zhong Shu Ge Book Store by Masato Kure and Masashi Ota, 2024
image credit: Inter mountain

name: Yinchuang Zhong Shu Ge

designers: Masashi Ota, Yuki Kashiwakura and Masato Kure

award: Platinum

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

a platform for visionary designs

From sculptural staircases that become the heart of a mall to interiors that weave nature into urban retail stores, the award-winning projects champion designs that merge functionality with a sense of wonder. The Good Architecture Design Award within the A’ Design Competition offers the perfect platform for architects and designers who explore the intersection between structure and artistry. Beyond architecture, the award celebrates excellence in a diverse range of categories, including product design, fashion, packaging, toys, mobility and landscape – to mention just a few of over 150 categories. See more award-winning designs from other categories here.

Meland Club Indoor Playground by Li Xiang, 2024
image credit: X+LIVING

name: Meland Club

designer: Li Xiang
award: Platinum

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

gain recognition and open new doors

Winning an A’ Design Award goes far beyond recognition – it provides an opportunity for global visibility and career growth. Winners will receive extensive benefits, including media exposure, participation in international exhibitions, and a coveted place in the World Design Rankings. Each entry is carefully evaluated by an esteemed jury of design professionals, academics, and influential media figures, ensuring that the work is seen and judged by industry leaders.

Register here to join the ranks of celebrated designers and architects in 2025 and let your work be judged against the best in the world.

Arcteryx Sanlitun Flagship Store by Arcteryx and Still Young, 2024
image credit: Yuuuun Studio