Jenchieh Hung Triumphs with VF Lighting at Créateurs Design Awards

Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee from HAS Design and Research Win Prestigious Créateurs Design Award in Paris

Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee, the founders and acclaimed architects of HAS Design and Research, have received the prestigious 2025 Créateurs Design Award for Best Commercial and Cultural Project in Interior Design in Paris, France. Notably, Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research is the first Thai architectural firm to win the Créateurs Design Awards (CDA) since its inception. The award was presented for their Simple Art Museum project, and the lighting products for the museum were created by Visual Feast (VF).

Yuri Xavier, co-founder of the Créateurs Design Awards, praised the project for redefining space as an immersive narrative that blends heritage craftsmanship with innovation. The Créateurs Design Awards for Best Commercial and Cultural Project in Interior Design recognizes how the duo transforms traditional crafts into tactile experiences and reimagines historical design traditions into fluid, contemporary forms—connecting the past with the present. HAS Design and Research’s Simple Art Museum is not just an interior; it is a cultural expression, shaping how we engage with history, community, and ourselves.

The 2025 Créateurs Design Awards also go to globally renowned architects, such as the British architectural firm Norman Foster / Foster + Partners, which has received the Créateurs Design Award – Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Japanese architectural firm Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, which has received the Créateurs Design Award – Le Prix Charlotte Perriand, as well as the Thai architectural firm Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research, which has received the Créateurs Design Award – Best Commercial and Cultural Project in Interior Design.

Project Information:

Project name: Simple Art Museum

Location: Hefei, China

Architecture firm: HAS design and research

Lead architects: Jenchieh Hung, Kulthida Songkittipakdee

Lighting consultant: Jenna Tsailin Liu
Lighting technology: Visual Feast (VF)

Project photo credit: W Workspace, Fangfang Tian

Award photo credit: Créateurs Design Awards, Thomas O’Brien