International Design

International Design

International Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Sensory Aesthetic

This house was designed to enhance the experience of collecting and tasting a good wine. A wine cellar in the middle of high trees in gardens of Mangabeira Palace in the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil. The inspiration was the true universe of wineries. In order to reproduce that, there are many natural elements such as wood, stone, of a more closed character, which covers both the external and internal walls, in addition to leather in the furniture, resulting in an ambiance of a cozy and intimate place, ideal for good stories and great wines.

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Manila

The Manila Spa of the Philippine, which translates as a leisure and entertainment space, is positioned on the culture of Manila, and connect with the Chinese elements with traditional and modern design techniques to showcase the luxurious value of leisure. In this space, the white marble illuminate the space in the light, and the wall, stacked with cut stones, presents simple textures of tropical features. The dark wood floor with sharp lined furniture creates a comfortable and warm living space.

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Undulating Flow

This apartment brings Asian aesthetics as well as western themes to highlight the bounties of client’s world travels creating a welcoming space highlighting special memories of the clients through designs incorporating their favorite safari motifs of the lion and the giraffe. Blending the bold aesthetics, the space welcomes guests with comfortable, warm tones, while presenting the dignified, classic Chinese notes of lacquer and door pulls and western culture with its cherub-topped highly ornate guilt Belgian grandfather clock.

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Furniture Pavilion S

Pavilion S is not just a furniture showroom, it is a place where one can relax and rest during the exhibition. The architect used plywood for its particularity to be recycled for secondary use: 821 pieces of prefabricated local market standard size plywood were used. It can be easily assembled or disassembled on site within 48hours, which drastically minimizes time and construction costs. After the exhibition, the entire building was transformed into 410 sets of tables and chairs situated for nearby communities.

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Parallel Universe

This case is composed of two floors on the ground and one floor under the ground, and each floor has a space theme. The geometric black-and-white patterns of marble mosaics on the entrance floor reflect the invisible but dazzling light. The circular outline symbolizes infinite reincarnation. The background copper plate wall of the inlaid fireplace adopts the corrosive embossing process to carve out the effect of the city silhouette. The entire space is the manifestation of the male host's spiritual ideas, giving the inner definition of the family inheritance spirit.

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HCH Fashion Boutique

This is a classic Basilica prototype from the symmetrical columnar hall in this modern commercial shopping mall. This discovery leads to the exploration of shifting the space from a commercial to a "sacred" one. The layout is a result of learning from the ancient polytheistic temples in Greece. Inspired by the visual-axis projection principles of the Acropolis. The pink "bridges" are arranged to point to each other, to guide the visitors gradually walking through the deep space of the shop.

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