International Design

International Design

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

 

Amplifying Identity

Amplifying Identity is an office interior design located at Asia Square in Singapore. The workplace spans three floors and covers a total area of 9,300 square meters. Fifty collaboration spots and five large meeting rooms are distributed across the floors to support flexible and hybrid working. Bespoke environmental graphics are applied to corridors and wall spaces to present the company culture, leadership principles and history. Carpets made from sustainable material, low volatile organic compound paint and zoned lighting are used to limit the environmental impact.

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Planet 0238

Planet 0238 is an exhibition center with an interstellar exploration theme, covering 1800 square meters in Chongqing, China. The design combines display with retail and includes a reception area, a negotiation area and a coffee bar. A long winding light strip on the ceiling marks the route through the space. The floor recalls the gray surface of a distant planet. Black marble tabletops contrast with off-white sofas, and curved forms soften the boundaries of the rooms. Mirror finishes reflect light to suggest a wide starry sky.

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Oriental Mood

Oriental Mood is a residential interior design covering 1400 square meters in Shanghai. Water is treated as the first element of the scheme, following the linked land and water of the Jiangnan water garden. The first floor of the existing building already shared this rhythm, with rooms and trees set around a central pool. Images taken from the natural landscape are placed within the static architectural space, so details and time shape the mood of each room. Materials include metal board, rock board, ceramic tile, copper board, wood veneer and gypsum board.

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FFB Bar

FFB Bar is a bar interior located in Shenzhen. The space covers 1360 square meters. The main materials are fish belly white marble, pure copper, hand-painted murals, carved solid wood beams and columns, agate green lacquered panels and oak mosaic flooring. An eight-meter-high solid wood wine cabinet stands at the hollow bar area and holds many kinds of whisky. Custom-carved railings and handrails show galloping horses. Stairs and columns divide the space into dynamic and static zones for dining, drinking, meeting friends and entertainment.

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Zhuhai Shizimen

Zhuhai Shizimen is a mixed-use development located in the Shizimen District of Zhuhai, China. The complex covers a site area of 203,000 square metres and includes an office and hotel tower, a serviced apartment tower, a hotel tower, an exhibition and convention centre, a theatre and an opera house. Zhuhai Centre, the main tower, rises 330 metres and is the tallest building in the city. The design was inspired by the link between the site and the water and by the description of Zhuhai as a city of romance. The convention centre is shaped as a ribbon along the water's edge.

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Central Park

Central Park is a sales office and reception centre located in Xi'an, China. The interior covers 1500 square metres and stands beside a large urban ecological park of about 113.4 hectares, which serves as a natural landscape resource. The plan follows the visitor route in four stages: introduction, elucidation, transition and summary. Each stage is expressed through a pavilion, falling leaves, lake water and a single tree. A glazed leaf installation runs through the space, moving from the entrance wall to the foyer ceiling and into the pool.

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