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Beans Restaurant and Cafe

Vincent Chi-Wai Chiang Restaurant and Cafe Interior Monday, 25 September 2023

Beans

Beans is a cafe and restaurant in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, serving coffee, desserts and light meals. The interior covers 2263 square feet and has no windows, so the design takes the form of a crystal cave. Reflective surfaces and warm lighting brighten the space and reduce the feeling of enclosure. A waving stainless steel surface forms a lake near the entrance ceiling, and narrow rocks are made by three-dimensional printing. A tree stands at the centre and grows toward the light. The dessert bar is placed near the entrance to ease ordering.

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Where The Root Is Office

Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu Office Interior Sunday, 24 September 2023

Where The Root Is

Where The Root Is is an office interior located in a historic building in central Shanghai. The root of a tree serves as the core design concept. Dark walnut timber lines cross the flat ceiling to suggest interwoven roots. Patterned timber flooring and wooden grille screens mark circulation and use, while the open screens allow light and air to pass through. A tea reception area greets guests and professional partners. Grey carpet and wool wall covering give the working area a calm tone, and the supervisor office is separated to ensure privacy.

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Essence of Exorbitance Residential Apartment

Fu Ying Huang Residential Apartment Interior Saturday, 23 September 2023

Essence of Exorbitance

Essence of Exorbitance is a residential apartment interior in Taoyuan, Taiwan, covering 209.6 square meters. The entryway is finished with kosmus marble, and the floor is made of three-dimensional concrete panels with a rough texture. In the living and dining area, a marble television wall suggests the form of a waving sea. The wall cabinet doors carry a hand-painted rose image in beige kiln lacquer. Titanium sheets and gold-lacquered cabinets balance the colors and add storage. The master bedroom includes hidden storage for daily needs.

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Hiyama Restaurant

Alvan Suen Restaurant Interior Friday, 22 September 2023

Hiyama

Hiyama is a Japanese restaurant interior designed around the ideas of nature, Zen and the traditional Japanese house. A bar near the entrance serves as a welcome area where guests can sit and wait with drinks. A bamboo path with mist creates the feeling of an outdoor garden. The dining areas are treated as separate houses, seen through the bamboo. A pavilion stands at the end of the path, followed by a main hall placed between a wooden veranda and a balcony facing the harbor. Each room is built as an individual structure with beams and columns.

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Innovation Center Kitchen Lab

Ying Chi Huang Kitchen Lab Interior Thursday, 21 September 2023

Innovation Center

The Yum China Innovation Center is a 2500 square meter interior design for a food research and development facility in Shanghai, China. The center contains specialized kitchens, a conference room, a packaging design area, offices and a lobby. Each kitchen is planned for efficient, hygienic and comfortable work. Dedicated ventilation, water, power and data systems support the research activities. Ash wood and burl surfaces in gray and white tones create a warm and calm atmosphere. The layout was studied to improve the movement of staff and visitors.

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City Heart Exhibition Hall

Ling Zhou Exhibition Hall Interior Wednesday, 20 September 2023

City Heart

From the city's architecture to index to understand and weigh the balance of design, the city's expression condensed in three corner space, through the urban construction and development to promote enterprises, the city and people's perspective of the change of the city and urban characteristics and urban climate folding in exchange to express the designer's understanding of a city, see the city's past more to see his future.

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