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Design Ambient

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

 

Gemdale the Voyager

Gemdale the Voyager is a sales office in Kunming, China, with an area of 980 square meters. The interior design extends the minimalist architectural style and uses curved surfaces and concise lines as the main elements. A glass curtain wall connects the indoor and outdoor areas, so visitors can view the surrounding landscape from any perspective. Lake blue and earth tones are combined with beige and dark coffee colors. Cotton and linen fabrics add a natural character. Sail motifs in the hall refer to the local culture.

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Ripples

Ripples is a materials showroom in Taichung City, Taiwan, covering 60.5 square meters. A former office space was converted into an open showroom that also serves as a shared workspace for customer meetings. Two convex shapes on the ceiling form the starting point of the design. Systematic wood decor of 8 millimeters is thinly cut and bent to create curves and fold lines that extend across the ceiling and the walls. A total of 200 products are displayed, so visitors can see and touch real textures. The modular materials can be copied and assembled in other cities.

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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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