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Design Ambient

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

 

Art Gallery

Museum of Art is an exhibition stand designed for a manufacturer of luxury bathroom basins, tubs and faucets at a trade fair. Traditional walls are replaced by black matte laminate fins with gray marbling, angled sharply toward the center of the stand. The fins offer privacy and still allow glimpses of the interior. Inspired by dripping water, 250 strands of fine golden chain are suspended from floor to ceiling, forming translucent curtains around opposing corners of the centerpiece. Three showrooms present the products as individually lit art installations.

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TuttoTondo

TuttoTondo is a luxury monolithic washbasin that combines the refinement of marble with the hi-tech charm of steel. The concept comes from the desire to make the washbasin the fulcrum around which the bathroom takes shape, as the old bedroom washbasin. The system consists of marble elements joined together by steel ferrules. These can in turn accommodate a series of accessories of various types and sizes, such as mirrors, shelves, containers, which enrich the aesthetics and functionality of TuttoTondo, completing the concept and making it configurable according to the most different needs.

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Shine City

Shine City is a sales center in Chengdu, China, with an area of 1000 square meters. The interior design draws on the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty, a period associated with simple forms, plain colors and plain textures. Silk, used as a painting surface before paper, is the main design reference. Tawny wire glass screens are arranged in arrays to imitate the texture of silk. An installed art lamp recalls the cracked surface of Song Dynasty porcelain. Blank space and restrained detail create a calm and poetic atmosphere.

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Flow

Flow is a sales and exhibition center located in Chengdu, China. The interior covers 2000 square meters over two floors. The first floor holds the reception and display area. The second floor holds the model display area, the conversation area and the construction method display area. Water and light are the two themes of the design. A light cube installation hangs above water at the entrance and draws people inside. Curved walls made of glass fibre reinforced gypsum recall ripples and form a continuous, fluid space.

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Simbalion Art Studio

Simbalion Art Studio is an exhibition space in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, completed in July 2020. The interior presents the history of a stationery brand and its production process. A large interactive installation at the entrance allows visitors to make a colored pen with one click. Further areas include a graffiti zone where the walls can be painted, a darkroom for luminous pen drawing and two workshop classrooms. Pure white surfaces recall blank paper, and the high ceiling carries fine grids of fireproof metal shaped like dancing paper.

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Classic Timeless Bachelor Pad

Classic Timeless Bachelor Pad is a residential interior design for a 137 square meter apartment in Taiwan, completed in 2019. The layout includes two bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, a living room, a transformable study, a dining room, an open kitchen and a balcony. The interior uses leather, wool plaid, mahogany and dark burl wood for a masculine character. A herringbone tile floor in dark wood grain runs through the living room, study and dining room. Crown molding and a mantelpiece surround for the television add warmth. Equestrian and yachting photography completes the elegant scheme.

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