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

 

Whyte Woolf

Whyte Woolf is a fitness club interior in Chongqing, China, covering 1500 square meters. The design gives attention to spirit rather than shape. Contemporary art is used as decoration throughout the club, including figures wearing gas masks. The intention is to remind members of air pollution and to encourage them to protect the environment while they exercise. Terrazzo, artificial wood, steel plate and recyclable materials are used. The elements are kept simple, so careful workmanship is needed to realize the concept.

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Grand Canal

Grand Canal is a sales office interior located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, with an area of 1546 square meters. The design takes water as its main theme and refers to the local canal culture of Hangzhou. White exterior wall paint, classical pattern boards, metal frames and floor-to-ceiling windows are combined with white wall tiles and bluestone paths. The natural stone floor carries a continuous wave-shaped pattern. The optimized courtyard layout links the interior rooms with the outdoor landscape features.

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Art Movement

Art Movement is a two-story residential interior in Tainan, Taiwan. The design joins the industrial style with refined details. The walls are covered with architectural concrete, while a single type of wood veneer gives the rooms a unified tone. Iron pieces form layers and lines, and titanium plating covers and connects the different materials. Large windows, glass partitions and open shelves bring daylight inside and link the two floors. Seven irregular shelves under the stairs display figurines and artworks. A corridor on the second floor connects the interior with the outdoor view.

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Oyane Saikaitoki

Oyane Saikaitoki is a shop and gallery interior created for Saikai porcelain from Hasami Town in Nagasaki, Japan. The shop occupies a basement floor, so a new entrance was added to improve access. A large staircase and an elevator were placed within a wall of a storage space on the ground floor, and both guide visitors to the shop, which uses two levels. Porcelain is used for the signage, the wall saggers and the pendant lights. The indoor area is 140 square meters and the outdoor area is 1150 square meters.

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Sense of Forest

The image of a translucent winter forest became the inspiration of this project. The abundance of textures of natural wood and granite immerses the viewer in a stream of plastic and visual impressions of the signs of nature. The industrial type of equipment is softened by the colors of red and green oxidized copper. The store is a place of attraction and communication for more than 2000 people daily.

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Cai Jia

Cai Jia is a model room interior design located in Chongqing, China. The project covers an area of 150 square meters. Victorian design lines are reinterpreted through modern methods to form a new residential space. Soft furnishings follow the new Shanghai style, with attention to formal beauty and natural harmony. Blue is used as the main color and is combined with art decoration and furniture to keep the space bright and calm. Environmentally friendly materials, such as low emission paint, were used during construction. The design aims to offer a comfortable home for new urban residents.

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