Design Ambient

Design Ambient

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

 

Xian Canopy

Xian Canopy is a hotel interior design located on a historic street in Xian, China. The design combines Tang Dynasty culture with contemporary lifestyle. The atrium is arranged as a canopy center that links check-in, lounge, lift lobby, restaurants, coffee shop and meeting rooms, so guests move easily and gather for events such as music performances. Acoustic design supports these activities. Guest rooms are kept simple, with gradient wall coverings inspired by Tang Dynasty fabrics. The project covers 32000 square meters and includes 125 guest rooms.

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Vicutu Concept

Vicutu Concept is a flagship store interior created for a fashion brand in Beijing. The store covers 1,680 square meters on two floors. A large three-dimensional aluminum woven diagrid system forms the facade and refers to the fabric and tailoring of men's clothing. Inside, textured artistic cement walls create a calm and sculptural setting. Walls and display counters appear to grow from the floor and the ceiling, and hidden light sources strengthen the sense of continuity. The interior offers visitors a physical experience of space and fashion.

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Chengdu Holdings Glory In History

Glory In History is a sales center located in Chengdu, China. The interior connects traditional and modern design through color, and it takes inspiration from a green landscape painting of the Northern Song Dynasty. A traditional courtyard layout is used, and each space is linked to the next to form a rich spatial sequence through turning axes. A porcelain screen is arranged in a horizontal and vertical array, molded on the glaze and finely cut to create an effect of separation and breaking. A large bronze pendant shaped like a sailboat marks the meditation area.

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Burton Chengdu

The stimulating and creating moments are happening every now and then the illustration artist from the team has drawn a set of comic like illustration to translate the user guide of snow gears and the brand history development, researching the brand history and social networks in China to make the store a landmark and photographable is another challenge, the design team works hard on combining the traditional Chinese wood construction structure with modern architectural structure and bring back the memory of the brand history in this conflicting space is the final goal.

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Lang

Lang is a restaurant and lounge in Shenzhen, China, serving Sichuan cuisine during the day and drinks at night. The interior is arranged as a black box divided into themed areas named after tequila sunrise, black cherry, blue margarita and sunset martini, each with its own colours and character. Chinese references such as Sichuan opera and the panda are combined with western materials. In the entrance corridor, layered red curtains of pure copper, electroplated red, descend from the ceiling. A red water bar is made of pure copper and corrugated acrylic.

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K11 Art Mall

K11 Art Mall is a retail interior design in Wuhan, China. The project converts a twenty-year-old department store into an art mall of four podium levels and a total area of 34,000 square meters. Verticality guides the retail planning, and vertical landmarks together with floor-specific landmarks encourage visitors to move upward and explore. An external bridge links the mall to an adjacent mall. A steel structure adds new layers inside the existing concrete building, while fiberglass reinforced gypsum and laminated glass shape the colorful spaces.

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