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U Media Office

Zi Zhai Office Interior Monday, 11 March 2024

U Media

U Media is an office interior design covering about 100 square meters in Qingdao. The palette is based on black, white and gray, with low saturation and high brightness to create a calm and open atmosphere. An open arched doorway divides the plan while keeping the space fluid and avoiding a cramped feeling. A four-meter bar beside the arch separates functional areas and offers a place for coffee and tea. Local anti-glare lighting at 4000K brightens the desk area. Soft boards on the walls hold notes and soften the surfaces.

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Bookish Atmosphere Sales Center

Li Zhang Sales Center Interior Sunday, 10 March 2024

Bookish Atmosphere

Bookish Atmosphere is a sales center interior located in Jiangsu, China, and completed in 2019. The project covers 1269 square meters. The exterior draws on the features of ancient buildings in Jinling and joins them with modern aesthetics and practical function. Brick surfaces are treated as the spirit of the space, and the gaps between the bricks create a quiet sense of order. Water-like ornaments and landscape elements recall the rivers of Nanjing. Borrowed scenery guides the traffic flow, so visitors move through the interior as through a contemporary garden.

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Daruma International Nursery

Moriyuki Ochiai Architects Nursery Interior Saturday, 9 March 2024

Daruma International

Moriyuki Ochiai Architects performed the design for a nursery school. Deliverables included an environment suitable to the school's educational policy, namely, bringing up children both physically and mentally that can think, learn and act on their own initiative. Thus, They set out to create a space that would promote a variety of uses and encourage children to come up with their own games as they would do in nature by recreating geographical features inspired by nature’s most beautiful assets; its colors and lakes.

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Mountain Chalet Private Residence

Alex Kovachev Private Residence Interior Friday, 8 March 2024

Mountain Chalet

Mountain Chalet is the interior design of a private mountain villa of 440 square meters in Smilovtsi, Bulgaria. The design combines the characteristic elements of a mountain chalet with a timeless and luxurious character. Natural materials shape the interior, including wood, natural semi-precious stones and natural leather, used in the decor, the wall fixtures and the floorings. Both floors and the spa area are arranged as places to gather friends and guests for relaxation. The concept draws on the owner's childhood memories of the wooden veranda of his grandfather's house.

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Rosefinch Hot Pot Restaurant

Jason Chan Restaurant Interior Thursday, 7 March 2024

Rosefinch Hot Pot

Rosefinch Hot Pot is a restaurant interior of 400 square meters located inside a shopping mall. The facade is 50 meters long and follows a flowing curved form that recalls a range of low hills. Horizontal and vertical structural elements replace the usual box shape, and the arcs extend the space in the lengthwise direction. The reception area at the main entrance repeats the same flowing form, and the lighting suggests cloud around a hillside. Materials include black titanium stainless steel, rippled mirror stainless steel, terrazzo, marble, jade, brass, wood and leather.

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Forge Loft Apartment

Jan Sikora Apartment Interior Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Forge Loft

Forge Loft is a loft apartment created inside an old forge in Leszno, Poland. The forge is part of a 19th-century pump factory that is being converted into a living complex. The interior is based on contrast. Original brick walls, concrete floors and lintels are kept as raw witnesses of the past. New elements are neutral and elegant, forming a frame for the historical structure. Black surfaces, perforated steel, a steel railing and a spiral staircase set the background, while warm accessories and soft textiles soften the industrial character. The apartment covers 120 square metres.

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