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Bamboo Art Restaurant

Bamboo Art

Bamboo Art is a restaurant interior covering 855 square meters in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The design was inspired by the bamboo skewers used in barbecues. Grilles of thin lines in smoked black and light brown recall skewer patterns and create a calm contrast within a busy space. Local materials were selected instead of imported ones to reduce the emissions and pollution linked to air and sea freight. Uncoated galvanized steel, unpainted exhaust pipes, energy-saving lamps, a rough stone veneer wall and roof solar panels keep materials in their original state. Most materials are recyclable.

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Hideaway Cafe Restaurant

Hideaway Cafe

Hideaway Cafe is a Japanese style restaurant located next to a railway station in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The interior recalls the Meiji Restoration period of Japan and combines it with western design. Materials include southern pine, glass and mosaic tiles, and glass wall lamps. A handmade wooden grille door with embedded glass leads to a small entrance area that protects the privacy of diners and guides them to the counter. Two seating areas are provided, one open and one private, where curtains can divide groups. The restaurant covers 74 square meters.

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Howard's Gourmet Restaurant

Howard's Gourmet

Howard’s Gourmet design concept combines classic Chinese architectural elements with contemporary materials and design concepts for a novel visual gradient. The layout of restaurant consists of private dining rooms and is based on the old Siheyuan concept. With massive use of gold in modern forms, it creates a contemporary palatial grandeur. Ancient views of formation of Sky and Earth, the 5 elements of Cosmology are major forms and shapes used to decorate the interior of the dining rooms. Adorned with rich colors, floral and geometric fabric, the environment is enriched with cheerful vibe.

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TER Restaurant

TER

TER is a restaurant concept that was developed following the Art Sella forest calamity in Malga Costa, Italy. The calamity brought forth the question - What does a "stable" space feel like? Physiologically and physically. How can a space be brought back to life after experiencing a calamity? The restaurant blends into its surroundings by acting as another rock in the landscape. It is differentiated by the smoke arising from its center, which creates a sense of allure and intrigue. It’s a sight that draws people in toward the center – reestablishing the core essence of Art Sella.

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Laodian Shanzhai Restaurant

Laodian Shanzhai

Laodian Shanzhai is a restaurant interior design located in Kunming, China. The project covers 1700 square meters and presents the food culture of the ethnic minorities of Yunnan. Traditional Chinese lanterns in varied forms set the atmosphere of the whole space. Dyed yarn and ethnic fabrics are combined with references to terraced fields, a central fire pit, windmills and an ancient well. Bright colors and a careful use of light and shadow give the interior a fresh and elegant character. The aim is to bring regional tradition to a younger audience.

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MouMou Club Restaurant

MouMou Club

Being a Shabu Shabu, the restaurant design adopts wood, red and white colours to present a traditional feeling. The use of simple contour lines reserves customers’ visual attention to food and diet messages displayed. Since quality of food is a prime concern, the restaurant is layout with fresh food market elements. Construction materials like cement walls and floor are used to build the market backdrop of a big fresh food counter. This setup simulates real market purchase activities where customers can see food quality before making choices.

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Revived Memory Restaurant

Revived Memory

Revived Memory is a restaurant interior in Qinhuangdao, China, covering 1000 square meters. The space combines dining with music and performance. Seating is arranged in separate areas instead of many shared tables, giving each group a quiet and private setting. Large yellow mud walls recall the Loess Plateau, and open blank surfaces reflect traditional eastern simplicity. The banquet hall ceiling uses a wooden sunken panel structure with rounded arcs to increase the sense of scale. The design presents northwest Chinese culture in a modern and simple form.

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Kaiseki Den Restaurant

Kaiseki Den

Kaiseki Den by Saotome, employs distinctive Wabi-sabi design elements of simplicity, raw texture, modesty and nature to exemplify Zen meaning behind Kaiseki cuisine. Shopfront is built with natural composite wood strips giving a three-dimensional visual effect. The entrance corridor and VIP rooms with Japanese Karesansui elements evoke imagination of being in a peaceful sanctuary undisturbed by the hustle and bustle of the city. The interior in a most simple layout with minimum decoration. The clear-cut wooden lines and translucent wagami paper with soft lighting keep a spacious feeling.

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DREAM DAIRY FARM RESTAURANT Restaurant

DREAM DAIRY FARM RESTAURANT

The following interior design was realized for a restaurant built on a farm surrounded by a lush forest. The three dimensional white lattice nesting above the beams of the existing wooden structure forms the canopy of a forest that brings together the old and the contemporary by suggesting the superimposition of time and space. By superimposing time and space and bridging the old and the new, the repeated entwinement of lattice and light offers a mystic illumination and the spatial experience of penetrating into a deep forest.

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CIAK AllDayItalian Restaurant

CIAK AllDayItalian

The design is inspired by and resonates Italian SWEET LIFE - Dolce Vita.   The scene of the country house style windows and red-brick-like façade at the entrance constructs an atmosphere of a square in a small Italian town.  Together with the parquet floor and greeneries, it ushers customers into an exotic Italian town to enjoy a lighthearted meal.

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Operetta Restaurant

Operetta

Operetta means light opera, a modern genre of performing arts. The design evolves around a concept of stage, interaction between performers and audience. It combines modern design ideas with 17-18th century design styles. Looking through an EYE at the entrance is a front hall of classic architectural style. Iconic theatre elements such as domes, arcs, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries are adapted for a modern feeling. Through a corridor to the dining hall is of a modern style. Modern lighting system, materials and colours are chosen to create a grand atmosphere comparable to a theatre.

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