Design News Magazine

Design News Magazine

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

 

Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut is a corporate headquarters interior located in Zurich, Switzerland. The office occupies three floors of a business centre building and covers 3800 square metres. A chocolate academy with a professionally equipped kitchen sits at the centre of the plan behind glazed walls, so employees and visitors can watch chocolatiers at work. Three hubs on each floor are linked by internal staircases and serve as coffee points for breaks and informal meetings. Wood, cork, moss and safflower wallpaper create a tactile setting, and oxygen generating plants support a healthy work environment.

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Logan TianLangWan

Logan TianLangWan is a real estate sales center located in Zhongshan city, covering 650 square meters. The interior is designed to feel like a private holiday residence rather than a conventional show flat. Sunlight reaches the whole space, and each window frames views of the sky and the water. Complicated decoration and uniform color schemes were avoided in favor of a simple approach. Colors are selected to serve the space, and the furniture follows one feeling rather than one system. Elegant materials and a small number of collected artworks create a calm and private atmosphere.

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Along the Streams of Light

Along the Streams of Light is the interior design of a Korean restaurant of 265 square meters in Taichung, Taiwan. The space combines stone and wood in shades of brown and gray. Patterns, lines and irregular cuts create a sense of ceremony. Curved light strips and transitions between wooden and stone flooring guide movement between areas. The kitchen is semi-open and arranged with a bar counter, so the cooking process remains visible through glass panels. Reeded glass and tall glazing bring in daylight while privacy is maintained.

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Dream Builder

Dream Builder is the headquarters and factory of a cold chain company in Chiayi City, Taiwan. The design follows Bauhaus ideas of function, simple geometry and honest materials. Large external iron frames are stacked with a semi-modular method to form colorful volumes inspired by logistics packaging boxes. Stone, architectural concrete, unpainted wood panels and ground concrete floors are combined in a base tone of gray. Interior walls show herringbone wood grain, and the lighting is arranged to change the appearance through the day.

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Jinmao Palace

Jinmao Palace is a sales center located in Fengtai District, Beijing, near the Yongding River. The interior covers 682 square meters on a commercial ground floor. The design introduces landscape and pastoral themes into the city, guided by the idea of a fifteen-minute community living circle. Functions inspired by markets and cafes are placed within the space, and boundaries between areas are softened. The reception hall is decorated with water lights, and a double-height resin acrylic screen echoes the water pattern of the reception background.

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Expobay Office

Expobay Office is an office showroom interior located in Shenzhen. The project covers 600 square meters. Three cubic glass boxes hold the front hall, the meeting room and the management offices. The remaining space flows around these boxes and is treated as an outdoor area, with the ceiling, floor and walls keeping the gray concrete texture of the building. A green glass box hangs over the gray slate wall of the lobby, and a large tree stands in the lobby lounge. The main materials are terrazzo, imitation terrazzo fire-resistant board, green tempered glass and stainless steel.

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