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Design News Magazine

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

 

Huahong Merchants Yunyue Zhenjing

Inspired by Niaoya bookstore, in the design of Yunyue Zhenjing Sales Center, the design team wanted to break away from the traditional concept of a sales office and incorporate the atmosphere of a bookstore into the whole space. The soft furnishings use permanent floral arrangements to decorate the space with natural colors and are reusable. The wooden grid that encloses the sandbox area is lined with a variety of seeds from the natural ecology, adding to the beauty of the space with its crystal clear appearance.

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Love Veggie

Bringing a well known tradition vegetarian restaurant into 21st century, this new branch restaurant is designed to provoke the senses through a series of lotus form. From this inspiration, the design team converted lotus image to the materials, patterns and forms. What is more, by enhancing the details of the lotus, which is deeply related to the Buddhism, the design team have generated an extraordinary calm atmosphere of the restaurant. Laser cut metal lotus pattern and smooth blue upholstery create an organic, natural elegance.

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Top of The Lake

Designer shaped the interior by a composition of intersecting blocks, structures, textiles and colors. Dark tones greatly contrasts with wood veneers giving a soft and cozy vibe. The proximity of a lake, thin frame windows and a rich palette of used materials help to create a bond between house interior and the nature outside. The essence of this design are the shapes on the floors, walls and ceiling. Zarysy built an interior composition which separates the spaces and functions, but at the same time brings them together creating one consistent design.

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Colourform

The idea of the stand refers to the Mineral Composite technology, the material from which the client's products are made of. Mineral Composite is a combination of dolomite and flexible resin. The Dolomites have formed about 250 million years ago as a result of volcanic activity. Then, under pressure and high temperature, the limestone layers turned into dolomite. Designers focused on dolomite because the rock that was formed millions of years ago is transforming into a beautiful and functional product and it is amazing to see the power of nature.

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Land of Memory

In the year 2045, 33 years after the concept of metaverse was introduced, the Star Search project of the Zero Dimension is launched, code-named Luoyang, to commemorate the ancient city with a civilization history of more than 5,000 years. The original purpose of the Star Search project is to find the real memory place in space. People desperately need a substance to permanently preserve and remember memorable people and events, and the answer to everything points to the secret realm of the universe.

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Wonderland in the Alleyways

This project is an innovative design of the resident lobby inspired by the vibe of the French cafe. Instead of following the common way to open up the spatial perception through materials, the designer creates a much playful and cozy space with the vibrancy of a coffee shop. The use of colors is rather mild but cheerful while decorated with the vividness of ceramic tiles and the luster of metals. Materials such as wood, stones, glass, ceramic, and fabric are used to balance the feeling of sharpness and softness.

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