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Design News Magazine

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

 

Zijin Art Museum

Zijin Art Museum is an interior design for a two-floor art gallery and sales center covering 1,200 square meters. The theme is Order and Art, based on the concept of unbounded design. The first floor holds the front hall, reception desk, model room and craft display. The second floor contains a brand video area, a sand table area, a water bar and a negotiation area. A vertical staircase links the two levels, and annular circulation routes connect the spaces. Wood veneer, stone, special paint and metal are combined throughout.

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Utopia

The radiant natural light is the source of the form of this space. An organic, inclusive space was the feeling designers wanted to create, so they also compared a lot of organic space practices, including the positioning of the construction drawings. The original basement space occupied half of the whole area, but the existing lighting in the basement only allowed the owner to make some useless space out of it. In order to improve the utilization rate of the whole underground space and increase the lighting, the designer wants to create a brand-new construction around the light indoors.

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Scentbon Perfume

Scentbon Perfume is a fragrance store in Taipei, set in one of the city's old business districts. The front door is made of iron and wood, linking the modern interior with the street outside. The shop window brings natural light inside. The handles and signboard are made of stainless mirror, which reflects light and the branches of a Frangipani tree in the front garden. Two see-through stainless steel shelves display more than 240 fragrances in front of the original brick walls. Items can be moved and replaced easily, so customers and staff can reach every product directly.

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Shanan

Inspired by the surrounding bamboo sea and mountain scenery, the design language expresses the yearning and awe for nature. Shanan is like an ideal city, isolated from the world in the green mountains, the song of birds, the air, and the sea of clouds. Halfway up the mountain, 17 guest rooms face the bamboo sea and mountains. Shanan is located deep in the bamboo sea forest on the Shenwang Line in Baofu Town, Anji. As the highest house on this mountain, it has the whole green and undulation of the mountain.

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Guangzhou Science City LN Residence

Neighbors Science City LN Residence is a serviced apartment interior located in a science park in Guangzhou, China. The residence offers units of one, two or three rooms with a living room, ranging from 64 to 140 square meters. Square boxes are used as a design element to reshape the urban neighborhood relationship and to create shared spaces. The same idea continues through the lobby bar, restaurant, gym and multifunction meeting room. New terrazzo is applied for its seamless finish and free color matching. The design aims to offer a warm and social setting for young residents.

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Fuzhou Marriott Riverside

Fuzhou Marriott Riverside is a hotel interior design located in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. The interior covers 45000 square meters and includes 318 modern guest rooms, three restaurants and a 1800 square meter ballroom and meeting room area. The concept of blowing wind and flowing water refers to Fuzhou as the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Local culture is reflected through lacquer art, oil paper umbrellas and tea traditions. Sixteen lacquer screens rise like sails in the lobby. Materials include marble, timber, metal, lacquer and glass.

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