Design News Magazine

Design News Magazine

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

 

Huai’an Zhongshuge

The Huai'an Zhongshuge bookstore reimagines architectural space as a cosmic journey, blending surrealism with structural precision. Dominated by exaggerated three dimensional forms, the interior evokes celestial mechanics through concentric rings and irregular geometric structures that mimic astronomical instruments. Bookshelves curve and spiral like planetary orbits, their dynamic arrangements echoing the motion of celestial bodies. Scattered books, akin to fragments of infinite worlds, nestle within these sculptural shelves.

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Royal One

This private club is crafted for wine enthusiasts and hosts of social gatherings, aiming to balance personal indulgence with social interaction. Circular design elements symbolize harmony, embodying the Unity of Heaven and Human principle and connecting design with emotions. A water droplet art piece adds an artistic touch, symbolizing life's vitality and merging natural elements with modern design. This initiative redefines the role of private clubs and explores spatial aesthetics and humanistic philosophy.

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Changi Terminal 2

The design team completely redesigned an existing terminal building, Terminal 2 of Singapore's internationally renowned Changi Airport, comprising 120000 square meters across three levels. This newly renovated terminal focuses on traveler experiences and connections to the earth's elements and has provided Singapore with a new 21st century gateway to the Garden City. The project was designed as a journey across an indoor landscape encompassing minerals, water features, and lush vegetation in various forms and densities.

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Znong Shu Ge

The bookstore represents Ningxia's cultural blend with its elegant design and iconic mid-air crossing bookshelves, reflecting diverse knowledge and interactions. In a high-ceilinged space, these shelves foster a dynamic ambiance, engaging visitors in a nexus of ideas. It transcends being just a book space, evolving into a lively intersection for literature, people, and cultures, thus nurturing a 'vibrant community' that encourages knowledge and cultural exchange.

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Melandb club

Meland Club combines five major themes of Insects, Oceans, Land, Sky, and Jungle, to create a Wondrous Museum of Nature, full of futuristic mechanical aesthetics. Architectural logic, art installations, mechanical technological aesthetics, philosophy, and popular science education are unprecedentedly integrated into an exquisite, complex creative scheme, constructing a comprehensive indoor parent-child theme park encompassing family amusement, art appreciation, aesthetic education, popular science, and creative enlightenment, a fantasy universe transcending yet tangible to reality.

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Xiangcheng Paradise Walk

The challenge for the designers was to create a modern eco fashion shopping center in the classical garden city of Suzhou. The design concept for this project, dancing waters in forested streams, blends the elegance of Suzhou's garden waters with the natural waters of Xiangcheng. It transitions from calm to lively to energetic. The project features an experiential space on its upper floors called Moon Island. This area highlights the project's new social and experiential formats.

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