Design News Magazine

Design News Magazine

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

 

Tokumitsu Taanto

This project incorporates Kanazawa gold leaf, a traditional craft, into spatial design, blending historical techniques with a refined aesthetic. The Golden Restroom features over 3,000 gold leaf tiles arranged against a dark backdrop, with carefully designed lighting that accentuates their glow. By utilizing a Unesco listed technique, the design reflects the dialogue between Japanese heritage and present day craftsmanship, offering a space where tradition is thoughtfully expressed. The interplay of materials and light enhances the atmosphere, allowing visitors to experience the artistry.

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Mirabilis Bar and Dusk

Mount Faber Leisure tasked the design team to amplify the popularity of hilltop dining destination, Dusk Restaurant and Bar through the introduction adjective of Iconic. Such initiation would come with a brand new look and feel to the premise (with its stunning seafront and city view) for both the dining and cocktail experience. It is paramount to showcase an expanded professional kitchen with an elevated menu and develop an exclusive hilltop members-only Cigar Room.

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Flowing Art

Guided by the concept of Flowing Art, this corporate headquarters seamlessly integrates functionality, innovation, and artistic expression. Fluid curves break rigid spatial boundaries, creating a dynamic and interconnected environment across the lobby, meeting rooms, workspaces, and executive offices. Soft sculptural walls enhance continuity and interaction while curated art pieces infuse cultural depth and visual impact. The design blends smart functionality with art, enhancing efficiency, brand identity, and the user experience.

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Numa Beach

Its neutral palette provides visual cleanliness, connecting with the sea view. Functional spaces have been designed with aesthetic unity, combining the restaurant, bar, seaside relaxation area, dance floor, and a rest area that also serves as an art gallery. The floor joints are filled with marine sand to blend with the surroundings. The lighting adapts to natural sunlight and creates conceptual effects, as seen in the access tunnel to the wet rooms.

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Bookstore Like Home

The first floor of this case is mainly a reading area, with a stepped platform to create a comfortable reading environment for children. The book wall on the left emphasizes the high ceiling, the mezzanine creates a Japanese atmosphere, combining reading, meeting and eating functions, and the second floor is a classic American style study room, with the image of a book wall and glass display case and fireplace, creating a warm atmosphere for the space. With a two way seated sofa, it meets the needs of reading and retains the possibility of private space.

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W Chengdu

"Du'titude" is created to capture the essence of Chengdu's Plenitude natural environments and the people in Chengdu's unique, relaxed, light-hearted, and open-minded characters. The design sparks curiosity in an adventurous and edgy celebration of theatrical arts in daily life settings in Chengdu. Designed to provide an otherworldly experience rich with brand values in narrative and imagination. Guests are engaged within spaces by ways of storytelling within the context of physical, social, and historical indigenous elements.

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