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Designer / Brand: Saiwen Liu Work: Production Command Classification: Interior Date: Sunday, 5 January 2025

Iron Ore Center

This is an old workshop, which was built 50 years ago and was discarded for several years. Now, it is relived from the discarded state, and had been changed to Intelligent Management Center. Iron ore underground tunnel space form enlightenment, which breeds the arch styling of the internal space. He selects the grey of the iron ore underground ironstone as the dominant color. The time tunnel feeling which is created by the linear lighting organically connects the modern with the past, which let the design style of the whole centralized control hall possess non copyable enterprise uniqueness.

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Designer / Brand: Xingbin Yang Work: Marketing Center Classification: Interior Date: Saturday, 4 January 2025

The Regeneration of Oriental Landscapes

The Regeneration of Oriental Landscapes is a marketing center located in Ningbo, China. The design takes its clues from the islands of Meishan, where waterways cross in many directions. Curved lines shape the plan, and still and moving areas alternate. Outside, a bamboo forest sways and casts light and shadow into the rooms. Bamboo links the interior and the exterior, so the boundary between building, landscape and interior becomes soft. The minimalist principles of Song Dynasty aesthetics and modernism guide the whole space. The project was completed in November 2021.

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Designer / Brand: Liu Bin Work: Caffe Bar Classification: Interior Date: Friday, 3 January 2025

Tarentum

Tarentum is a cafe bar and whisky lounge located on the coast of Bao'an, Shenzhen, China. The interior is designed in an Ancient Greek style, and Greek food is served during the day. At night, Tarentum becomes a whisky bar with a calm and private atmosphere. The interior facade is made of warm ivory-colored cement, and gentle cream and blue tones are used throughout the space. Gray leather sofas and blue satin cushions match the blue tone of the windows. A half-height cultural stone wall divides the space and encloses the private area.

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Designer / Brand: Chen Lin Work: Social Retail and Cocktail Bar Classification: Interior Date: Thursday, 2 January 2025

WAT Green Urban Jungle

WAT Green Urban Jungle is a social retail space and cocktail bar in Shanghai, China. The rectangular room measures 8 meters long, 5 meters wide and 4 meters high. Walls and ceiling are clad in green terrazzo, cut into thin sheets and fixed to aluminum honeycomb panels so that the heavy material could be used overhead. An elongated counter with a rotating belt carrying cocktails stands at the center, below a suspended electronic message board that follows its shape. Large street-side windows bring in daylight and frame a seating area with a counter and seven backless chairs.

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Designer / Brand: Peng Xiaohua, Chen Qi, Deng Juan Work: Culture and Sports Center Classification: Interior Date: Wednesday, 1 January 2025

Shenzhen Longhua

The project is located in Longhua District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, with a construction area of 135,000 square meters. The project is the geographic center of Shenzhen and the axis of urban development. The designer filtered out the superfluous design techniques and the impurities of stacking design elements in the design, so that the space obtained a natural and clear environment.

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Designer / Brand: Je-Space Interior Design Work: Public Area Classification: Interior Date: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Wonderland in the Alleyways

Wonderland in the Alleyways is the interior design of a residential lobby in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The 274 square meter space is inspired by the atmosphere of a French cafe. Mild and cheerful colors are combined with ceramic tiles and metal details. Wood, stone, glass, ceramic and fabric balance sharp and soft surfaces. A vaulted glass ceiling in the hallway brings in natural light and draws the eye upward, which reduces the effect of the low ceiling. Wooden window shutters create layers, so entering each area feels like walking through quiet alleys.

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