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Designer / Brand: Zou Hongbo Work: Vacation Club Classification: Interior Date: Friday, 2 August 2024

Huizhou Bay Resort

Huizhou Bay Resort is a vacation club interior located in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. The project covers about 836 square meters and was completed in May 2020. The design takes inspiration from nature and uses circular forms with simple detailing. Wood, Yabo gray marble, jade green marble, bronze metal and laminated glass are the main materials. Large windows and a semicircular wooden partition bring daylight and views of the mountains and sea into the space. The warm wood tones create a calm setting for guests seeking quiet away from the city.

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Designer / Brand: Zhou JingWei Work: Lunch and Dinner Classification: Interior Date: Thursday, 1 August 2024

Chinese Restaurant

Chinese Rice Noodle Restaurant is an interior design for a dining space in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. The project covers a total area of 400 square meters. Linear elements throughout the interior recall the shape of rice noodles, so visitors can recognize the type of food served. Wood veneer and imitation stone panels are used to refine the surfaces, while textured coating on the walls adds depth. The coating and the grating are simple to produce and install, and the construction was completed in one month.

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Designer / Brand: Bo Li Work: Commercial Complex Classification: Interior Date: Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Number Five Forest

Number Five Forest is a commercial complex interior covering 1000 square meters. The design combines a cafe, a show venue, a podium, a theatre and exhibition areas within one spatial form. Dense planting at the entrance forms a landscape interior that links visitors with nature. Glass encloses the green plant areas, allowing daylight to enter and views to extend. Inside a rectangular white box, a circle breaks the single geometric form and frees the familiar walking path, creating varied circulation. Light from the patio falls into the space.

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Designer / Brand: Haiman Zhang Work: Experience Hall Classification: Interior Date: Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Future Ideal City

Future Ideal City is an experience hall in Guangzhou that presents the idea of a future city. The hall shows homes of the future through the theme of a cloud city, with future, technology and simplicity as the main styles. The outer facade combines mirror surfaces and metal. Stainless steel mirror is used to stretch and enlarge the visual sense of the space. The middle level guides the view through changes of material, while spheres add movement to the lower level. Stacked ABS square tubes form the shape of clouds, and blue figures add warmth and a friendly character.

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Designer / Brand: Junhong Huang Work: Bar Classification: Interior Date: Monday, 29 July 2024

Sixty Minutes

60M is a bar interior located in Xiamen, China, covering a total of 258 square meters. A curved circular bar forms the centre of the plan and supports a new way of drinking and socializing. The theme is based on the water element and is interpreted through different materials. The wave-like wall is built in three layers, with irregular curved wood above and below and a custom made GRG wood interlayer. Hidden linear lights deepen the lines of the wall and can be adjusted for light and shadow shows. The bar surface is made of polished water millstone.

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Designer / Brand: Liang Fang Work: Hotel Classification: Interior Date: Sunday, 28 July 2024

Kai Yuan

Kai Yuan is a hotel lobby interior located in Wuhan, China. The lobby covers 20000 square meters and rises to a height of 8 meters. A wind corridor porch at the entrance separates the busy city from the interior and opens a wide view. Tall cabinets and facing screen doors frame the arrival of guests and give the space a generous scale. Cyan and orange-red, drawn from local colors, define the palette. Wood, glass, metal and stone are the main materials. LED screens show changing visual art, adding movement to the quiet space.

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