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Design Ambient

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

 

Flowing Art

Flowing Art is a corporate headquarters office located in Shanghai. The interior is organized into four areas: a work area, a reception area, meeting and multifunctional rooms, and a leisure and social zone. Smooth curves and original artworks blur spatial boundaries and support an open and interactive atmosphere. Materials include shadow wood veneer, ripple-patterned jade stone, antique bronze stainless steel, and wood-plastic composite bamboo charcoal wall panels. Furniture such as the butterfly desk is flexible, so the layout can be adjusted as workplace needs change.

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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

Study is an interior design for a six floor reading space in Taiwan, covering 496 square feet. The project applies the idea of home to every level, so each floor offers a different feeling. The first floor holds the main reading area, where a stepped platform suits children. A tall book wall emphasizes the high ceiling. The mezzanine combines reading, meeting and dining functions. The second floor is a study with a book wall, a glass display case and a fireplace. Transparent glass connects the levels, while soft gray blue tones and light wood veneer create a calm atmosphere.

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Serel Passion

Serel Passion is a smart washbasin designed for modern bathrooms. Capacitive sensors are embedded beneath the ceramic countertop. The icons on the countertop control the faucet, so the water flow, temperature and flow rate can be adjusted by touch. The same icons also control the LED lighting system. These settings can be personalized according to the needs of the user. The washbasin is made of fire clay ceramic by casting, and the smooth surface has an antibacterial nano coating. The modular layout allows one washbasin with a shelf or two washbasins side by side.

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W Chengdu

W Chengdu is a hotel interior design completed in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The project covers 26800 square meters, including public areas on five levels and about 297 guest rooms and suites. The design draws on the natural colors of Jiuzhaigou, motifs from Sichuan Opera, and the local history of poets and poems. Neutral stone and wood tones are accented with vivid hues and dichroic glass, which shifts color as light changes. A waterfall installation stands in the lobby, and a fluid stone floor pattern guides guests through the spaces.

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The Beijing Parade

The Beijing Parade is a restaurant interior located in Beijing. The space of 1800 square meters follows a Belt and Road theme and recalls the Tang Dynasty in an abstract way. The plan is formed mainly by private rooms and corridors, without a lobby. The antehall uses axe-split stone, an old copper logo, red shelves, an original stone tea table, red wine racks and large floral decorations. Rock cliff installations carry dry trunks and branches with moss and sparse flowers. A pagoda lamp marks the end of the corridor.

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