Take a Showroom and Make it a Home: USM Shanghai by Halleroed.It’s safe to say everyone is very familiar with IKEA’s super clever business model of aspirational home displays. Well the Swedes have done it again, and this time it’s a serious step up from IKEA. For USM’s private showroom in...
Three Minimalist Office Spaces That Are Anything But Boring.Although culturally worlds apart, these three office spaces—from New York, Athens and Shanghai—find level ground following the cohesive design language of minimalism. Each project feels distinctly grounded in their local context and...
Like Inside of a Coffee Bean: Ido & Friends Cafe by Aurora Design.Resembling the inside of a coffee bean, Aurora Design’s concept for Ido & Friends Cafe offers a humble retreat into the world of coffee, while remaining unpretentious and accessible. Embracing various types of chocolate brown timber, the...
A Living Garden and Exhibition Space in Hangzhou by Mountain Soil.Mountain Soil has designed a living garden and exhibition space for JIA Garden Craft, a home for art and hand-crafted objects in Hangzhou. Spread over two levels, the interior features a display shaped like a leaf and an asymmetrical rock...
Satellite Cities: Experimental School in Hainan by Trace Architecture Office.Organic forms often imagined in our childhood drawings and daydream doodles have found their way into Trace Architecture Office’s monumental education project in Hainan, China. This experimental school challenges the rigidity of your...
Emotional Islands: Ye Xiao Xiao Tea Space by Aurora Design.Come and pour yourself a cup of tea with us as we admire the hushed beauty of Aurora Design’s Ye Xiao Xiao Tea Space. An interior made with delicate draping of fabric for a sense of luxury and an allusion to the warm hug one experiences...
Sundial Reimagined: Box of Light House by Cun Design.Though rather plain on first impressions, Cun Design’s Box of Light is ready to wow visitors with clever light curation. Through lightwells, small cutouts for intimate viewpoints across rooms and extrusions of various volumes in a...
Embodying the Spirit of Hainan: Sanya Wellness Retreat by Neri&Hu.Inspired by Nanjing, the ancient Chinese walled city, this wellness retreat in China’s Haitang Bay was devised by the Shanghai-based multidisciplinary practice Neri&Hu. With the design and research office with a global portfolio and a...
Chubby Chic: Pang Mei Noodle Bar in Beijing by Office AIO.Edging onto an open air courtyard in Beijing’s commercial district, Office AIO’s third outpost for Pang Mei Noodle Bar embraces the chubby shapes. The playful and gregarious venue fosters an exchange between people at the restaurant,...
