Garden Living: A Loft House in China by New Office Works.This home in Haikou, China is an interplay between the hidden and exposed. Overlooking a sea of lush greenery, New Office Works used the juxtaposition of garden, nature and infrastructure as the starting point for the project. Nature...
Unconventional and Abstract: Bananain Concept Store in Beijing by Some Thoughts.Spatial design and research office Some Thoughts continues their collaboration with apparel brand Bananain, designing their first concept store in Beiling. Incorporating several architectural elements, the retro futuristic and industrial...
A Sense of Community: Shanghai Advertising Agency Office by Yatofu Creatives.It's not often an employee's sense of happiness, freedom, and inspiration takes top billing in a workplace design project, but that was exactly the brief Shanghai advertising agency Inmedia shared with the Helsinki-based studio Yatofu...
Rich in Subtleties: One Three Photography Studio in Beijing by Nothing Design.Conscious of materiality and subtleties, Nothing Design implements a delicate thread between vintage and contemporary elements laced with Chinese culture, within One Three Photography Studio in Beijing. An interior that resembles an...
Dikka Bakery in Shanghai by Some Thoughts.We can already smell the aroma of fresh bread just by looking at Some Thoughts Studio’s Dikka Bakery in Shanghai—a pastry store that includes colour themes that incorporate comforting brown tones evocative of a freshly baked loaf....
A Spatial Folly: Ziinlife Beijing Showroom by Atelier Tao+c.Atelier tao+c’s ZIIN Beijing showroom champions humble materials of timber, steel and brick. Two scaffold like structures, interlocking and rotated inside the existing warehouse, allow for homogenous planning and display of furniture,...
A Colourful Conveyor Belt: Anshan Naibang Chemicals Office Building by Wave.GB.For paint manufacturing company Anshan Naibang Chemical’s new office building, Wave.GB. injected a series of rainbow hues throughout the building, defining programs within the 2,000 square metre space. Just like colouring within the...
Past Meets Present Meets Future: A Clothing Boutique in Guangzhou by TOMO Design.In Guangzhou, China, is a clothing boutique that channels Dr. Who—minus the spaceship. The retail space—the first physical destination of vintage clothing brand MASONPRINCE, conceived by TOMO Design—transports visitors through...
Contrasts of Starkness and Maximalism: EP Yaying by Franklin Azzi Architecture.Working with the collaborative duo Franklin Azzi and Serge Reffieux, Chinese ready-to-wear label EP Yaying is now armed with a new blueprint for all their future locations. Taking an old colonial house in Shanghai and renovating it...
