Design Lifestyle Magazine

Design Lifestyle Magazine

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

 

Shaping Memories

GAFA Changgang Admin Bldg Design is an interior renovation of the administration building at the Changgang Campus. The project covers about 3600 square meters of interior space in a building of four floors. The design preserves the iconic arch of the original structure and adds mirrored ceilings in mirror-finished stainless steel, porcelain-white walls, alloy steel elements and cool lighting. Limited ceiling height and poor natural light are addressed through reflection and visual extension. Historical symbols are joined with modern materials.

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LA5 X House of Suntory

House of Suntory is an experiential retail pop-up located at Hamad International Airport in Qatar. The pop-up was created in partnership with Qatar Duty Free to present Japanese artistry and tradition to travelers. The exterior takes inspiration from Machiya style wood lattices, reinterpreted in a contemporary form as a reference to the first shop of the company in Japan. Ikebana displays and storytelling elements create a calm moment within the airport. The design joins modern form with cultural heritage.

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Flora

Flora is an armchair designed for free and informal rest. The continuous curved form removes the boundaries between seat, backrest and arms, inspired by the opening of a flower bud. The asymmetrical shell allows sitting, leaning or lying in several positions, without mechanisms or adjustments. The base is made of solid tauari wood and the shell of pressed curved multilaminate wood, finished by hand and upholstered with sustainable materials. A loose roll cushion adds support in different uses. Flora measures 108 by 110 by 90 centimetres.

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Portobella Symphony

This project features a rare combination of hand crafted stucco ceilings covering the entire space and an open kitchen concept that brings transparency and theatre to dining. Every ceiling ornament and column detail was sculpted by artisans, giving the restaurant a museum like quality. Together with crystal chandeliers, pastel walls, and bespoke furniture, the design merges classical grandeur with modern hospitality, creating a refined yet welcoming atmosphere.

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Bco Yangzhou Zhongji

Bco Yangzhou Zhongji is a restaurant interior design located on the ground floor of the Zhongji Wenchang Center in Yangzhou, China. The space covers nearly 500 square meters and is double height, with full height windows that bring in daylight. The material palette combines low saturation concrete, pale oak and off white surfaces. Cascading ferns, monstera plants and a living moss wall of 1.8 meters add greenery to the dining area. The facade was rebuilt so that the restaurant reads as transparent from both inside and outside.

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Noble Gathering

The Noble Gathering Club of Shanghai Reeb is an important supporting facility for the Noble Gathering high-end serviced apartment, which is part of the urban renewal project of Shanghai Reeb Brewery. Adhering to the core concept of Modern Shanghai Style, it subtly extracts the elements of Shanghai's iconic Shikumen architecture as the spatial motif, and reinterprets the cultural charm of old Shanghai through contemporary design language. It is exclusively designed to provide urban elites with luxury services under hotel style management and high end social spaces.

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