Design Lifestyle Magazine

Design Lifestyle Magazine

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

 

Moli Landscape

Moli Landscape is a restaurant interior located in a shopping mall in Shenyang, China. The design uses a high skip-floor layout and floor-to-ceiling lighting, allowing sunlight and air to flow freely through the space. The main facade is left blank, forming an open cave-like entrance. Guests walk along a winding stream amid shifting light and shadow, then ascend stairs to a raised dining room with wider views. Roof lines form large cantilevers that decline with a natural slope, recalling the feeling of sitting in the mountains. Materials include stainless steel, silver finishes and stone.

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Poly City Gather

Poly City Gather is a sales center in Shijiazhuang, China, covering 1,250 square meters. The interior opens with an atrium 12 meters high and 9 meters wide, crowned by a dome. White surfaces, regular lines of indentations and layered hollow details recall an image of layered mountains. A midair corridor links the areas and offers open views. Symmetrical marble panels frame the entrance hall. Transparent glass partitions, a curved array of chandeliers and controlled light replace heavy ornament. A red tone brings warmth to the VIP room.

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Wave

Wave is an armchair inspired by the form of ocean waves. The shape holds more volume at the base and tapers gradually towards the ends. The seat and the backrest are suspended and do not touch each other, because the structure is made entirely of fiberglass. Five separate molds are used, and the resulting parts are joined by lamination. The curved base allows a slight rocking motion. The cover is closed by a hidden plastic clip sewn to the fabric, without zippers or staples. The armchair measures 800 mm in width, 950 mm in depth and 650 mm in height.

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Wall A2

Wall A2 is a freestanding television stand with casters. The compact base allows placement anywhere in a room. Televisions from 24 to 80 inches made by different manufacturers can be mounted without drilling holes in the wall. Five height levels are available, and the viewing angle, orientation and position can be changed by hand. The structure is a steel pipe welded to a plate, finished with satin powder coating and a woodgrain surface on the pillar. Cables run inside the pillar and stay hidden from view.

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The Future Preface

To tell the history of a city is, in the end, to tell the story of its people. Because if there were no people, this city would have no history worth telling. Every metropolis has its history, take Zhengzhou for example from boundless farmland to densely tile-roofed houses to today's high-rise buildings, the change carries memories of generations. From life trivial to the striving goal, it is people's daily living that weaves the urban prosperous.

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Mass Series Sumi Limited

Mass Series Sumi Limited is a furniture collection that includes a dining chair, a lounge chair, a coffee table, two stools and a coat hanger. Each piece combines a steel frame with generously planed cedar taken from old trees. The cedar is charred by a traditional method that improves durability and brings out defined grains, creating a glossy black surface with a rare texture. The dark finish refers to Noyaki, the grassland burning of the Aso area, where people and nature live together. The series is limited to 25 units per year.

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