Design Lifestyle Magazine

Design Lifestyle Magazine

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

 

House of the Mystic Art

House of the Mystic Art is a private residence in Taipei, Taiwan, that also serves as a workplace, since the owner hosts a live-streamed talk show at home. The apartment is three decades old and covers 152 square metres. The ceiling stands at 2.68 metres, while the maximum height under the beams is 2.13 metres, which created a sense of constraint. The floor plan was replanned to improve circulation and natural light. Ceilings were set at different heights to vary the visual experience. Materials include mineral paint, stone, wood, stainless steel, tile, glass and plants.

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83 Bands

83 Bands is a bar interior in Shanghai that serves cocktails and champagne. The design covers 300 square meters and follows a route from the porch to the front hall, then to the atrium and the back garden. Lighting is the main element. Each fixture uses an RGB digital dimming lamp with a very wide color range, and preset programming recreates the warm tones of sunset and a slow breathing effect. Colors can be adjusted when the bar is leased for other events. The main materials are cement, stainless steel, Changhong glass, terrazzo, mirror and sound-absorbing plywood.

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Highpark Suites

Highpark Suites Common Areas explores the seamless integration of urban Gen-Y lifestyles with green living, business, leisure, and community. From wow-factor lobbies to sculptural sky courts, function halls, and funky meeting rooms these amenity spaces are designed for residents to use as an extension of their homes. Inspired by seamless indoor vs outdoor living, flexibility, interactive moments, and a palette of urban colors and textures, MIL Design pushed the boundaries to create a unique, sustainable, and holistic community where every space has the residents and tropical environment in min

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Space Stack

Space Stack is a residential interior designed as a vacation house in Taiwan. The home is used by a couple who return to the country and often host guests, so the plan offers hotel style accommodation with a dressing room and a bathroom for visitors. Space lines and colors are simplified, and the storage room, guest bathroom and bedroom entrances are set behind hidden door panels. The main wall of the living room is clad in grey marble, whose reflective surface extends the sense of space. Materials include stone, iron, solid wood, glass and mirror.

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The Sea Refuses No River

The Sea Refuses No River is a Teppanyaki restaurant interior located in the central area of Shanghai. The interior area is 478 square meters and the landscape area is 800 square meters. The design joins modern lines with traditional Chinese wood structure, recalling the iron window frames of Shikumen houses. Materials include copper imitating stainless steel, Hainan volcanic rock, oak wood veneer, gray marble and soft fabrics. A handmade wall carpet lines the aisle. Curved walls and a stepped ceiling suggest the movement of waves.

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Beile Hotpot

Beile Hotpot is a restaurant interior design for a charcoal fire copper pot hotpot house in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. The site covers 260 square meters and follows the architectural style of the Chinese Qing dynasty. The plan is arranged in symmetrical square patterns, and the ceiling recalls the tenon and mortise structure of an ancient roof ridge. Custom lamps take the form of traditional eaves. A translucent soft film with a hand painted landscape scene lights the rear public area. Cinnabar, blue, red gold and wood tones set the color scheme.

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