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Marugo Restaurant

Marugo

Marugo Shinbashi is a wine bar and restaurant interior located on a busy street in Shinbashi, Tokyo. The circle of the Marugo brand sign is repeated through the interior to improve visibility and recall. A wine red tiled wall and a buttoned bench carry the circular motif, while colored copper plates of Takaoka copperware cover a full wall. Cube brick tile and mahogany wood complete the material palette. Indirect lighting was adjusted with a full-size mockup so that light reads clearly from each circle. The space covers 105 square meters.

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Lihpao Plaza Shopping Mall

Lihpao Plaza

Lihpao Plaza is a shopping mall interior design created in China. The interior covers 100,000 square meters across two levels of retail and themed dining areas. Six themed zones guide visitors through the mall, using zigzag alleys, stairs and red lanterns, light and shadow with window grilles, books combined with stairs, and botanical elements. Common materials were selected to meet the construction schedule and budget. Virtual reality and three-dimensional interactive projection form interactive spaces. The layout supports leisure, shopping and entertainment in one place.

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4000 Light Restaurant

4000 Light

4000 Light is a hot pot restaurant interior designed for young customers. Light is used as the core design element of the space. Different light sources and specular reflection materials create reflection and refraction effects on carefully shaped surfaces. An image interaction technology adds changing visual effects. Three focal areas, named the art hall, the wormhole and the time channel, organize the plan. The interior covers 1000 square meters. Light and shade replace building materials as the main space-forming elements, so visitors interact with the surrounding environment.

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Dhyan Chaise Lounge Concept

Dhyan

Dyhan lounge concept combines modern design with traditional eastern ideas and principles of inner peace by connecting with nature. Using the Lingam as form inspiration & the Bodhi-tree and Japanese gardens as a basis on the concept's modules, Dhyan (sanskrit for meditate) transforms the eastern philosophies into varied configurations, allowing the user to choose his/her path to zen/relaxation. The water-pond mode surrounds the user with a waterfall & pond, while the garden mode surrounds the user with greenery. The standard mode contains storage areas under a platform that acts as a shelf.

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Vanke DaJia Brand Exhibition Hall

Vanke DaJia

Vanke DaJia is a brand exhibition hall located in Changsha City, China. The interior covers an area of 760 square meters and was converted from a former sales center. Nature is the main theme, and a large amount of wood color creates a calm atmosphere. Further colors are drawn from the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech, Morocco. The materials include grey terrazzo, art texture paint, grey oak wood and bronze sand blasted stainless steel. The hall holds a gift shop, a floral area, a coffee bar and reading areas for children and adults.

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Pierre De Ronsard Baking Shop

Pierre De Ronsard

Pierre De Ronsard is a bakery interior covering 110 square meters. The design displays the baking process and desserts within one open retail space. The guiding concept is an ambiguous boundary between the shop and the inner street of the shopping mall. A perforated curved wall with ivory paint stands near the main entrance, and the spacing of the holes changes gradually. Laminated metal sheets of various heights serve as display units and as an interactive installation. Solid blocks replace fixed interfaces, so inside and outside connect.

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