Designs And Designers

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Moritomi Japanese Restaurant

Tetsuya Matsumoto Japanese Restaurant Interior Friday, 26 August 2022

Moritomi

The relocation of Moritomi, a restaurant offering Japanese cuisine, next to the world heritage Himeji Castle explores the relationships between materiality, shape and traditional architectonics interpretation. The new space tries to reproduce the castle stone fortifications pattern in various materials including rough and polished stones, black oxide coated steel, and tatami mats. A floor made in small resin coated gravels represents the castle moat. Two colors, white and black, flows like water from outside, and crossing the wooden lattice decorated entrance door, to the reception hall.

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Tomeo Outdoor Metallic Chair

Hugo Charlet-berguerand Outdoor Metallic Chair Furniture Thursday, 25 August 2022

Tomeo

During the 60s, visionary designers developed the first plastic furniture. The designers’ talent coupled with the versatility of the substance led to its indispensability. Both designers and consumers became addicted to it. Today, we know its environmental dangers. Still, restaurant terraces remain filled with plastic chairs. This is because the market offers little alternative. The design world remains sparsely populated with manufacturers of steel furniture, even sometimes republishing designs from the late 19th century… Here comes the birth of Tomeo: a modern, light & stackable steel chair.

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Soulful Residential House

Sha Lu Residential House Interior Wednesday, 24 August 2022

Soulful

The whole space is based on calmness. All background colors are light, gray, white, etc. In order to balance the space, some highly saturated colors and some layered textures appear in the space, such as deep red, such as pillows with unique prints, such as some textured metal ornaments. They become the gorgeous colors in the foyer, while also adding the appropriate warmth to space.

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Eataly Interior Design

Unique Store Fixtures Interior Design Interior Tuesday, 23 August 2022

Eataly

Eataly Toronto is tailored to the nuances of our growing city and is designed to enhance and augment social exchanges via the universal catalyst of great Italian food. It is only fitting that the traditional and enduring “passeggiata” is the inspiration behind the design for Eataly Toronto. This timeless ritual sees Italians each evening take to the main street and piazza, to stroll and socialize and occasionally stop at bars and shops along the way. This series of experiences calls for a new, intimate street scale at Bloor and Bay.

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Riverview Villa Residence

Fan Wu Residence Interior Monday, 22 August 2022

Riverview Villa

Riverview Villa is the interior design of a four story single family house in Chongqing, China. The house stands with the mountain behind it and faces the Yangtze River. A four dimensional decomposition method shapes flowing public spaces that connect across the floors, and glass walls blur the line between inside and outside. Four bedrooms face the river to keep privacy and comfort. Two light patios bring daylight and air circulation to the rooms near the mountain. A garden lawn and an infinity pool extend the living space toward the river landscape.

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Zmake Office

Xiaobo Ye Office Interior Sunday, 21 August 2022

Zmake

Zmake is an office interior design covering 1100 square meters. The layout is organized around a 21 meter T shaped corridor, which serves as an information gallery and an interactive space that every person passes before entering the work area. Bamboo weaving is used as the main decorative element, appearing as twisting forms at the entrance and the bar, as large arrays above the corridor, and as enclosing screens in the reception and incubation center. Bamboo, terrazzo, paint and stainless steel are the main materials. The design focuses on the relationship between people and space.

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