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

 

Love Story of City

Love Story of City is a residential interior design for three connected buildings in Taichung City, Taiwan. The property covers 1000 square meters. The design links indoor and outdoor areas, turning separate exterior spaces into a shared area for activities. Themed landscapes between the buildings guide the indoor traffic flow. Electric windows improve air circulation and reduce air conditioning use. Window frames act as frames for the scenery and reflect direct sunlight to keep interiors comfortable. Stone and tile create a consistent style.

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Half of the Mountain

Half of the Mountain is a homestay interior located in the Maoshan scenic area of Jintan, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The design covers nearly 5000 square meters of building and interior space, set within a forest on a tea mountain. Traditional materials from the surroundings are used, including rammed earth, clay plaster, gravel, raw stone, timber, local bamboo, clay fired green tiles and black bricks. Guests can join tea picking, tea making and packaging activities. The intent is to present the local landscape, Taoist culture and craft traditions.

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Seeking Deer

Seeking Deer is a sales office located in the central area of Shanghai. The interior is divided into two floors. The first floor holds the hall display area and the conversation area, while the second floor holds the reception and office area. A large-scale floor-to-ceiling window opens the second floor toward the double-height conversation area below. The clear glass creates a visual connection between the two levels. A six meter long installation named Deer of Life is set in the second-floor window area, and guests can see the deer from the first floor.

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Xiangsheng Yunjing

Xiangsheng Yunjing is an exhibition hall interior located in Hangzhou. The design respects the regional character of the site and takes nature and the deer as its main inspiration, joining modern oriental style with art. The main chandelier in the lobby is based on the structure of a honeycomb, and the honeycomb lighting echoes the natural theme. Stone, marble, cloth, metal and wood are combined in a harmonious way. Colors are matched space by space, using contrast to create balance. The intent is to bring a sense of nature into a city of concrete.

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Gathering of Talents

Gathering of Talents is a residential interior design set beside a waterfront in a former industrial district. A vacation house serves as the design model, and the facilities refer to hotel standards, including a fitness room, a game room and a sky garden. Cool colors and modern white lines create a calm and elegant atmosphere. At the main entrance, an open white space holds suspended glass tubes that resemble a hanging curtain and recall the white lines of the exterior. A sunlight house links the roof and the sky garden, where residents can gather in daylight and greenery.

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Yunzhou Hall

Yunzhou Banquet Hall is a banquet center located in Wuzhen, China. The interior design combines local traditional culture with contemporary elements, creating a setting for banquets and conferences. Features of the riverside town appear inside, including blue batik cloth, small boats, waterside pavilions and flower-drum opera. A caisson ceiling in the traditional Chinese manner is joined with multilevel spaces and crystal lamps. Main materials are Italian grey stone, blue lacquered wood veneer, wood grain aluminum plate and bronze stainless steel. The hall covers 43485 square meters.

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