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Gray and Gold Interior Design

Gray and Gold

Grey color is considered to be boring. But today this color is one from the head-liners in such styles as loft, minimalism and hi-tech. Gray is a color of preference for privacy, some peace, and rest. It mostly invites those, who work with people or are engaged in cognitive demands, as a general interior color. The walls, ceiling, furniture, curtains, and floors are grey. Hues and saturation of the grey are different only. Gold was added by additional details and accessories. It is accentuated by the picture frame.

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Poly Central Residence Sales Center

Poly Central Residence

Poly Central Residence is a sales center located in Yangjiang, China. The interior covers 900 square meters. Concrete blocks are interlaced to imitate coastal rocks, recalling the traces of time and tide. Rocky walls and a blocky ceiling form multiple levels and a natural spatial order. Green moss grows between the rocks, and open areas echo the waterscape outside. The walls, ceiling, reception counter, water bar, showcase and scaled model are customized. Ceramics, stone, metal and leather contrast with each other, and lights with simple lines are embedded in cabinets and walls.

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Sunac Shanxiao Real Estate Sales Center

Sunac Shanxiao

Sunac Shanxiao is a real estate sales center located in the Nanshan Scenic Spot in Chongqing, China. The building is a two storey glass box of 800 square meters, enclosed by full glass curtain walls. The reception, tea and negotiation areas are placed near the windows, so visitors can see the surrounding mountains, springs and clouds. Yellow, black and white are the main colors. A two storey polygonal metal frame carries thousands of translucent metal wires, which add a changing artistic layer between the interior and the natural landscape.

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Renovation of Dongpo Theater

Renovation of Dongpo

Renovation of Dongpo is an interior design project for a theater in Hangzhou, China. The theater opened in 1992 near West Lake and carried marks from many periods. The renovation works by subtraction, removing unneeded decoration while keeping traces of different times and returning the building to a simpler state. Beams, columns and equipment in the hall are reorganized to appear plain and orderly. Concrete fibreboard walls, black steel and soft lighting recall an ancient cave. The design covers 4150 square meters on three floors.

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Yucoo Restaurant

Yucoo

With the gradual maturity of aesthetics and the aesthetic changes of human, the modern style that highlights self and individuality has become the important elements of design. This case is a restaurant, the designer want to create a youthful space experience for consumers. Light blue, grey and green plants create rnatural comfort and casualness for the space. The chandelier made by hand-woven rattan and metal explains the collision between human and nature, showing the vitality of the whole restaurant.

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Heytea Store

Heytea

Heytea Huizhou Aeno Mall is a tea shop interior covering 250 square meters. The design takes the encounter of time and space as its theme. Galvanized sheet is applied over large surfaces and also forms the brand logo. The varied texture of the metal adds visual depth and avoids a single flat color. Simple geometric forms and smooth lines shape the layout. A row of reeds is placed at the floor-to-ceiling window, and the galvanized sheet above the reeds is cut into reed shapes to soften the strong material.

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