A dichotomy of bygone eras and avant-garde trends

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Luis Beltran; courtesy the designers

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Cabinette (inset) Ana Milena Hernández Palacios and Christophe Penasse

Spanish interior and marketing firm Masquespacio brings back the Parisian 1970’s, but with a twist – a retro-futuristic ‘Cabinette’ that boldly questions the idea of ‘normal’, urging users to step away from stereotypes and clichés...

concrete doubles space and function in cafe design for Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

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Text & Visualisations: Courtesy concrete

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Concrete gives a peek into its design for the café and event space at Depot – Rotterdam’s new building that will house Museum Boijmans van Beuningen…

Crazy Pianos Club: A design to live and experience!

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Photography: Adrià Goula; courtesy v2com

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Crazy Pianos is undoubtedly a different club. Instead of a DJ, two red pianos entertain diners, until they get the public dancing around them…

This small space marks an unmistakable presence in downtown Vietnam

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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Designer Mamoru Maeda capitalises on prime commercial space by re-purposing a wasted storeroom into a trendy eye-catching restaurant space in Vietnam…

Restrained indulgence defines CIFI Sales Centre in Qingdao, China

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Photography: Fenfang Lu; courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group

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Ippolito Fleitz Group’s interior design for the CIFI Sales Centre in Qingdao immerses visitors in a maritime lifestyle…

The emotive playscape - kids’ shopping arcade cum playhouse!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Ng Siu Fung; courtesy the designer

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K11 MUSEA Donut Playhouse (inset) Founder-Designer, Panorama Design Group - Horace Pan

Conceived by Panorama Design Group in central Hong Kong, the K11 MUSEA is a kids’ shopping arcade cum playhouse – the very first of its kind. 

Ukrainian Wabi Sabi. 5.0: Another story about imperfect beauty!

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Photography: Serhii Kadulin; courtesy the architects

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Sergey Makhno Architects design a beautifully serene apartment for two - combining emptiness and comfort, nature and technologies, passion and Zen… the wabi-sabi way…

A slice of outer space!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Jaime Navarro; courtesy the architects

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Offering an avant-garde view of the galaxy, this restaurant in Mexico portrays a ceiling that makes prominent the tropes of the universe’s captivating mysteries…

When design goes in pursuit of amusement and art… a mask is born!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Courtesy Masquespacio

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Masquespacio Studio and Danish brand Lucie Kaas co-create a mask (MASQ) Collection, infusing aesthetic ideals into functional, everyday objects…

Designer Saranin Artemy uses a layered approach to define this Italian café in Russia

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Saranin Artemy

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Saranin Artemy of Studio ALLARTSDESIGN uses a Boho-chic style statement to establish an out-and-out Italian café in Russia…

A palace-like interior and the nostalgic entice of carousels!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Francis Amiand; courtesy Studio MHNA

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Studio MHNA casts a magical spell over the La Rotonde restaurant, its carousel-themed interior paying homage to a timeless, bygone era.

Hold your breath and savour Japan!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Andrey Avdeenko; courtesy the architect

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Sergey Makhno Architects bring their love for Japan to Ukraine via a maze-like Japanese restaurant, carefully balancing the outlook of the city folk with the nuanced culture of a foreign land…

Is coffee going to win?

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Robot 3 Studio

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Surprisingly, in the predominantly tea drinking Chinese society, Time More café designed by Robot 3 Studio, lures in consumers to a coffee experience like no other! 

A literally hand-woven architecture of light!

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Hospitality Special 

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Dirk Weiblen; courtesy the architect

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Nyx Shanghai (inset) Ar. Alberto Caiola

Prepare to be amazed by Alberto Caiola’s latest project, Nyx, as it marks Shanghai’s skyline with a spot of electric blue.

100architects convert indoor space into family-oriented entertaining space

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Amey Kandalgaonkar; courtesy the architects

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The ‘Jungle Race’ by 100architects is an indoor intervention designed as a kids-oriented path within the course of the adults’ circulation in a shopping mall…

Drawing parallels!

By Archit Raj Thapar

Photography: Koichi Torimura; courtesy the architects

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Ar. Takanori Ineyama uses the simple technique of drawing parallels to design a 25 sq. m. store, carved out of nothing but cedar wood…

A prismatic passage

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Amey Kandalgaonkar; courtesy the designers

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100architects designs a vibrant walkway to offer shoppers an immersive experience enroute a newly opened retail space in Shanghai. 

Cultural expression in the built form!

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Courtesy the architects

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photography: Marc Goodwin & Zhang Yong

PES-Architects present China with The Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre, a catalyst that induces cultural momentum in a city dominated by rapid development.

Tattooed interiors

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Photography: Nicole LaMotte Photography; courtesy V2com

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Sake Dojo in Los Angeles’ historic Little Tokyo neighbourhood gets inked in an unexpected way. Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio use the ancient art of Japanese tattooing to accomplish this…

Maximising the micro!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Roberto Ruiz; courtesy CaSA
Stylism and art direction by CaSA

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Trust the architects at CaSA to take an irregular floor plan and turn it into a practical yet contemporary and cosy home…