Design Trade

Design Trade

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

 

Yu Zuo

This hotel is located within the walls of the Dai Temple, at the bottom of Mount Tai. The designers goal was to transform the design of the hotel to provide guests with a quiet and comfortable accommodation, and at the same time, allow the guests to experience the unique history and culture of this city.By using simple materials, light tones, soft lighting, and carefully selected artwork, the space displays a sense of both history and contemporary.

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The Game

This case is located at Jinggang Mountains which is the revolutionary base of Communist Party of China. There are a great deal of visitors and CPC members gather for training in this area every year. Different from common souvenir shops of most tourist sites, our client hope to incorporate the functions of exhibitions, tourist information, cultural and creative products sell, catering, DIY experience, and training courses to create a new business model.

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Fogo Island Shed

Designed around the notion of 'slow eating', the space is intended to foster a social approach to dining, with a long table set alongside an open plan kitchen. The new building combines contemporary forms with traditional techniques, evoking a strong sense of place through the simplicity and porosity of its interior and exterior volumes. Essentially a simple timber shed, the structure uses the studio's trademark tilted and twisted geometry to create visual drama, as part of the wild landscape.

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Xiamen Marriott Hotel

Elements of tea culture and the hotel's coastal surroundings beauty combined to inspire the project's modern bespoke furnishings and light color palette. Xiamen Marriott Hotel covers an area of more than 60,000 square meters and features 366 contemporary rooms and suites. With only a few steps away to the seaside, this fantastic location hotel is designed to cater for the guests who are looking for an escape from their corporate retreats in CBD and offer a more relaxing and unique meeting destination.

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Roofjar

An open terrace has its own unique challenges and its own unique charm. Based in a boutique hotel this terrace was designed to be a unique experience of covered semi covered and open experience. Flanked by a water body on one side and open farmland on the other side the design had to capture all the views and make the guest feel homely and comfortable.

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Serenity Suites

Serenity Suites lie in the Nikiti, Sithonia settlement in Chalkidiki, Greece. The complex is comprised of three units with twenty suites and a swimming pool. The building units mark out a profound shape of spatial horizon while offering optimal views towards the sea. The swimming pool is the core between accommodation and public amenities. The hospitality complex constitutes a landmark in the area, as an extrovert shell with inner qualities.

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