A dark-tinted mirror mimicking the shape of the track was positioned directly above and brightly coloured garments were suspended around the perimeter like a row of spectators. Entitled The Track, this installation was the second of three zones designed by Studio-at-Large for the Nike Free launch event.
Hong Kong-based retailer INK recently opened its doors in Beijing, bringing its curation of cutting-edge, avant-garde garments into Mainland China.
Although the office would specifically house architects, the architects designed a multipurpose working space that simply and clearly honors the rudiments of work: vast work surfaces, massive natural light, fresh air, generous storage, and clearly individuated workstations that add up to a coherent, palpable group.
The simplicity and scale of the three top and bottom plinths serve as a monumental backdrop for the suspended elements in between that came in and out of focus through the movement between the plinths.
A lattice of extruded aluminium sections evokes images of the brickwork in Beijing’s old neighborhoods at this luxury boutique by Kengo Kuma and Associates.
The designer embodies the miniature of China’s harmonious society with the project. The unique design shall also produce more established customers to the Restaurant, which well expresses the designer’s belief good design shall show its own commercial value.
The rooms are divided into urban view rooms overlooking Beijing’s bustling downtown and park view rooms with sweeping views of the east. All rooms are equipped with the very latest in cool technology, from an Ipod Touch and docking station to multi-scene lighting and free WiFi broadband internet access.
Located in the center of Beijing next to the Forbidden City, People’s Architecture Office/People’s Industrial Design Office occupies the northeast corner of a traditional courtyard house. The renovation of the office involved exposing the house’s original wood beam structure.
Once inside the the green facade provides a soft screen for privacy and comfort where the expansive atrium blurs the activities of the hotel. Situated in the center of the space guests can visit a contemporary gallery which features artwork by ten Chinese artist who have interpreted the facade into textile pieces.
The design for the headquarters of 21 Cake, a popular gourmet cake franchise, relies on the interaction of the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Selected walls of the office, namely those along circulation areas, are made of laminated colored glass. These glass panels are ‘layered’ to create a full spectrum of changing colors.
Mochen Office by Mochen Architects & Engineers, Beijing
Milkywave reflects on the practice of city-making through the objects that populate the collective memory; an attempt to rethink how seemingly mundane things with a material substance, shape, texture and color along with unique cultural habits and environmental conditions coalesce to form the atmosphere and character of the city.
French artist and designer Arnold Goron has filled seven high fashion stores with installations of aluminum plates stapled to wooden structures.
Storeage, the Amsterdam-based retail design agency, has created a new retail concept for Li Ning’s flagship stores in Beijing and Shanghai. Li Ning is one of China’s largest developers and distributors of sports apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories.
Golucci International Design have sent us images of the Taiwan Noodle House restaurant interior they have designed in Beijing, China.
Taiwan Noodle House 2 by Golucci International Design, Beijing.
Replay has opened a flagship store in Beijing, marking the brand’s first step into China. The 500 sqm shop is located on S8-15 of Sanlitun Village, a center where shopping and leisure meet entertainment and art.
The Montblanc Beijing flagship is a 4-story store in the heart of Sanlitun. It will offer all Montblanc limited editions and the entire Princess Grace de Monaco collection.
The two-floor 2000+ square foot New Balance Experience Store is located in Beijing’s famous Qianmen Avenue. The first floor’s décor is inspired by New Balance’s heritage with a nostalgic feel harkening back to the 1950s and 60s.
The design of the retail space is a collab of Wang and Paris-based architect Joseph Dirand, and in terms of aesthetics it’s pretty much an extrapolation of the New York flagship store’s sleek concept, featuring a strong focus on raw materials with an emphasis on marble and bronze used in sculptural statements.
