Gundry & Ducker's Bubble Tea Cafe Features Cork Seats And Stripy Paintwork

Nov 2, 2014

Bubble tea drinkers perch on tiers of cork seating around brightly coloured tables at this London cafe by architects Gundry & Ducker .

Gundry & Ducker designed the space for a teashop called Biju Bubble Tea Rooms, in London’s Soho district.

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The cafe serves a style of milky tea that originated in 1980s Taiwan – often infused with fruit and poured over a layer of chewy tapioca pearls.

The London-based studio created areas of terraced seating on either side of a shop floor dotted with brightly coloured tables to create sociable environment for customers.

“Envisaged as a modern day tea room, the design emphasises the social aspects of drinking tea,” said studio co-founder Christian Ducker.

The studio forewent the typical bentwood cafe chairs in favour for a range of informal seating that creates “an internal landscape that people can occupy as they choose.”

Cork steps flank the shop floor are dotted with a selection of thick circular cushions that match the brightly coloured tabletops and paintwork.

A series of cork-lined blocks stacked against the wall create arm-rests and make-shift tables for customers on the upper levels.

Small cork stools with tubular metal legs cluster around the vibrant turquoise, pink and yellow tables overhung by a large section of industrial pipework is suspended from the striped ceiling.

“The use of natural cork in the interior refers to Biju’s use of only fresh natural ingredients, whilst the fun aspect of the drinks is reflected by the vibrant colours neon lighting and op-art graphics,” Ducker told Dezeen.

A large white counter against the rear wall of the cafe serves as a preparation area, where customers can select ingredients and watch their order being brewed.

“The idea was to display the raw materials and celebrate the theatre of the preparation of the tea,” said the whose previous projects include a tiled pizza parlour in east London.

Diagonal slices through the interior paintwork reveal sections of pale brickwork. The pattern continues onto the facade where strips of brighty-coloured metal fold off the grey painted shopfront to form signage for the cafe.

The graphics and branding for the teahouse were produced by British design studio Ico Design.

Photography is by Hufton & Crow.

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NLXL Lab Launches One-off Wallpaper Patterns By Designers Including Piet Hein Eek

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Nov 2, 2014

NLXL Lab has collaborated with designers including Thomas Eurlings and Piet Hein Eek to create a series of wallpaper patterns and murals.

Wallpaper company NLXL established NLXL Lab to enable the release of products outside of collections and traditional launch seasons.

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“A collection should always consist of a family of products, but every time we start designing a collection we get ideas that we can’t use – not because they’re not good enough, just because they don’t belong to the family of products,” NXLX creative director Rick Vintage told Dezeen. “This is what gave us the idea for NLXL Lab.”

Black Brick by Piet Hein Eek

An example of this is Piet Hein Eek’s Black Brick Wallpaper, which wouldn’t fit into the designer’s previous set of patterns that replicates weathered wood textures for the brand.

“We talked about a ‘black brick’ wallpaper, but it would have been weird to add this idea to the Scrapwood Collection,” said Vintage.

NLXL Lab Wallpaper Editions provides a way to put this idea into production. “This new wallpaper is inspired by common materials and colours anybody would love to have on their wall,” Eek told Dezeen.

Greenhouse by Erik Gutter

Dutch designer Erik Gutter created Greenhouse Wallpaper, a wallcovering that mimics the view into a greenhouse filled with plants.

“My background being flora, I have always applied plants in interiors,” said Gutter. “The greenhouse windows on the wallpaper resemble a framework through which you can see the green landscape, turning a solid wall into a greenhouse wall, making you look outside.”

Tattoo by Cookie Bros

Tattoo Wallpaper is by Graham and Doug van der Pas of Cookie Bros and features images taken from tattoo flashes – the designs printed or drawn onto paper or cardboard and used in tattoo parlours to give customers ideas.

“Tattoo culture is something we want to share. We actually have some of the tattoos used in the design on our bodies,” said the designers. “We worked with 100% authentic tattoo flash, drawn by one of the best artists out there, Daniel ‘Danny Boy’ Sawyer.”

Crown Caps in black by Jeanine Eek Keizer

Jeanine Eek Keizer designed the Crown Caps Wallpaper, featuring hundreds of different crimped metal bottle tops. “I have been collecting various objects for 25 years, and I had a very nice and large cork-crown collection,” she told Dezeen.

Crown Caps in white by Jeanine Eek Keizer

“My husband Piet Hein Eek and I made wooden panels to put the real crown corks in and they became beautiful artworks on the wall. When we filled a whole wall with these artworks, it naturally became an idea for wallpaper.”

Gradient by Thomas Eurlings

Thomas Eurlings’ Gradient Wallpaper was designed to change the perception of the room it was applied to. “The vertical fade to white makes the ceiling feel high and lighter as if a soft mist is hanging from the ceiling,” Eurlings told Dezeen. “The design consists of silhouettes and keys that are characteristic of my work.”

Big Pattern Bogor by Mr and Mrs Vintage

Mr and Mrs Vintage have also created three wallpaper murals, which are made from non-woven fabric and do not include a repeat.

Big Pattern Luther by Mr and Mrs Vintage

The designs include Big Pattern Paola, Big Pattern Luther and Big Pattern Bogor, all featuring antique floral designs. Each roll measures 10 metres by 48.7 centimetres.

Big Pattern Paola by Mr and Mrs Vintage

More one-off wallpaper editions by NLXL are expected from Piet Boon, Studio Job and Merci, amongst others. “We’re just going to put out stuff we love,” said Vintage. “Sometimes distributed worldwide, sometimes in limited editions. Just to see what will happen.”

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Playful Approach To Modern Living In Taiwan: The Family Playground By House Design

Ramon

Nov 2, 2014

We love the vibrant character exuded by this home in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan. Envisioned by the creative team at House Design, the Family Playground project is exactly what its name suggest: an open invite to social entertaining. The design concept redefines the traditional kitchen in Taiwan, which is commonly crowded and dark. In this case, the kitchen and dining area are moved to the center of the living room, making it also the center of affective communication for the family: “One person can watch TV, while another can cook. Therefore, family members in different spaces, not only can feel and talk to each other, but also share the smell of food, sunlight, and views“, explained the architects.

Some of the pipes were cleverly transformed into a dividing screen with a striking visual effect. This pipe-made “panel” differs greatly from the traditional Taiwanese dividing walls and also comes with interesting storage options for shoes and clothes. The same design method is used on the hallway, where a glass cabinet is employed for exhibiting various objects, as well as for allowing natural lighting further into the house. Color is present throughout, contributing to a harmonious, joyful family atmosphere. [Information provided via e-mail by House Design Studio; Photography: Hey! Cheese]

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The Corten House By DMOA Architecten Is Surrounded By Weathered Steel Fins

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Nov 2, 2014

Strips of pre-rusted Corten steel run in vertical columns around this Belgian house by DMOA Architecten (+ movie).

DMOA Architecten designed the three-storey home, for a couple in the Antwerp suburb of Kontich.

The Corten House is named after the brand that produces the weathered steel panels that surround its walls and perimeter.

The local studio welded the material onto perforated metal sheeting to form a cladding that screens the front of the building from passing traffic. The thin plate-like sections jut out from the facade like fins.

“We wanted a material that gave the feeling of a whole,” said DMOA architect Matthias Mattelaer. “But it couldn’t be just closed. It had to be a hybrid material, let light in, give views to the outside world, mark a boundary.”

The fins extend across front-facing windows on the two upper floors to provide protection from the sun and privacy for bedrooms.

A pair of concealed double doors open out to reveal a garage, while a smaller doorway set into a black recess creates the main entrance point to the property.

Lengths of Corten steel are planted in the landscape around the property create a perimeter fence.

This border encloses an outdoor courtyard to one side of the house, where remnants and shavings of the material from the construction create a rusty-coloured area around the base of a ginkgo tree.

The courtyard leads to the rear of the property where large expanses of aluminium-framed glazing that contrast the rich, earth tones of the weathered steel are left unscreened.

Inside, the master suite is located on the first floor and includes a bedroom, bathroom, WC, and dual office and lounge area.

A central stairwell runs all the way up to the three children’s bedrooms and additional washroom facilities on the top storey.

Sliding doors in the glass walls of the lower floor open from an open-plan living and dining room – with dark-stained oak floorboards and cabinets – onto a brick terrace and swimming pool bracketed by the metal columns.

“They glow in the rusty evening sun and give a twinkling show of shadows,” said the architect.

Photography is by Luc Roymans.

Project credits:
Architects: DMOA architecten (DMOA designed architecture, interior and landscaping (garden))
Architect in Charge: DMOA architecten
Collaborators: Benjamin Denef, Matthias Mattelaer, Stefanie Dieleman, Charlotte Gryspeerdt, Lien Gesquiere, Koen Paridaens engineering

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Anne Van Galen Designs Fashion Accessories For A "world With Endless Rainfall"

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Nov 2, 2014

Dutch Design Week 2014: graduate designer Anne van Galen has created this series of protective headgear and accessories for inhabitants of a fictional world caught in a constant torrential downpour.

For her Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project, Anne van Galen imagined a scenario in which is never stops raining and designed a range of apparel to suit the climate.

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“Imagine we would live in a world with endless rainfall,” said the Dutch designer. “When time evolves, so will our shape and posture. In my vision, I celebrate the rain, in which fashion becomes naked, transparent and layered with thin diluted colours.”

She watched the behaviour of people in adverse weather conditions to gauge how our species might change if we lived in a perpetual downpour.

“I was fascinated by the behaviour of people in the rain,” Van Galen told Dezeen. “How they move, react and function. I spent hours just looking at people in the rain.”

Her Warriors of Downpour City, as the project is titled, have evolved a different posture and a restricted movement range from huddling in the cold, wet environment.

The garments and accessories that Van Galen created for these fictitious characters to wear are formed from silicone, used in a variety of stiffnesses and opacities.

“For the hard shaped pieces I made moulds and added layers of plastics,” she said. “Some of them are reworked to make gradients from translucent to dusty.”

The lightweight pieces are cut from patterns, then assembled and kept in shape using nylon threads.

Domed or curved pieces sit over the head and shoulders to deflect water away from the body, and platform sandals raise the feet above puddles.

A crinkled see-through covering for the torso is designed with enough space for arms folded across the chest.

Another clothing item engulfs the whole body, with a transparent bubble surrounding the head from which a foggy cylindrical coat without armholes descends down to the ankles.

The eight photographs demonstrating the collection were displayed at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show, which took place during Dutch Design Week last month.

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