Design News Mag

Design News Mag

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

 

Heritage Estate

The Beijing Heritage Estate Clubhouse sits in the core area of the CPD, Beijing, giving it an exclusivity due to the rarity of geographic and environmental advantages. This prestigious Clubhouse boast an eclectic assemblage of extraordinary pieces of traditional furniture, artwork and artifacts from European artisans. Many of these pieces borrowed their original inspirations from the Chinese culture that were appropriated during colonial periods and now fascinate the top clients from China and abroad.

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Tang Villa A

Tang Villa A is the show home for a 128 imperial court style villas project. The project reinterprets the Tang Dynasty’s neighbourhood system of walled courtyard houses. Adopting the famed imperial Qianlong Garden courtyard house letter “I” shape, each villa features nestled courtyard that provide both prestige living and complete privacy. Details throughout the Tang Villa A reflect its inherited history through the use of classic Chinoiserie details and noble materials installed in traditional arrangement.

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China North Island

Located in the center of a 520,000 square meters lake area of the Tianjing city center, this China North Island Show Villa is nestled in a much sought-after ecological environment. American neoclassical architectural style dominate the layout and detailing for this villa but are subdued and personalized by the refreshing white colour backdrop throughout. The colour scheme is then personalized with the sprinkling of silver and gold ubiquitously.

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La Vita E Bella

Melding western and eastern styles, La Vita E Bella Show Villa transitions the contemporary with the historical in the spirit of this era. Traditional Chinese details like spun silk flowers and birds wallpaper in the master bedroom sit juxtaposition with contemporary western furnishing. Overall forms, walls and spatial structures are govern by western sensibilities with gentle reminders of Chinese traditions through the use of classical banisters, metal thread on the walls and symmetrical carved screens.

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130YO Gran Cruz

To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Gran Cruz, a Port producer, Omdesign designed and produced a special commemorative packaging. The design reflects in its details the essence of Douro, as well as the cooperage artwork and ageing of the 100YO Very Old Port that Gran Cruz selected to this particular edition, enhancing the quality of their products, history and values. The bottle with a black woman screen printed is integrated in a wood package, with a velvety touch and evoking the culture and tradition written in the legacy of of the company.

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Thesaurus

Thesaurus is a symbiosis between Nature and Jewelry, materialized into a one of a kind piece of furniture. Passion and craftsmanship are united to create this sculptural table where 14,000 Swarovski crystals are carefully embedded one by one, by hand, in the natural fissures of a warm centenary olive tree trunk. The base is made of black marble, symbolizing the strata of the earth, and the glass surface is made in the shape of an olive leaf.

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