Design Trade

Design Trade

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

 

The Urban Foundry

TUF is a hangout that blends into its neighbouring infrastructure, yet contrasting it with a feel that makes you enjoy a rustic foundry ambience. Raw industrial design from ceiling to floor, the designers have incorporated its concept into everything that they have put into place. From container bars to tables that have been suspended from the ceiling with the help of chains and clamps, they have worked on smallest details. One of the key features is that designers have incorporated the magic of kinetic energy in movement through large gears on wall that compliments overall masculine look.

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Riviera Palm Springs

Dating back to the 1960s, The Riviera is one of Palm Springs’ most storied hotels, having most recently boasted a 1970's glam aesthetic and a history of glamorous guests from Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack to Marylin Monroe. Rose Ink Workshop reimagined the space to jive with contemporary Palm Springs, creating a bohemian getaway that was stylish, eclectic, and cool. Inspired by the easy glamour of Slim Aaron's photographs, the new design emphasizes mid-century styles & vibrant playful colors with a just sprinkling of retro nostalgia.

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vapour sohna road

vapour is a chain of restaurants, on the concept of a stock exchange, the restaurant had to be an informal place where their is visual connect among all guests, a feeling of a large gathering of people was desired to be generated where, everybody is in a bidding war for their drinks. A non imposing high ceiling large volume space has thus been achieved in this space using most materials as is in their natural finish.

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PIer 38

Pier 38 is inspired by the old characteristic theme of middle eastern docks and the feel of an old lazy shipping yard. Being located in a busy restaurant area adjoining a huge corporate office complex and competing with more than 50 other restaurant the design had to be a unique offering. The intent was to create a lazy dock for people to come, sit, relax and spend a lot of time there.

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The Clock Tower

The clock tower is a theme based restaurant and brewery based in Gurgaon. The essential theme was to make a space where old friends meet and relive the memories of times spent together, with this theme we decided to give the building a complete makeover in terms of its facade and its entire interior design. The essential look of the building was desired to be that of an old school building in the Himalayan hills, “an old school nestled in the Himalayan hills”. A facade and a space that brings old memories in every guest to this restaurant, at the first glance of the building.

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Rook

The word Rook means tower and it was chosen metaphorically to hint a strategy game on an entertainment chessboard. The design concept based on the contrasting nature of White and Black, created an interplay between old and new allowing various metaphors to enable this link between past and present. While taking into account the building history and location, elements of adaptive reuse were employed accentuated by materials and patterns in order to emit the element of time from a minimalist perspective.

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