Knot Knot Restaurant and Cafe by Vincent Chi-Wai Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
BronzeInterior· 2020
Knot Knot Restaurant and Cafe
Client: In Cube Design Limited
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About Knot Knot Restaurant and Cafe
Knot Knot is a Japanese and western dessert and cake cafe in Guangzhou, China, with an interior of 1400 square feet. The design is inspired by surreal art and turns the cafe into a small art gallery. Italian turquoise handmade tiles and a dark walnut doorframe mark the open entrance, which leads to the cake display area and a marble bar. Classic frames with paintings, woodcarving details, arch windows, two Roman columns and a chandelier are used throughout. Two metal flower racks bring outdoor planting inside. A mirror at the end of the space creates repeated reflections.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Knot Knot Restaurant and Cafe is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Knot Knot Restaurant and Cafe is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Knot Knot Restaurant and Cafe splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Knot Knot is a well-known Japanese-western dessert and cake cafe. Young elegant style, with girlish and delighted tone paints the cafe with romantic colour. Artistic touchup in every corner makes the cafe an art gallery to hit the class of Japanese Dessert Master.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The area is 1400 sq ft.
The restaurant is located at Parc Central of Guang Xhou. - Tags
- Dessert, Cafe, Ladies, Fancy, Elegant, Modern classic, Artistic
- Production Technology
- Italian turquoise handmade tiles and the dark walnut doorframe at the open entrance; leads customer to the cake display area and marble bar. 2 metal flower racks extended the gardening from outdoor to indoor. The walls are decorated with the classic frames with artistic paintings, the woodcarving waistline and ceiling, also and two Roman columns are the taste of Renaissance. The giant frame in the middle with animation blows a breath to the space makes this art like cafe into live.
- Design Challenge
- Art appreciation is subjective and designer to create a space with surreal element to make it easy to understand and enjoyable. The colour tone is extraordinary but still developed from the young elegant brand tone. New and loyal customer will be attracted and surprised by the strong identity of the cafe.
- Research
- Research on Hyper Realist Salvador Dali and others on surreal art pieces in all aspects to come up with an easy digest presentation to enable people in all walk of life could experience the interesting surreal space. Finding result:
Logical thinking and emotional feeling should not be contradicting but could be combined well to create interesting and inspiring space to deeper thinking and feeling. - Inspiration
- Design concept Illusion of taste is inspired by The Hyper Realist Salvador Dali, designer develops a surreal interior space from the real. Magic mirror creates illusion that attracting customer into the mystery and maximize the utility of space. Customer enters the magical world and found numinous instagramable photo taking points.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2019 and finished in December 2019 in Guang Zhou , China
- Operation Flow
- A marble bar connects the production and the dining area. With the precise use of art pieces, arch windows, roman columns, chandelier and mirror, the designer turn the cafe into artistic and surreal art gallery. A glass room enables customer to enjoy the chef to give the last touch of cake before serving. Mirror in the wooden arch window reflects the paintings on the wall, the bench and cushions under it provide a country style resting area. The magic mirror is at the end of the interior to create unlimited reflection of the center object to immerse it into illusion.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to In Cube Design Limited, 2020.
- Team Members
- Design Director: Vincent Chi-Wai Chiang
Designer: Sidney Tsz-Tung Lai
Designer: Leo Tsz-Chun Lau - Image Credits
- In Cube Design Limited
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