Aromas Cocktail Lounge by Hui Ying Qu and Xu Ran

Aromas Cocktail Lounge by Hui Ying Qu and Xu Ran is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.

BronzeInterior· 2021

Aromas Cocktail Lounge

by Hui Ying Qu and Xu Ran

Client: Igig Design

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Aromas Cocktail Lounge

Aromas is a cocktail lounge located in Chongqing, China, with an overall planning area of 270 square meters. The Chinese paintings Night Revels of Han Xizai and Eighteen Arhats Scroll are used as the source of inspiration, bringing night drinking scenes into the space. Stacked and tilted wine cans mark the entrance, while the bar counter walls are built from stacked tiles and grey bricks. A glossy Chinese black marble floor and a wooden frame shaped like a traditional sloping roof create a mysterious atmosphere.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

Aromas Cocktail Lounge 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. Aromas Cocktail Lounge 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. Aromas Cocktail Lounge splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: Top and Bottom

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: In this project, the theme is punctuated by the stacked and tilted wine cans at the entrance, from which, smokes flow out like a waterfall. The bar counter, on the other hand, has its walls made of stacked tiles and grey bricks to form a historic texture. The wooden liquor cabinets display the fine liquors in one column and the herbs in the other, showcasing the brand's features and quality. The wooden menu board hanging above the bar counter reveals an old fashioned charm.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project has an overall planning area of 270 square meters.
Tags: Bar, Aromas, Black, Space, China
Production Technology: The Chinese black marble floor is of a glossy look, like the water feature in a cave, reflecting the interior in a blurry sense and creating a mysterious atmosphere. The wooden frame above the space, which follows the shape of the traditional Chinese sloping roof, is simple, unadorned and unique, like a pavilion where the ancients would drink and enjoy themselves.
Design Challenge: The space is long, narrow and deep, with insufficient daylight, so the design team turned this disadvantage into an advantage by using dark grey as the primary color, and a lot of wood, tiles and bricks are used to imitate a view of cave dwellings of fairies and immortals, which inspires people's desire to explore.
Research: In order to create comfortable atmosphere, the design team used a modern artistic approach to flatten the rockwork, separating the lobby area, the seating area and the private boxes, as if the rockwork is cut and collaged on top of each other, dividing the space without breaking it, and adding depth and fun to the space.
Inspiration: The aromatic cocktails, as a bridge between traditional classics and modern trends, are featured with their extreme oriental charms and flavors. The design team took the famous Chinese painting Night Revels of Han Xizai and Eighteen Arhats Scroll as the source of inspiration and introduced the night drinking scenes of the immortals into the space, combining national traditional elements with modern expression to create a concept bar of national style.
Project Duration: The project was located in Chong Qing, China.
Operation Flow: The wooden tables and chairs are gradually lowered in height from left to right, while the high chairs and upholstered sofas are arranged to accommodate different needs for comfort, providing a more comfortable and joyful experience. The stage is designed to provide an immersive experience for the customers to enjoy a song and dance while having a drink. The final touch is with a Chinese courtyard with a moon gate; the mirror design can visually enlarge the space and make it appear narrower, longer and deeper...
Team Members: Hui Ying Qu,Xu Ran,Juan Ren,De Feng Yang,Gui Ping Que,Xian Yi Zhang,Jin Li
Image Credits: Chuan He