Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge by Riki Watanabe

Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge by Riki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu d'Interiori Competition Category.

ArgentuInteriori· 2020

Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge

by Riki Watanabe

Client: Joke

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Interiori Category

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The Design

About Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge

Un elementu impurtante di stu cuncepimentu era di mette u piacè nantu à i materiali usati. U materiale principale adupratu era u cedru rossu occidentale, chì hè ancu usatu in u so primu magazinu in Giappone. In modu di dimustrà u materiale, Riki Watanabe hà arricchitu un mudellu di mosaicu cumpilendu pezzi un à unu cum'è un parquet, sfruttendu l'essenza di u materiale di culori irregulari. Malgradu aduprà i stessi materiali, tagliandoli, Riki Watanabe hà sappiutu riesce à varià l'espressioni secondu l'anguli di vista.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Bean to Bar chocolate specialty store DandeLion chocolate in San Francisco. Bean to Bar Lounge, Japan first concept shop, is a tasting lounge, where They can enjoy single origin chocolate sweets from each production area.
The most important element of this project was to bring out the best and unexpected charms of the materials used.Riki Watanabe believes that was the best way to express the store.
Dimensions & Packaging: FLOOR AREA 49.20 square metre
Tags: cafe, Lounge, chocolate,
Production Technology: The main material used was western red cedar, which is also used in their first store in Japan. It was vital to maintain a level of consistency for the brand's image in Japan.As a way of showing the material, he stacked up a mosaic pattern by piling together pieces one by one like a parquet, making use of the essence of the western red cedar uneven colors.Despite using the same materials, by cutting them out, he was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.
Design Challenge: Riki Watanabe challenged he combined the three requirements of unlikely use of material, craftsmanship, and cuteness in a small space and to bring out the brand colors in a meaningful way.
Research: Riki Watanabe researched brands approach to materials, especially their relationship to cacao, believed that was the best way to express the brand.
Inspiration: Riki Watanabe took inspiration from DandeLion chocolate approach to materials, especially their relationship to cacao, believing that was the best way to express the brand.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2018 in Tokyo Japan and finished in February 2019 in Tokyo Japan.
Operation Flow: Bean to Bar chocolate specialty store Dandelion chocolate in San Francisco. Bean to Bar Lounge, Japan's first concept shop, is a tasting lounge , where They can enjoy single origin chocolate sweets from each production area.
Image Credits: #1,Photographer Masato Kawano
#2,Photographer Masato Kawano
#3,Photographer Masato Kawano
#4,Photographer Masato Kawano
#5,Photographer Masato Kawano