Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon by Riki Watanabe

Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon by Riki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Argent in Design d'Intérieur Competition Category.

ArgentIntérieur· 2020

Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon

by Riki Watanabe

Client: Joke

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Intérieur Category

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The Design

About Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon

Un élément important de cette conception était de faire ressortir l'attrait des matériaux utilisés. Le principal matériau utilisé était le Western Red Cedar, qui est également utilisé dans leur premier magasin au Japon. Afin de montrer la matière, Riki Watanabe a empilé un motif de mosaïque en empilant les pièces une à une comme un parquet, en utilisant l'essence des matériaux aux couleurs inégales. Malgré l'utilisation des mêmes matériaux, en les découpant, Riki Watanabe a réussi à faire varier les expressions en fonction des angles de vision.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Bean to Bar Lounge Le Salon est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.

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