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Bean to Bar Lounge Asaḍuf by Riki Watanabe

Bean to Bar Lounge Asaḍuf by Riki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa in Afeṣṣel n Ugensu, Taddart n Uzenz d Uskan Competition Category.


LfeṭṭaAgensu· 2020

Bean to Bar Lounge Asaḍuf

by Riki Watanabe

Client: Joke

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa Winner in Agensu Category

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The Design

About Bean to Bar Lounge Asaḍuf

Aferdis amuqran deg usemheq-agi d asuffuɣ n leǧmal n yilmawen yettwasqedcen. Ilmaw agejdan yettwasqedcen d acebḍar azegzaw n utaram (western red cedar), i yettwasqedcen daɣen deg uḥanut-nsen amezwaru di Japun. I uskan n ulmaw-agi, Riki Watanabe yesɣiwes taneɣruft n muzyak s usemrew n yiferdisen yiwen yiwen am parquet, s useqdec n lǧewher n yiniten ur nemṣaṣa ara n yilmawen. Ɣas akken yesseqdec ilmawen yecban, s tkerḍa-nsen, Riki Watanabe yezmer s nnǧaḥ ad ibeddel timsisaɣ skud n teɣzar timyagarin n tmuɣli.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa

Bean to Bar Lounge Asaḍuf d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lfeṭṭa, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeḥlan s waṭas. Imerbaḥen n Lfeṭṭa d isnulfa yelhan akk, yesɛan tmusni d tazmert. Bean to Bar Lounge Asaḍuf ad yili d asnulfu amaynut, yelhan, ad yeǧǧ ddunit tennuɣ.

Behind the Design

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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

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