Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão by Riki Watanabe

Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão by Riki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

PrataInterior· 2020

Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão

by Riki Watanabe

Client: Joke

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão

Um elemento importante deste projeto foi trazer à tona o apelo dos materiais usados. O principal material usado foi o cedro vermelho ocidental, que também é usado em sua primeira loja no Japão. Como forma de mostrar o material, Riki Watanabe empilhou um padrão de mosaico, empilhando peças uma a uma como um parquete, aproveitando a essência das cores desiguais dos materiais. Apesar de usar os mesmos materiais, ao cortá-los, Riki Watanabe conseguiu variar as expressões dependendo dos ângulos de visão.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Bean to Bar Lounge O Salão é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

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