Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo by Riki Watanabe

Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo by Riki Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ArioTotonu· 2020

Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo

by Riki Watanabe

Client: Joke

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category

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Colors

The Design

About Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo

O le mea taua i lenei ata o le faʻalauiloaina lea o le apili o mea ua faʻaaoga. O le mea taua na faʻaaogaina o le western red cedar, lea e faʻaaoga foi i le latou faleoloa muamua i Iapani. I le avea ai o se auala e faʻaalia ai mea, Riki Watanabe faaputuputu luga o se mosaic mamanu e ala i le faaputuputu faatasi fasi tasi le tasi e pei o se parket, faʻaaogaina le aano o mea mea lanu le tutusa. E ui i le faʻaogaina o mea lava ia e tasi, i le tipiina i latou, na mafai lava e Riki Watanabe ona suia faʻaaliga e faʻalagolago i le maimoaina o itu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Bean to Bar Lounge Malolo o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

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