Silver Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2020
Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge
- A' Design Award 2020 Silver Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Joke
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About Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge
An important element of this design was to bring out the appeal of the materials used. The main material used was western red cedar, which is also used in their first store in Japan. As a way of showing the material, Riki Watanabe stacked up a mosaic pattern by piling together pieces one by one like a parquet, making use of the essence of materials uneven colors. Despite using the same materials, by cutting them out, Riki Watanabe was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.
Press Kit
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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G0E23 ShopDesign Interview about Bean to Bar Lounge Lounge
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.
The most important element of this project was to bring out the best and unexpected charms of the materials used. he wanted to create a store that was unlike anything we had ever seen before, while maintaining our brand image.
It took two weeks for the concept and two months in total for the shop to be completed.
Riki Watanabe thought vital to maintain a level of consistency for the brand’s image in Japan, and even though there are distinctive differences in the spatial design as well as the location, it should still inherit their unique characteristics.
It all depends.
It's how you show the materials, especially the use of wood.
The name was conceived by the client.
It's the use of wood.
As a way of showing the material, we 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, I was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.
As a way of showing the material, we 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, I was successfully able to vary the expressions depending on the viewing angles.
I thought about it alone.
Riki Watanabe researched brands approach to materials, especially their relationship to cacao.he believed that was the best way to express the brand.
Nothing in particular. The client also agreed with my concept and cooperated with me.
I wanted to find out if my design would be accepted in the world, so I submit international design competition.
By confronting materials with a broader perspective and from multiple perspectives, I learned that there are still new possibilities for materials that already exist in general materials.