The IO lamp is light source that can be appreciated during the nighttime as well as daytime. Using a dichroic filter, the IO lamp selectively passes a small range of light colors while reflecting others. The glimmers and tints produced by the dichroic filter change with the weather, season and hour of the day. Nature and atmospheric conditions are reproduced through this small device. When switched off, the IO lamp reflects and slightly mirrors its surroundings, creating a rainbow of colors that change depending on the position of the viewer. When switched on, the IO lamp’s perfectly circular shape is illuminated with a slightly tinted colour reflection. In addition to it's unique light qualities, the lamp’s simple asymmetrical composition is visually perceived as a sculptural element.
Facade design, umbrella shop & interior design for a gentleman's club. Foxglove is a fantasy story about an english gentleman who tries to win back his love which favourite flower is Foxglove. Lounge-bar restaurant and vip room, the access to the 4,300 square feet space, is a hidden sliding door - an elegant walk-through boutique featuring classic handcrafted umbrellas. The interior reminiscent of all the luxury and glamour of first class airplanes, trains and vintage cars. The design includes custom light design, partially custom sitting and branding design. This project won Best Bar Asia at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards in London, September 2016.
Typology: F&B Interior Design & Facade Location: Hong Kong Years: 2015 Architects: Nelson Chow, Isabella Ducoli, Daniel Nikolovski, Johan Hovgaard Simonsen, Xavier Chow @ NCDA ltd Status: Built
A radical redesign of a 2,500 sq ft Jardine’s Lookout apartment that is home to three generations. The flat, which has been in the family for decades, had become dated, and no longer suited the needs of the occupants: a mature couple and a younger couple, with a baby. The soothing colour scheme of the grey/green hyper storage wall creates a dialogue with the green surrounding. This hyper density storage system wall was carefully curated with the owners lifestyle objects as well as a hidden ‘bar’ that can open up but also creating a continuous backdrop that links the foyer all the way into the kitchen. Central to the concept is a “social island bar”. At one end of the living area is a ceiling-height marble partition. It incorporates a clean-fuel fireplace beneath an artwork by late architect Zaha Hadid, and is the focal point of the room. On its flip side, and extending into the kitchen, is a long breakfast counter with stools.
Typology: Residential Location: Hong Kong, China Years: 2016 Architects: Lorene Faure, Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, Isabella Ducoli and Michelle Ho, @ BEAN BURO Status: Built
Photo credits: BEAN BURO
Shop front and Interior design of a Thai restaurant & bar. Mak Mak is a whimsical replica of a 1960s traditional Thai shophouse. Colourful grocery shop facade, the interior is concealed behind an hidden sliding door of display shelving. Custom-made timber chairs and benches, together with the bespoke collage artworks created from Thai grocery packaging.
Typology: F&B Interior Design Location: Hong Kong Years: 2015 Architects: Nelson Chow, Isabella Ducoli, Daniel Nikolovski, Xavier Chow @ NCDA ltd Client: Private Status: Built
Chateh and Sungai Wang are two restaurants that perfectly represent Asian cuisine. The 7,000 square-foot space consists of a Chinese Chiu Chow restaurant and a Malaysian Seafood restaurant. Despite being set alongside each other, there will be two different entrances accessible from the shopping mall. In Sungai Wang restaurant , features a wall of dark wood stripes that gradually bends open to form the open bar and private booth at the back. Custom stools inspired by traditional drums, chairs inspired by banana leaves (Often used to serve Malaysian food) are integrated in the overall design. In the middle, as a separation with Chateh, big abstract wooden fishing baskets enable customers to enjoy a semi-private dining booths. On the other side, this is Chateh the Chinese restaurant. Welcome to a contemporary illusion of a classic Chinese courtyard house with its communal tables and walls. The banquettes here are large with star like cluster of pendant lights overhead
Typology: F&B Interior DesignLocation: Hong Kong Years: 2014 Architects: Nelson Chow, Johan Hovgaard Simonsen, Alexander Chan ,Isabella Ducoli @ NCDA ltd Client: Private Status: Built
Facade & interior design for a bespoke vegetarian restaurant, bar and take away. In parallels with the food composition prepared by Grassroots, the original concept of this restaurant was to create a recalls childhood memories with primary shapes, authentic material and green wall feature. The composition reminiscent a surreal landscape with minimalist approach at furniture and graphics thus allowing to be both whimsical and sophisticated. Wooden floor tree house, hearty elements, and plants creating subtle space which can be free and enriched with different plants, spices, wooden handmade crockery with a bit of gold and copper, all being part of the story for Grassroots Pantry.
Typology: F&B Interior Design & Facade Location: Hong Kong Years: 2015 Architects: Nelson Chow, Isabella Ducoli, Johan Hovgaard Simonsen, Daniel Nikolovski, Alexander Chan @ NCDA ltd Status: Built
Typology: Interior Design, Architecture, Hospitality Location: Shenyang, China Years: 2013 Architects: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Louise Low, Satoshi Yamada, Jorge Gil Suarez, Eugenio Fontan, Isabella Ducoli @ ICE Client: Private Status: On Construction
Typology: F&B Interior Design & Facade Location: Milan, Italy Years: 2012 Architects: Maurizio Lai, Elena Mazzoleni, Giuseppe Tallarita, Isabella Ducoli @ LAI Studio Client: Private Status: Built
