FINALIST FOODIES At The INSIDE 2015

INSIDE 2015 awards is getting closer and the enthusiasm is building in the interiors & architecture world. Hundreds of designers participating from more than 30 countries across the world will exchange ideas and inspirations building a global network. The 3-day festival will have intelligent debates, talks, idea exchange and above all a design community in formation.

We today bring to you the shortlisted projects and world class interior designers in the ‘Bars & Restaurants’ category. MOTT32 at Hong Kong by Joyce Wang Studiowas the proud winner for the INSIDE Awards 2014 in this category. Let’s have a look at the finalist projects this year.

ADRIFT BY DAVID MYERS At Singapore By Wilson Architects

Adrift by celebrity, gypsy Chef David Myers is a very unique restaurant inspired by the journeys of chef in Japan, South East Asia and California. The gourmet is replicated marvellously in the design and interiors of the restaurant by Wilson Associates. The restaurant is very modern and upbeat along with the ethnic elements added by travel photographs from Japan & Southeast Asia. The bespoke urban enclave so wonderfully created in the massive atrium of Marina Bay Sands is another feather in their cap.

COASTAL PRIVATE CLUB At Wuxi By One Plus Partnership (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Known for its ‘out of the box’ approach, Hong Kong based design and architecture firm One Plus Partnership, executed a very different space at Wuxi, China. The Coastal Private Club has many hidden waveform messages. The rough sea is depicted with metal walls cut in waveforms. Speed of wind and directions are brought to life with varying stripe patterns on the carpets. Indeed, a very unusual and gorgeous space creation.

MECHA UMA At Taguig City By Yorge Yulo Architects & Associates

Mecha Uma is a passion project of Manila’s rising chef talent, Bruce Ricketts and Yorge Yulo of Philippines has executed this boutique restaurant with the same fervour. The name Mecha Uma is an abbreviation of a Japanese expression, mechakucha and umai meaning absurd, unreasonably delicious, and a good mess. The small restaurant has the warmth of Chef’s love for great food.

NEW ROCK WORLD KTV At Xi’an By Inspiration Group

Inspiration Studio founded in 2002 is a multi design studio specialized in interior design. It is committed to the design research and development on the leisure, holiday, entertainment, spa spaces and so on.

At New Rock World, Xi’an, China, a deconstructive approach was used to bring natural sceneries into the space, which reflects the designer’s philosophy of “Everything comes from nature”. The combination of irregular forms presents rich textures, and the tension in the architectural space gives a strong impression upon every visitor. The lighting mainly comes out from the inside to highlight the façade and attract the attention of the passers-by. Indeed a stunning job.

VIVARIUM At Bangkok By Hypothesis

Set in a decommissioned warehouse, this vibrant restraint in Bangkok serves Thai and Japanese cuisine.
Interior design firm Hypothesis 30 executed this project to give its ‘life’ dimension, present in the name too.
The interiors are wild, with fresh plants, ceramic butterflies, and all kinds of items seemingly growing everywhere in different ways, as in an old warehouse. Thai Architects, Hypothesis 30, made use of the warehouse’s height and space to formulate a literal “green” design. click here to read full article....

10 Ways To Style Your Home Like A Staging Professional

Are you selling your home in near future? If the answer is yes, then please read through. I think this should be a planned activity. You have two choices, either you hire a staging professional or you take some initiative and do some ground work beforehand. You may even be involved in the entire process and give your best.

Go For Subtle Wall Paint

If you are selling your house in near future, go for some neutral shades on wall. Go for some white, off white or some pale white. This shade gives a bigger look to any space. Walls look neater and bigger due to expansion of color. The sun shines better on white shade walls. Even if you don’t like white and are planning for some other pastel shades, then you may go for white ceilings at least. But try and choose neutral color for the walls. Even furniture looks better against a white wall.

Add Some Star Hotel Accessories To Your Bathroom

Do a thorough cleaning of your bathroom. Check every corner for dust and some water deposits. It should be pat dry. Fill up some edges of the tiles with silicon. Have a few rolled up towels with some packed vanity items in a clean metallic platter or in an attractive cane basket on your bathroom counter. Install a nice fragrance in the bathroom. Make your bathroom look like a hotel. If possible, keep some plants in the bathroom in a small beautiful pot. click here to read full article....

9 Ways To Make A Statement Piece Work In Your Home

Over the years we end up collecting a treasure of statement pieces. For those who don’t know what statement pieces are, Statement Pieces are actually the pieces which are not common and stand out of the mundane regular decor items. They define themselves as unique & interesting. These pieces lend lot of value to our decor style and help us balance the room.

If you have been planning to buy a particular furniture piece which has the potential to be a statement maker, then go ahead and buy it. There is always a way to make these pieces work for your home decor. I believe in one thing, that I have followed all my life - if I like something which is pleasing to my eyes, then it would surely be loved by other people too. This is the rule of every interior designer, he would suggest you only those things which he or she likes, and eventually you end up liking them too. click here to read full article....

Young Designers' Futuristic Creations at Dubai Design Week

The ongoing Dubai Design Week 2015 has very successfully got the attention of the designers from every part of the world. Not just the world’s most renowned designers but also the budding designers of world’s most prestigious design colleges.

For the first time ever, highlights from the recent degree shows of 10 most innovative university design programmes worldwide have gathered together on one single platform. Participating universities are:

• MIT (Cambridge, MA)
• Pratt (New York)
• Royal College of Art (London)
• Tsinghua (Beijing)
• Eindhoven University of Technology
• ECAL (Lausanne)
• Hong Kong Polytechnic (Hong Kong)
• KAIST (Daejeon)
• KMD Keio (Kanagawa)
• National University Singapore (Singapore)

50 game changing innovations are revealed in this unique initiative – Global Grad Show held in association with Dubai Design District. The shapers of future have curated design concepts that would possibly be part of the world tomorrow. click here to read full article....

NYCxDESIGN 2016-Dates Announced & Registrations Open

NYCxDESIGN 2016 will now be for 15 days. New York City will be bustling with designs from Tuesday, May 3rd to Tuesday, May 17th 2016.

2015 witnessed more than 500 events spanning over 12 days. In its 4th edition, NYCxDESIGN will bring together culture, education, commerce and entertainment. There would be exhibitions, installations, trade shows, talks, launches, and open studios, spanning all disciplines of design.

NYCxDESIGN is New York City’s official citywide celebration of design. Spanning all disciplines of design, NYCxDESIGN creates a collaborative platform for cultural and commercial opportunities, elevates established and emerging design practices and increases awareness of and appreciation for design by all audiences. click here to read full article....

3 Most Important Tips To Clean Your Floor This Diwali

Do you also suffer from “my–floor–should-look–clean-all-the-time” syndrome, like I do? Then, let’s understand three basic and most important tips to clean the floor and keep it sparkling.

You might have read such posts on cleaning the floor all across the world in books, magazines and internet but here we would be talking about how to keep it cleaned at all times. Here are my best tips on this subject.

Vacuum Clean All the Dust

If you have a vacuum cleaner at home with multiple hoses to suck away the dirt and debris from difficult corners then you are blessed. Do away with loose dirt and other dust by vacuum cleaner from every part of the room including upholstery and even behind the cabinets and curtains. This would minimize the dust impact on floors and there would be less chances of dust accumulation on floors. If you have rugs, or carpets then opt for brush and deep clean the rugs and carpets. These are the biggest dust deposit spots in the house.

Use Mild Soap With Water To Clean The Floor

Use the mildest soaping solution with water and wipe clean all the floor with mop. Do not use harsh soaps as they themselves are difficult to remove during cleaning. Also, if you have small babies at home, it can be toxic. The use of mild soap would wipe away all the difficult dust which had been sticking on the floor. Take good care of some stains and spots as well. Don’t overdo that especially with wooden floors otherwise you might face various other issues on flooring, as many a time water also leaves marks on the floor. Wooden floors should never be treated with any kind of chemicals or detergents. They are best cleaned with slightly moist, clean, soft cloth. click here to read full article...

6 International Design Weeks Creating A Buzz At Dubai

Dubai Design Week 2015 has witnessed many unique ‘out of the box’ thought processes, influencing other design weeks happening around the world. ‘Destination’ is one such initiative of Dubai Design Week. Six design weeks from the global arena have been invited to participate in this show. Each participating city is presenting a curated collection of three of their leading young brands, thus opening the Dubai market to their creativity and craftsmanship. This unique cultural design exchange is an initiative to highlight Dubai’s role as a global design hub.

‘Destination’ has been set up to provide a commercial platform for promoting young design brands and will enable them to connect with the region's trade professionals and influencers. Here are the 6 deign weeks and their chosen brands:

Beijing Design Week presents characteristically playful work from the Shanghai and New York-based Benwu Studio , alongside contemporary furniture by Zaozuo and imaginative industrial products from EOQ.

Helsinki Design Week brings the sustainable wooden furniture of Nikari to Dubai, as well as evocative lighting designs from Saas; and Johanna Gullichsen’sremarkable reinterpretations of traditional Finnish textile patterns. click here to read full article....

8 Useful Furniture Choices For Home Decor

There are many furniture pieces which works well with Home decor and help us in terms of providing us with storage as well as other basic functions like seating or displaying other items. We have prepared a list of such small wonderful items. Please have a look at them and decide which ones you are missing in your home décor. By adding such pieces, you add more efficiency to you home decor besides functionality.

Entrance Way Furniture - Coat Racks And Hall Tree

Try and maximize the utility of this space with having coat racks and hall tree preferably with bench and hanger options. This is the best way to store many useful day to day items and easy to spot them as well.

Bench With Storage: Best For Living Rooms & Bedrooms

Have been reiterating in many of my previous articles as well, storage bench is must and easy to store. This solves your dual issues of extra seating and storing non-essential items. If it is in living room then extra cushions, magazines and other items can be stored, if storage benches are kept in bedroom than you may store quilts, blankets, extra pillows etc. These are one of the most useful pieces of furniture in my view. You may keep it at foot of the bed and it works as footrest along with storing items. click here to read full article....

11 Indian Recipes For Diwali Celebrations – Malpua With Rabri

Malpua is a traditional north Indian sweet of soft, fluffy and yet crisp pancakes coated with sugar syrup and served with Rabri or even Sooji Halwa. Every sweet shop across north India, would be selling these sweet little sugary delights.

Diwali is just around the corner now and let’s make some of these small sweet angels which you can serve in your Diwali get together.

The best thing about Malpua is that its inner texture is fluffy and the outside edges are crisp. I am giving you a recipe which is instant so you don’t need to ferment the batter overnight. Traditionally Malpuas are supposed to be deep fried as well but I have tried making them by shallow frying only.

Malpuas are supposed to be served hot with cold rabri on them or even hot sooji halwa. If you serve them chilled, it might get chewy in its texture.

If you are planning to serve malpuas with rabri then you need to prepare rabri at least a day before as it takes lot of time to prepare the dish. But if you serve them with Sooji Halwa, then it can be made on the same day. click here to read full article....