The plan for the second %ARABICA store in Saudi Arabia was to renovate a 900㎡ warehouse and install a huge custom-built roasting machine. While taking advantage of this vast space, we planned a theater-like store as a space to showcase the huge roastery.

As the works derived from the trend culture, the art toys are endowed with more artistic attributes. Through the joint name and re-creation of the brand works with artists, the "toys" become the "works of art" with multiple attributes, not only the single piece of fun, but also the integration of the trend and art.

To elevate the sense of playfulness within this space, the OFT team has fully utilized the aesthetics of the original structure. By creating an irregular layout with a handful of twists and turns, we have successfully filled customers with a higher level of anticipation – as they do not know what to expect before turning around each corner. Every customer will have to explore and discover step by step, as if they are making their way into a wondrous cave, where treasures are waiting to be found. 

The project is located in Xi'an, close to Jinghe Wetland Park in the south.  The large birch forest gives the project unique landscape resources. This mixed multi-function space is divided into two floors, the first floor is cafe,  the second floor as the restaurant and art gallery space.

We wanted to create a mood, a restaurant in the forest. It allows people to take a break from their daily lives and enter a relaxed environment.The whole design takes " Dear drink at trackless stream" in the poem "a trip to Lushan Mountain" by Mei Yaochen as the design conception, it is a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. Integrated forest, deer and water those three elements into the design.

For the interior of “Haneda Ichiba,” an “uber-fresh” sushi restaurant, directly sourcing seafood from the fisherman or partner fishery by the airplane or bullet train, I took a design clue from this direct procurement system.