< PreviousSpecial Report commercialinteriordesign.com December 2021 60 CASE STUDY: HOW LIFESTYLE IS REFLECTED IN TRENDS AT TWO LUXURY I ts most recent projects at Carrat XXII, a luxury gated residence on Palm Jumeirah Dubai and another at a stunning Jumeirah Islands villa in the Dubai suburbs beautifully captures where residential design is heading for Sans Souci in the high net worth sector. Managing director Elie El Khoury tell us more: "In Carrat XXII we created the largest compositions from our AIRY collection. In Jumeirah simple components are inspired by nature different types of leaves, but with a twist where customer can adjust the colours and coating according to their taste and interior. These lighting trends we've share are all a response to our current lifestyle. We, as consumer, want modern technologies to amplify the benefits of what can be done with light. But most importantly we want to create a place where we feel safe, and at home and somewhere it is easy for us to live." HOME IS … Home is where we feel safe and good, and this will never change. No trend will ever disrupt this. Trends reflect our lifestyles, and as our lifestyles evolve we discover new ways and needs to improve our quality of life. We use technology all the time: to measure our sleep, to count our steps; we order online food and use apps to buy pretty much everything we want to buy – technology is everywhere and it aims to make our life easier. The way we live defines trends in Glass shaped like leaves Where is home? Elie El Khoury, managing director Middle East of architectural lighting specialists Sans Souci, on creating unique pieces for private residences residential design. Residential design represents the way we want to rest and spend our leisure time with our friends and family. Lighting is another trend which can also make our life easier and better, and in Sans Souci's case it also features the latest technologies and incorporates them into our day-to-day routines, making them smoother and calmer. KEY TRENDS Key trends for 2022 are focused on wellness and wellbeing to improve the quality of life. Escalated by the global pandemic, health and fitness are dominating the industry debates, alongside sustainability and environmentalism. There is a greater demand for sustainable Inside the Jumeirah Island villaSpecial Report 61 December 2021commercialinteriordesign.com Y RESIDENTIAL VILLAS Enter the Dragon here solutions, a greater demand for organic design and nature-inspired collections. We work with the various times for light, one to wake you up, one to calm you down before you go to bed. We work with technologies to make it easy to control light by your voice, for example. Another timeless trend is Arabia – traditional Middle Eastern aesthetics which are defined by culture, heritage and local environment. Warm colours and that sense of Arabic luxury still influences the overall feel of interior design in the region. AWAKEN THE SENSES At Sans Souci, we work to create a home where you can regain your energy. A place where you feel yourself and happy, and where each interior design features play its part in this. This is particularly the case with chandeliers and light. People increasingly want to be surrounded by visually appealing items, and light is what creates an ambience and underlines it. We have this in mind when designing chandeliers. Trends such as sustainability and wellbeing bring inspiration from nature into interior design. NATURAL ELEMENTS For us, in the glass industry, we work with natural elements such as feathers, different types of leaves, flowers or icy effects. To create glass components inspired by nature in the specific shape of a leaf or a feather takes craft and knowledge. Each piece is original. To elevate the design and lean on the influence of the Middle Eastern culture, we use modern technologies to achieve perfect colours. Nano-coating is our specialty, as it creates beautiful gold and warm effects. Some of the seaside villa projects engage simpler colours inspired by the ocean, and the design of the composition light and clean. BESPOKE CHANDELIERS Gold as a statement of luxury remains in this region, but the shape and concept of a chandelier has changed – people like alternatives to what we know as the Art Deco chandeliers. Once our home is beautiful, we also want it comfortable and practical and easy to use. This can be achieved through links to smart technologies when we incorporate the smart systems into each chandelier. This allows them to be turned on and off simply by using your voice or your phone. Dimming and special effects are also easy to set, and it is such a common request from our customers that it's becoming a regular part of our services. Carrat XXII is a gated residence on The Palm Elie El Khoury IMAGES: ALES VYSLOUZILcommercialinteriordesign.com December 2021 62 DOT Coffee Station #1 by YOD Group WORLD VIEW63 December 2021 commercialinteriordesign.com I nteriors of DOT Coffee Station #1 are a manifestation of modern life. This city café is based in one of the most active neighbourhoods in Kyiv in the Ukraine and specialiSes in high-quality coffee to go, served in a setting that enjoys its own soft rhythm and an urban vibe. The pixel The design focus is the mosaic pixel art on the wall that incorporates the dot as a pixel theme, with the pixel as the starting point of every image. Interestingly, designers YOD Group deliberately chose not to convey any hidden message in this picture, but create something they call "weird, sincere and universal." The graphic in DOT is pure emotion, they add, like a facepalm, but stronger, which would make a city dweller seek out a good coffee to recover and go forward at full speed. The screen The second accent in the interior is a narrow screen with scrolling text. It creates the dynamics and sets the rhythm, like the quick step of customers who just swigged a double espresso. Doors open to the citycommercialinteriordesign.com December 2021 64 WORLD VIEW A transparent façade allows DOT to become part of the city, with only glass sliding doors and a few steps to divide a client from a desirable dose of caffeine. The stairs and part of the wall surface inside the café are covered with white mosaic tiles with some pixel art elements. Other walls show the bare brick that emphasises the value of the building that was erected in 1900. Ceiling that are nearly fi ve metres high needed to be fi lled with light, which discarded the idea of building the FAST FACTS design: YOD Group (@yod.group) location: 1, Baseina st. Kyiv, (Ukraine) area: 30.6 m²/ 329 ft² completed: 2021 graphic design: PRAVDA design photographer: Andriy Bezuglov mezzanine with seating places. The tables Instead, DOT Coffee Station has two little tables and a niche with a bench where a few guests can sit. Old beams from a historical bar were used to create the café’s seating and counter ago. YOD chose this "time-proven material" to tells its own story and work as a warm and imperfect contrast with the polished stainless steel. The customers We fi nd DOT in central Kyiv on a street that borders Bessarabska Square, is home to both the city’s biggest roofed market, constructed in 1910-1912 to a design of Polish architect Henryk Julian Gay and a host of modern offi ce buildings. Nearby is a contemporary art museum. This brings an intriguing blend of tourists, young travellers and intellectuals to the café, which in the evening becomes a meeting and a pre-party place. "The owners of DOT Coffee Station are experienced entrepreneurs who already have a successful chain of cafes in Kyiv. They are deeply aware of the business- specifi c and appreciate the high quality of coffee more than anything else. Our shared value is a sustainable approach. That is how old timber beams, bare brick walls, and recyclable paper cups appeared in the venue," said Dmytro Bonesko, the co-founder of YOD Group. These benches are made from old beams Face/palm motifDesired objects commercialinteriordesign.com December 2021 66 T he historic signing of the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates, the raising of the fi rst UAE fl ag, and the formation of the country on December 2, 1971 took place within the area now part of a museum that is as aesthetically pleasing to explore as it is instructive. Etihad Museum was designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects in the shape of a manuscript to signify the signing of the UAE constitution, with seven columns built into the museum to resemble the pens used to sign the original declaration. The building has eight permanent pavilions where visitors can learn more about the formation of the union consisting of Abu Dhabi (where the federal capital is located), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwai. Spread over an area of 25,000 square metres, the footprint of the museum encompasses the Union house, the location where the emirate's founding fathers signed a declaration that marked the formation of the UAE in 1971. As well as being part of the museum complex, it also supplies its name, with Etihad coming from the Arabic for 'union.' Its location is marked by a huge UAE fl ag atop the 123-metre golden pole on Jumeirah Beach Road - particularly apt as the country marks its 50th or Golden Jubilee in December 2021. Speaking about the project, which Etihad Museum As the UAE marks its Golden Jubilee, we look at the architecture of the place where it all began The museum resembles a huge document opened to the public in 2017, Canadian fi rm Moriyama and Teshima Architects says: "The travertine plaza seamlessly migrates into the pavilion, where space fl ows across terraced viewing platforms and through the delicate latticework of bronze Jali screens. Lightwells of varying shapes and sizes illuminate the expansive underground spaces, which in turn lead to the circular Union House, the location of the signing ceremony, and the re-created Guest House where the leaders of the seven emirates resided during negotiations. 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