October 2020 Vol.16 Issue 10 An ITP Media Group Publication PLUS BABY Q FIRST LOOK EXCITING LIGHTING PROJECTS FOCUS ON FABRICS FURNITUREFLOORINGLIGHTING O cto be r 2 02 0 V ol.1 6 Is su e 1 0 The essential guide for Middle East interior design professionals COMMERCIAL In te rior de si g n A n IT P M ed ia G ro up p ub lic atio nT A K E A F R E S H L O O K A T L V T M IX, M A T C H, P L A Y. www.polyflor.com Download Expona Design as BIM objects at www.bimobject.com CID Expona_Design_Restaurant_LHP-205x275mm 2.indd 1CID Expona_Design_Restaurant_LHP-205x275mm 2.indd 116/09/2020 09:4016/09/2020 09:40Contents 3 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com IN THIS ISSUE NEWS & REGULARS 08 INDUSTRY NEWS Rock stars turn designers, plus Warhol added to interiors of art-focused hotel 16 TRENDING Putting the focus on fl ora as we explore design projects embracing biophilia 20 TALKING SHOP What does the future hold for retail design in Saudi? CRTKL shares some thoughts 22 IN THE STUDIO WITH... Marija Puresic, senior interior designer at Swiss Bureau Interior Design and Build FEATURES 24 ULTIMATE SUPPLIERS Our bumper round up of suppliers to the interior design industry 34 BABY Q FIRST LOOK Broadway Interiors are proud design parents to a beautiful bar redesign 08 16Contents commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 4 SPECIAL REPORT 42 INDUSTRY OPINION Studio N tells us the role lighting design has to play in the new normal for retail 44 SPOTLIGHT ON... French artist Thierry Dreyfus lights up history, homes and haute couture 46 LIGHT TOUCH How lighting played its part in the redesign of Souk Madinat Jumeirah 48 WHAT'S NEW ERCO aims for modular spotlight range to be industry leader for specialist spaces WORLD VIEW 50 ITALIAN JOB The latest Armani/Casa Exclusive Textiles by Rubelli collection 54 PROJECT RUNWAY Stonehill Taylor converts a 1960s aircraft into a cocktail lounge for JFK Airport LAST WORD 58 OBJECTS OF DESIRE Geopathy, Vastu and Feng Shui expert Deiptii Taurannii shares her wisdom 44 48 54MARBLE GRANITE QUARTZITE ONYX TRAVERTINE QUARTZ PRECIOUS STONE Surface Solutions, Designed By Nature www.glaze.ae/Editor's letter commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 6 Jane O'Neill Editor PO Box 500024, Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 4 444 3000 www.itp.com Offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London & Mumbai ITP MEDIA GROUP CEO Ali Akawi Managing Director Alex Reeve Deputy Managing Director Martin Chambers EDITORIAL Editor Jane O'Neill Tel: +971 4 444 3626 email: jane.oneill@itp.com ART Art editor Gerald Du email: gerald.du@itp.com ADVERTISING Commercial Director Sally Whittam Tel: +971 4 444 3348 email: sally.whittam@itp.com Sales Director Rebecca Lockwood Tel: +971 4 444 3268 email: rebecca.lockwood@itp.com ITP LIVE General Manager Ahmad Bashour Tel: +971 4 444 3549 email: ahmad.bashour@itp.com PHOTOGRAPHY Senior Photographers Efraim Evidor Staff Photographers Aasiya Jagadeesh, Fritz Asuro, Ajith Narendra PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION Group Production & Distribution Director Kyle Smith Production Manager Basel Al Kassem Production Coordinator Manoj Mahadevean CIRCULATION Distribution & Warehouse Manager Praveen Nair MARKETING Director of Awards & Marketing Daniel Fewtrell ITP GROUP CEO: Ali Akawi CFO: Toby Jay Spencer-Davies Subscribe online at www.itp.com/subscriptions The publishers regret that they cannot accept liability for error or omissions contained in this publication, however caused. 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For this month, we're turning up the heat on the nuts and bolts of design projects by rounding up suppliers you need to have on speed dial. First looks are in plentiful supply too, as we explore the latest design projects from Dubai's recently revived leisure scene – a revamped lounge in Media City infused with quirky art and a redesigned restaurant in Downtown that's now home to a super-cool brand. In our World View, we head to a unique design project in New York's JFK airport that harks back to the 1960s. There's both an international and local fl avour to the special report this month, which focuses on lighting. There's a new range of luminaries by French artist Thierry Dreyfus, who's lit up everything from New York fashion shows to Notre-Dame de Paris, and Dubai's Light Touch, which has added some dramatic lighting to the city's retail and F&B hub Souk Madinat Jumeirah. There's also opinion from Studio N on how lighting can pull consumers back into retail spaces. As always, enjoy!Shhhh! Now whisper quiet comfort with soft closing. Hawa Concepta Hawa Folding Concepta Now with hinge with soft closing mechanism When it is a case of creating space and transforming rooms, the Hawa Concepta family has the lead. It makes rooms usable in a multi-functional way because it hides or conjures up kitchens as and when required, for example, turns bedrooms into home offices and transforms the office into a multimedia room or the corridor into a utility room – all depending on what is concealed behind the doors. For additional information visit: www.cabrio.systems Hawa Middle East FZE, Phone +971 4 887 3694, infome@hawa.com, www.hawa.comDesign news commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 8 Dubai Institute of Design & Innovation (DIDI) has announced a new product design competition that's supported by Dubai Design District (d3). Students and entrepreneurs are challenged to redefi ne a chair using every day materials. They must create a miniature seat to enter under one of three categories: design for sustainability, design for culture or design for future. Entries to iForDesign will go before a panel of fi ve industry judges, who will look at the design's innovation, functionality, ergonomics, feasibility, aesthetics, and emotional value. The winners will see their work showcased at Dubai Design Week. The festival is set to take place at d3 from November 9-14 2020 with a hybrid programme of virtual and physical events. The UAE-wide contest, which is supported by d3-based innovation centre Dubai Institute of Design & Innovation announces a chair design competition with Dubai Design District in5, aims to raise the bar for design thinking, complex problem solving, creativity and critical thinking. Hani Asfour, dean of DIDI, says: "Demand is rising rapidly for design talent on a local, regional and international level because it holds the key to innovation. Chairs are among the most popular products created by industrial designers, product designers and interior designers, which makes iForDesign all the more challenging." The chair challenge is onDesign news 9 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com Design of Dubai's new Hotel Indigo is inspired by the emirate Lifestyle hotel Hotel Indigo is to open its fi rst property in Dubai. Slated to launch in October 2020, the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) brand will have 269 rooms across 17 fl oors. The hotel in Downtown Dubai will house 200 pieces of art supplied by the emirate's Alserkal Cultural Foundation, Tashkeel and XVA Gallery. Tasked with appealing to a young clientèle, the design brief is heavily infl uenced by UAE culture through its interior decor, the hotel will stories of the Dubai Creek neighbourhood. Godwin Austen Johnson (GAJ) led site supervision on the project, where rooms feature Surrealist wallpaper exclusively created by local artists, there are bespoke shisha lamps and wardrobes are fi tted with doors handcrafted in a Mashrabiya style. There's also a Pop Art blends bar that's inspired by the bakalas of vibrant Dubai neighbourhood Satwa. Rolling Stones receive own Pantone colour for new store Rock and roll legends The Rolling Stones now have a new honour to add to their already impressive CVs. Global colour authority Pantone named a new offi cial shade 'Stones Red' after the band's trademark red lips and tongue. Fans can see the vivid hue used heavily inside The Stones' recently-launched fl agship merchandise store on London's Carnaby Street. Interiors at 'RS No. 9 Carnaby' are created in red and black with a sleek boutique fashion outlet feel and heavy featuring of the band's lolling mouth icon that fi rst appeared on the album Sticky Fingers in April 1971 after being created by John Pasche. Glass fl oors in the two-storey retail space are emblazoned with the band's lyrics and in the window, there's a red metal sculpture that's a soundwave from the opening to The Stones' 1966 hit track 'Paint It Black.' If the London store takes off, others around the world could follow, say merchandising company Bravado, which collaborated with the band on its opening. Telling stories through design Paint it black... And redNext >