The home is heavily permeated with rich, warm exclusive flavor. Because the host prefers to warm colors, the designer have chosen unique gold and brown as the main color. The aim is to create a warm, yet comfortable home that is close to human nature. Thus upon entry, there is a touch of greenery with the lamp throwing out a dim light, it seems that people are back to the years with a calming mind and relaxed body. To create a rich and warm effect, the designer have taken into account a variety of natural industrial style textures, such as walnut, sandstone, cement boards and tiles to combine with for interweaving level, so as to set the appropriate backdrop for the elegant furniture. Unlike traditional homes, the designer have heavily made use of materials to decorate the walls to make the room look more full and colorful for a stronger senses of furnishings.

Key features of this project include the use of warm color scheme, combined with many natural industrial style textures for construction. The aim is to create a natural looking yet elegant atmosphere for a comfortable home. Traditionally, the use of industrialism is about exposing all the lies beneath to achieve raw, edgy style. Structural elements are turned into showpieces, achieving a look that seems unfinished. However, with this design it has brought the use of industrialism to an all new level, with refined texture and material finishing combined with the warm color scheme (such as the sliding door wrapped with 3 layers of golden wall paper) and the tungsten filament lighting have turned this home into a warm yet, elegant environment for relaxation. Also to maximize the living space for the client, the kitchen was reconstructed to enlarge the dining space with a bar table. The master bedroom was reconstructed to create a cloakroom. Also a fragment of the hallway was dismantled to enlarge the space of the living room from a physical and visual perspective.

Based on the client’s preference of warm colors, the client has given the designer lots of creative space to design this home with very unique colors, element and texture. The result was highly appreciated by the client, fitting their needs of a natural looking and comfortable home with an elegant touch. It has provided a good precedent for industrialism style demonstrated with a warm and elegant finishing. This design were also shown to many other clients, which provided a good reference point on possible creative designs for their residential.

The major value of this project have demonstrated is that industrialism can also be executed in a very refined and warm manner. Unlike traditional industrialism interior design, this home have heavily embrace refined textures, such as cement board, tiles and wooden décor to decorate the walls to make the room look more full and a stronger sense of furnishings. The use of coloring have reminded the designer of the American cowboy era, which is a classical touch to the design. This era of industrialism design is becoming more common and in the designer’s opinion that this is an emerging trend for interior designs.

This project involved 3 full-time employees, including Eric (Chief Designer) to master the overall design with relevant parties, communication with client and material selection. A project manager whom will be constantly on site to follow up on progress to ensure all construction is done according to technical drawings and timeline with construction vendor and coordinate onsite logistics, including delivery of materials. An administrative supervisor to procure and follow up on all required materials. The finance department also provided their assistance to ensure all payments for the project were processed in time, including the client to avoid any delays. The client played an important role during the project to communicate their requirements, participate in material selection, etc. External experts whom have also assisted including material vendors, whom constantly provided latest details on materials to enable us to select the latest and most trendy materials for this project.

The design motivation all started with the client’s preference on warm color for a family of 3. Based on this criteria, the designer have selected unique gold and brown as the main color and elaborate on the thought of industrialism with an elegant touch to create a comfortable home. During the process, the designer have selected many special materials, such as cement board, walnut, chopstick shaped rustic brown tile and sandstone to embrace this effect. Also much effort was spent on lighting selection and tuning the level of lighting to achieve a cohesiveness with the design. The drop lights with different height made with imitated tungsten filament lamp and iron cover was a good example in demonstrating a focal point of the living room for this design.

The duration of this project took 8 months from initiation to final delivery. (ie. 6 months to 1 year). The total budget for this project including design, all materials and construction was over HK$2,000,000 (ie. $2,000,000 to 3,000,000)

The aim of this project is of course to satisfy the client’s preference on the use of warm color, yet demonstrating this color scheme with industrialism style material and texture to embrace the design. An inspiration from the designer is that, unlike traditional elegance, it no longer needs to be flashy and demonstrated via glamour materials, such as silk, marble, chandeliers. It can also be executed using natural materials and textures with refined finishing, suitable colors and lightings. This project have embraced this strategy and the results were very close to the expectation.