{"id":129098,"date":"2020-11-12T14:31:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/china-ma-by-yod-group-serves-up-flavors-of-traditional-and-modern-asia-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T17:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:31:15","slug":"china-ma-by-yod-group-serves-up-flavors-of-traditional-and-modern-asia-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/china-ma-by-yod-group-serves-up-flavors-of-traditional-and-modern-asia-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"China Ma by Yod Group Serves Up Flavors of Traditional and Modern Asia to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod01-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod01-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>On the mezzanine of China Ma, a two-story restaurant in Kyiv, Ukraine, by Yod Group, custom furniture includes chairs combining Soviet and Scandinavian influences and a brass tabletop that rotates for family-style dining. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chinese plump dumplings and succulent kung pao shrimp were not entirely unknown in Kyiv. But international fast-casual chains like Wagamama and Panda Express somehow bypassed the Ukrainian capital. So, after founding a trendy Georgian food group, a local restauranteur decided to switch her focus to Asia, dishing up her own fast-casual Cantonese concept for her sophomore outing. In 2019, China Ma was born, with Yod Group bringing the physical space to fruition last November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod02-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod02-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>Pendant fixtures by local industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova illuminate the main dining area downstairs. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2,100-square-foot caf\u00e9 anchors a new mall ideally located across the street from Kyiv\u2019s buzzing city center, which contains the main train station, and down the street from reportedly the world\u2019s third-busiest McDonald\u2019s. Anticipating that same heavy pedestrian traffic, the debut China Ma required exceptional durability, according to Yod co-founder Volodymyr Nepyivoda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod03_4-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod03_4-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>The restaurant\u2019s avatar, made from LED video screen modules, has been masked since the onset of COVID-19. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A self-described specialist in \u201cHoReCa\u201d\u2014hotels, restaurants, caf\u00e9s\u2014Nepyivoda used the commission to explore such technical architectural finishes as MDF paneling tinted the same \u201ccardboard\u201d color all the&nbsp;way through the caf\u00e9, anticipating, and camouflaging, the dings and scrapes expected from rail traveler suitcases. Frothy sprayed-on acoustical foam akin to mid-century airport ceilings lends a&nbsp;softness to the two-story environment. Such industrial solutions are a&nbsp;world away from the antique temple carvings and Chinese red napkins at&nbsp;Bao, a fine-<br \/>\ndining restaurant Yod previously completed across town. \u201cWe refused all typical Chinese decor this time,\u201d explains Yod co-founder Dmytro Bonesko. \u201cA modern atmosphere goes with the democratic prices at China Ma.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod04-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod04-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>The kitchen connects to the dining room through a stainless steel\u2013lined aperture inspired by traditional Chinese design. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At Bao, Bonesko employed his \u201clazy Susan\u201d turntable concept, borrowed from traditional Chinese dim sum palaces. He gives it another, more contemporary spin at China Ma, with the rotating central platforms, which encourage family-style sharing of dishes, banded in sleek brass. In another nod to Asia, admittedly a more esoteric one, he and Nepyivoda referenced the electrical cables that run, often exposed messily, across cities in China but also in Japan and Thailand. Translating the phenomenon into decor, the Yod team strung up miles of black rubber cables\u2014only some electrified, of&nbsp;course\u2014across the mezzanine ceiling. This spaghetti of wires swags over the tables, with individual lengths dropping down into slender pendants, each tipped with a tiny LED. Though simple in appearance, the fixtures required three<br \/>\niterations to achieve sufficient brightness. \u201cUkrainians want good lighting for Instagram posts,\u201d Bonesko notes. Illumination is more Soviet inspired downstairs in the main dining area, where a constellation of geometric green pendants recall early 20th\u2013century suprematism. Seating on both levels also nods to vintage Soviet aesthetics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod05_3-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod05_3-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>Electrical cable has been positioned to form three-dimensional bangs and pigtails for the avatar model, a local actress. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back upstairs, the same black wire not only wraps randomly around steel wire-frame globe armatures of various sizes but is also used in the \u201chair\u201d for China Ma\u2019s godlike digital avatar\u2014the caf\u00e9\u2019s most stunning feature. Forming enormous round pigtails and face-framing bangs, Nepyivoda himself climbed a 15-foot ladder with clippers to demonstrate the length workers should trim the wire for her final \u201chaircut.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod06-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod06-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>The avatar reflects in the glass floor of the bridge, which leads to the restrooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The avatar concept seemed straightforward at first but ultimately proved a hard-won tech triumph. Bonesko began by asking a casting agent to find a local actress. \u201cWe weren\u2019t concentrated on her nationality, more on general mood.\u201d His instructions directed the chosen model to run through a range of expressions on camera, and the video production company stitched them together later. So, following a few minutes of resting-face, she flashes a look of charmed surprise or licks her red-painted lips. Guests can view the 20-foot-tall avatar from nearly anywhere in China Ma, including close-up on the glass bridge Yod installed upstairs to access the restrooms, or from the bar, where Chinese characters spelling out messages like \u201calways good\u201d scroll digitally across a decorative pipe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod08-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod08-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>LED Chinese characters scroll digitally across a decorative pipe downstairs. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her red lipstick is fiery today, but the video initially appeared washed-out in daylight\u2014even when projected using the latest laser gear. Graciously, the restauranteur agreed to delay China Ma\u2019s grand opening while Yod retooled the avatar. Its new 3D curved steel framework got tiled with a matrix of 10-inch LED video screen modules sourced from China. Another refresh and pause were a result of COVID-19. Since March, the avatar has been updated to appear wearing a face mask. But like all else during the pandemic, patience, particularly coupled with a healthy dose of wit, is a virtue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod09-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Yod-Group-China-Ma-Ukraine-idx201101_yod09-11.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\"><\/noscript><figcaption>Custom stools stand near the bar, topped in stainless steel. Photography by Andrey Bezuglov.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Project Team:&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\nNataliya Timoshenko; Nikolay Dotsenko; Alexandr Kravchuk: Yod Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Product Sources: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kitass.com.ua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kitass<\/a>: Custom Table (Mezzanine), Custom Seating.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plan.b.laboratory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Plan B Laboratory<\/a>: Custom Tables, Custom Bar Counter, Custom Planters (Dining Area). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicdesign.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nic Design<\/a>: Toilet (Restroom). <em>Throughout:<\/em> Ruki.Io: Custom Media Screens, Custom Ceiling Installations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/motions.gg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motions GG<\/a>: Custom Media Content. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noom-home.com\/lighting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noom<\/a>: Pendant Fixtures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese plump dumplings and succulent kung pao shrimp were not entirely unknown in Kyiv. But international fast-casual chains like Wagamama and Panda Express somehow bypassed the Ukrainian capital. So, after founding a trendy Georgian food group, a local restauranteur decided to switch her focus to Asia, dishing up her own fast-casual Cantonese concept for her sophomore outing. 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