{"id":196967,"date":"2022-05-19T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=196967"},"modified":"2022-11-17T16:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T21:29:56","slug":"panda-nana-designs-an-out-of-this-world-whiskey-bar-in-zhangzhou-china","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/panda-nana-designs-an-out-of-this-world-whiskey-bar-in-zhangzhou-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Nana Designs an Out-of-This-World Whiskey Bar in Zhangzhou, China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The top of the stainless steel bar boasts custom wiredrawing engraving. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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May 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Jesse Dorris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>INSPACE, FEATHER VISION<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Panda Nana Designs an Out-of-This-World Whiskey Bar in Zhangzhou, China<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you just need a drink. Other times, you need a complete intoxication of the senses\u2014and for the latter occasion, Panda Nana designed the Control Bar in Zhangzhou. The 3,200-square-foot space is a vision of undulating grids and disorienting layouts. And that\u2019s before you even reach the bar itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe main inspiration is the retro space game,\u201d says chief designer\u00a0Lin Jiacheng. \u201cMechanics and technology are the keys to explore the unknown world.\u201d A new printing technology was the key to the design, which allowed the designers to create 3-D lines on the stainless steel plates cladding the walls. This, and the curve of some of the plates themselves, create a space which feels free of gravity. Modular installations of light boxes further the fantasy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the biggest flight of fancy is surely the bar, above which floats a sci-fi fantasia of incubating beings fed through tubes. It\u2019s the ideal spot, in the strangest bar on earth, to stop and nurse a whiskey.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the entry corridor, light boxes offer vistas reflected against floors covered with silver foil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An orange arch marks the second-floor bar; the silver arch leads to a VIP room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mysterious beings greet guests at the bar in an installation of stainless steel, acrylic, and 3-D-printed forms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The bar takes on the hues of the lighting system as it changes in color and intensity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The team opened a hole into a pillar to serve as a storage area for wine and beer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lights embedded into the entrance fa\u00e7ade\u2019s silver foil-painted walls create illusions of space and shape. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A custom chair catches the bold lighting design in a VIP room. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The top of the stainless steel bar boasts custom wiredrawing engraving. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n