Pa-shih Concept Store
Type : Hospitality | Interior
Size : 86 sq.m
Collaborator : Nid Design Lab
Location : Taichung, Taiwan
Status : Completed
Pa-shih Concept Store located in Taichung Opera House is a collective effort between Nic (Nid Design Lab) and Kai (Collective Practice).
The initial idea of the design was developed through the study of the brand’s story. The understanding of the history, the brand started as a small shop in the Fengchia Night Market in Taichung and has expanded all the way to Songshan Cultural Park in Taipei. Both founders are dedicated to the making of Mesona dessert while staying true to themselves. The Chinese idiom “Hills need not be high; presence of gods gains them fame” reflects on the extended value of the brand through both the products and the space.
The design concept would like to resonance the Taichung Opera House and to inject the brand spirit into the space.
The design focuses on the brand’s symbol of “mountain” and the “water” which signifies a timeless value. The free-form bar is an extension from the Opera House and leads the visitors to come to know and taste the brand. The bar is treated with a layer of concrete with washed pebble as the finished surface, a technique that was imported to Taiwan in the early days of Japanese colonial rule. The texture of the pebble draws its association with the nature, under different lighting together with the undulating surface create a settle yet rich effect, to symbolize the cultural heritage and innovation of the brand.
八時神仙草形象概念店
項目 : 服務 | 室內設計
面積 : 86 sq.m
合作單位 : 川果設計
位置 : 臺灣 • 臺中市
狀態 : 已建成
八時神仙草位於臺中國家歌劇院的形象概念店是由Nic (川果設計)與Kai (合舍設計) 共同聯合創作。
最初設計發展時首先由研究八時的品牌故事著手，理解了八時的發展過程，從逢甲的一個小攤位起家並一路拓展到台北松菸駐點。兩位年輕的創使人對仙草品質的堅持與保持初心，是八時唯一不變的價值。「山不在高、有仙則名」，當產品與空間有了靈魂，其延伸的價值感就所不同。
於是在臺中國家歌劇院的形象概念店的設計理念裡，我們希望設計能與歌劇院的空間呼應，並將八時的品牌精神融入空間。
攤位的聚焦在"山”與”水”象徵八時由時間累積的價值，也是其品牌意象，流線造型的吧檯從歌劇院本身的空間延伸並引導訪客來認識八時、品嘗八時。吧檯的材質我們使用到台灣早期由日本引進的「抿石子」工法覆蓋，顆粒的觸感牽引著與大自然的關係，配合自然的光影效果，在不規則的表面以及各個角度面向產生豐富的效果，也象徵著八時具備著歷史傳承的文化與創新。