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Wabi Sabi Interior Design for Restaurants and Bars: Choosing Materials for What They Become
Wabi sabi interior design in a working restaurant means choosing materials that improve with use. How to tell patina from damage, with UNFORMALDESIGN projects.
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Venetian Interior Design in 100 Square Metres: How Hand-Painted Artwork Built Ombra’s Story
How UNFORMALDESIGN gave Ombra Modern Tavern a Venetian story in 100 sqm with hand-painted mask panels, rustic plaster and a Venetian palette, not more space.
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Renovating an Existing Building in Bangkok: Why the Budget Conversation Is Different
A retrofit budget is not a new-build budget with a discount. Contingency, heritage constraints and honest pricing, with UNFORMALDESIGN project examples.
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Experiential Retail Design: The Hanoi Mall Built as a Park, Not a Corridor
UNFORMALDESIGN turned 200sqm of Hanoi retail into an underground park with climbing walls, a skate zone and slides between levels. Why dwell time beats shopfront count.
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Choosing an Interior Design Company in Bangkok: What Happens After the Drawings
Most interior design companies in Bangkok deliver drawings and step back. What to ask before you appoint one, and what the unfinished weeks of a build actually look like.
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The Cove: A Boutique Hotel and Café on Ao Nang’s Lifestyle Lane
See how UNFORMALDESIGN gave The Cove, a boutique hotel and café on Ao Nang's lifestyle lane, three distinct room identities — Shore, Garden and Cliff — in one connected material system.
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The Low-Season Renovation Window: Why September Is the Best Time to Build in Bangkok
Most hospitality operators wait out Bangkok's rainy season. Here's why September, not high season, is actually the best window to renovate, and how to use it.
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BYOB: Inside a Hidden Speakeasy Bar Concept Design in Bangkok
BYOB, short for Bring Your Own Bottle, is UNFORMALDESIGN's concept for a hidden Bangkok speakeasy built around an illuminated bottle wall and a surreal banquet mural.
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Spa Interior Design in Thailand: Why a Quiet Room Is the Hardest Brief
Spa interior design in Thailand is harder than high-energy hospitality design, not easier. The four levers that lower the volume in a room, with a real project and indicative costs.
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Tropical Social Hub Interior Design in Ao Nang, Krabi: SATI’s Three Zones
SATI Ao Nang is a tropical social hub in three zones — lounge, communal table, social bar. Here is how UNFORMALDESIGN designed for Krabi's climate and pace.
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