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design. “The client specifically requested unique and
restaurant for diners. A lot of designers shy away from
visually captivating lighting designs. For us, it was
light layering as it is extremely nuanced and requires
crucial to create bespoke lighting fixtures that became
considerable thought, care, and precision to achieve
focal points within each area of the restaurant. This
successfully. The outcome at Kitin shows this effort
helped to compensate for the simplicity of the wall
was entirely worthwhile.
and floor finishes,” says Kwan. Shing adds: “The focus
“The client was inspired in part by their own memories
is often on ensuring the lamp source brightness is
of an opulent hospitality experience that left a lasting
appropriate for the design intent. However, since
impression. This sense of the luxurious lifestyle and
the decorative lighting in Kitin played a significantly
unique ambience infused the whole approach for Kitin
important role within the space, alongside lamp
as they wanted it to have a similar feel. We then had to
source brightness, we also carefully considered the
devise the best way to integrate those key decorative
light orientation, where the light was installed and the
lighting features throughout the restaurant, as it is not
mounting height. Our team also used layering of light
sufficient to simply place decorative lighting in areas
in this project to create a specific mood and ambience
with little consideration. For example, the chandelier
in the restaurant. This added depth in the design
in the main dining room is positioned in that specific
and enhances the overall sensory experience of the
ceiling space to ensure there is no light that spills over