et cetera essence: Takeshi Nakasa with leading figures #4 >>>go to column
Who the heck has created these places?!”
Ever since Nakasa saw “them”, a question has been remaining on his brain. That was the time when he stepped into 3 rooms in Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo, one of the newest luxury hotels opened in Tokyo in March 2009. They are “Piacere”, an Italian restaurant, “Nadaman”, a Japanese restaurant, and an executive lounge, “Horizon Club Lounge”.
Later, he learned that these 3 distinctive styles of eatery were initiated by a single designer.
It was Mr. Andre Fu, a designer based in Hong Kong.
He is one of the edgy and leading designers in the world, working with many luxury projects with a rather young age in the industry –– in the mid 30s. Growing up in Hong Kong and the U.K., he is also known for studying at the Univ. of Cambridge and trained under Mr. John Pawson, a minimalism figure. Having an appearance that can trace an essence of “young enthusiasm”, Nakasa has finally met Andre at one the origins of his question – the Horizon Club Lounge. Nakasa tried to unseal Andre’s design concept and design process. (July 2009)
