Designed by Blanco Studio & crafted by Kalpa Taru, interior design at John Hardy's workshop in Mambal, Bali. John Hardy Boutique is a powerful blend between modern design and heritage craftsmanship that elevates John Hardy's jewelry collection displayed under the bamboo structure.
Being the original architecture inspired by the rice paddy textures,shapes and heights, Conchita Blanco felt strongly about the interior design needing to emerge from the density of the woods, as part of the building itself. The collaboration between Blanco Studio and Kalpa Taru features two areas in the workshop; the reception hall and the jewelry gallery in the main building.
Over the wooden layers; vitrines,showcases, coaches desks and lamps float. Crafted by Kalpa Taru show cases stand on a central wooden column, also a drawer, that enables the counter tops extend over the air. In addition,vitrines and showcases hold their own lights, carefully thought to separate jewelry from the background bringing it in front the customers eye and dissipating any distraction from non existing cables around.
As a tribute to the original architecture design inspired in the rice paddies, Conchita Blanco & Avalon Carpenter conceived the vitrines as floating elements above the rice fields. The reception hall embodies broad coaches custom designed for the space with round shaped and levitating backs sits. In the lower level of the showroom, jewelry reveals itself as you walk from the entrance hall through the wooden bridge. In the showroom’s upper floor vitrines and showcases were planned with height hierarchies in order for the jewelry to be seen along the space.
- Architect: Blanco Studio
- Photos: Iker Zuñiga / Pempki