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18/05/2026

Where design and art converge ✨🍃

14/05/2026

Poetry in motion… ✨

🔮 The Black Pearl

13/05/2026

A black pearl is never obvious. Neither is this restaurant.

500 sqm of Chinese fine dining on the 7th floor of Singapore — designed around the imperial symbolism of the pearl: rarity, depth, quiet prestige.

Banquettes curve like brushstrokes. Surfaces hold light the way lacquer does — by absorbing it, then giving it back differently.

Michelin-level cuisine deserved a room that could hold the same weight.

🔮 The Black Pearl
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08/05/2026

There are two ways to bring art into a space.
One arrives at the end — catalogue, wall size, palette match. Forgotten before the first course.
The other arrives at the beginning. And changes everything.
We gave Fernando Oriol the concept, the space, and the brief. Then we stepped back.
He came to site with his daughter. Spent days working directly on the installations. We watched the pieces emerge without knowing what we’d have at the end of each day.
A trompe l’oeil terrace — heliconia, monstera, palm, cast in metal and hand-painted. Guests reach for leaves that will never move.
Inside, vines climbing above the wine cellar. The art and the menu sharing the same logic.
When the work was finished, the space changed register entirely.
That’s what a co-creator does. Not fills a wall. Authors a room.
Bring the artist in early. Create the conditions. Trust what happens.

🔗 Fernando Oriol —
📍 Binomio, Raffles Hotel Beach Road, Singapore

06/05/2026

From a recent photoshoot of … stay tuned for more updates 📸

21/04/2026

31/10/2025

can’t believe it’s already been a week since the DNA Paris Design Awards last Friday!
What a wonderful event - and such an honour for our project The Black Pearl to receive an award this year.

Grateful to the organisers for putting together an inspiring celebration of design excellence, and it was truly a pleasure connecting with so many talented peers and creative minds in Paris.

06/08/2025

From day one we knew this project was not going be a “run of the mill” restaurant. The founding team had an ambitious goal to innovate and shake up the usual standards of Chinese dining scene in Singapore.
The result has raised a few brows… naturally so! We went for an unapologetic mix of design ideas that left no one indifferent. This place was never intended to whisper politely in beige.
Proud of what our team and partners delivered - interior, branding and lighting design. This was one of a kind project and we thank everyone who made it happen!