LOST CHILI is an all-day restaurant focusing on soar and spicy flavors, and SORA® was responsible for its wholesome design services including branding planning and spatial design. In the trials and collisions in the path of “Chili Chef”, LOST CHILI kept meeting new friends and opening the diverse tastes in daily life with the escaping tomato, the jealous rosa roxburghii, the flying wineglass and the hilarious onion.

Based on the adventure story of the “lost chili”, we adjusted the cooking space that needed to be sealed off and changed the unobstructed area by the entrances, which remained a transparent view, meanwhile, dividing different sizes and functions of areas. For example, the seating area beside the windows would enrich the space, also, enable the corner to be more wrapped up. At the same time, there are different layers of spatial transition, and special red components (handles, drawers, seat bases, and tabletops) just like the little marks left by the “lost chili” within the space.

The cooking region after adjustment will change the portal direction and connect with the outdoors, providing an entrance image that welcomes lateral main visitor flow. The large sliding door outward eaves will form a boundless gate. The founder was a lover of furniture collection, and demanded to utilize the Akari lighting in the beginning. We presented him with a curved ceiling installation linking the front and back areas, and this large round lamp will be focused, giving out very soft light and a sense of coziness with tangling red wires and a warm light tone.

In the initial design, we looked for more senses of relaxation and freedom, therefore, we added irregular up-and-down red windows, pillars wrapped in different materials, hand painting on the walls, left-blank tiling, plain bar counters, wine bottle layouts, natural texture, and customized handmade tapestry. All these would resonate with the freedom concept of this space.