Zincho Tea Space

The Jin Tea space in Yunnan, designed by Aurora Design led by Yang Xuewan and completed in 2022 at 140 square metres, is a contemporary tea retail interior that draws on bamboo, a shared spiritual symbol of Chinese tradition alongside tea. Yunnan, bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, is one of China's principal tea-producing regions, with tea culture traceable back twenty-one centuries. The designer treats retail space as more than product display: it must carry design atmosphere and a full consumption experience. Bamboo-leaf projections wash over the interior, creating an ethereal, quiet refuge in the city and bringing the stillness of the natural world indoors. Leaves and light at varying heights form a looping path that gives the space fluidity. The bar uses sintered stone as its main material, paired with green bamboo-shadow glass walls, adding texture, natural variation and an Eastern mood. The display and experience zones flow into one another; the experience walls are simple and plain, but the entry of light and shadow breaks the monotone and lends a delicate, naturalistic feel. A bamboo-and-wrought-iron installation winds through the space like water, balancing virtual and real, and a large hard-sculpted bamboo-screen creates a deep grove effect that transitions visitors from urban noise into stillness. The horizontally grained installation, with integrated functions such as sheltered seating in the open plan, product display, storage and lighting, adds three-dimensionality and produces a one-step-one-view illusion. Simple ribbon-like leaf outlines and gently winding curves, together with graduated green lighting, deliver a minimalist beauty between void and solid. The design follows the brand's consistent feminine sensibility, sculpting a dreamy, emotionally attuned atmosphere that balances ancient tea culture with contemporary taste. Stripped of traditional ornament, the space lets a single flower, a stone, a branch, a pool and a cup of tea breathe, offering calm within the bustling city.