Atelier tao+c
Shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025 Interior designer of the year, Shanghai-based interior design studio Atelier tao+c.
Atelier tao+c was founded by Tao Liu and Chunyan Cai in 2016. Their work ranges from a piece of pendant lamp to a compound development, from the interiors of small urban apartments to the renovation of old rural houses. They tackle with careful investigations and research, tapping into a better understanding of typology. The design method is semi-architectural semi-interior, retreating to the inner world, allowing the space to grow from the inside and break through the perimeter, intermediating the inside and outside.
Recent projects include a light-filled bookshop with a timber roof in the ski resort of Aranya Chongli and a private library for a venture capital firm in Shanghai.
This studio has been shortlisted in the Interior designer of the year category of Dezeen Awards China 2025.