It’s a breezy Saturday, and Ivan is sitting near the water, playing with the ripples and admiring the Yunnan flowers and, on the water, fractured reflections of the trees and flying birds. The steam of his tea showers the ambience with a beautiful smell from Yunnan leaves. He sips his tea, remembering vividly the flavor of his land. Ivan isn’t sitting near a lake in Yunnan. He is sitting on the terrace of his new masterpiece — The Gathering Clouds. A restaurant that celebrates de cultural diversity, and the heritage of its flavors. “Yunnan isn’t a color, or a song, or a word.” says Ivan. “The complex beauty of Yunnan cannot be represented through singular expressions. It demands diversity, energy, unpredictability. The shape of your experience in Yunnan takes diverse beautiful forms, like a cloud. Or like a gathering of clouds.” The restaurant brought challenges both in timeline and design constrains, but ultimately, a close collaboration with the investors and owners, helped to bring to life their vision. Their vision of a place where their past experience and memories could manifest through beautiful, thoughtful food, and served in a gorgeous environment. For this vision, they partnered with Jin Design Studio, who crafted both the Brand and the Space for The Gathering Clouds.