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You are always guaranteed a delicious brunch, lunch or dinner in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere at The Modern Pantry. New Zealand chef Anna Hansen performs magic with fresh ingredients to create original dishes that are as inspiring as their almost all white interior.
For a limited period this Spring, The Modern Pantry takes some of its relaxed atmosphere to vibrant Soho. For four weeks the interior of Meza on Wardour Street will be transformed along with its menu.
The new interior features walls painted in muted tones and minimalist Danish furniture from design house Fritz Hansen. Interesting artworks from guest artists Kate Boxer and Robert Clarke can be seen throughout the space.
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Athens’ up-and-coming district, Psirri, has a gorgeous new addition. Il Buco Restaurant, a spin-off of Il Buco Deli, occupies the third floor of a neoclassical building and the interior was designed by design-studio’s Dionisis+Kirki of Workshop and STOVIKIS + B.
The space is paired-down, modern and airy. It is more spacious than you would expect from a restaurant and the spaciousness is accentuated by the generous use of white with only fittings and trimmings in black. Elegant, understated light fixtures create a relaxed ambience and mismatched chairs add an element of nostalgia.
The dining rooms centre around a cocktail bar and deli that is painted black, clearly differentiating its function from that of the other spaces. Plywood shelves are stocked with Italian delicacies.
Throughout the restaurant artworks of fire and water on tracing paper by Dionisis Sotovikis adorn the walls and perfectly compliment the calm, whimsical space.
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What Happens When is unusual, even for pop-up restaurant standards. A collective of interior designers, a graphic designer, a composer and a Michelin starred chef put their minds together and are transforming a reclaimed space, not once, but nine times over the course of nine months.
Graphic designer Emelie Baltza sets the tone by creating an interesting visual language for each month to which the interior designers at New York agency the Metrics respond with a complementing interior. Chef John Fraser creates indulgent menus and is serving up Nordic and Northern Germanic inspired food for the debut month. The music is as unusual as the concept, done by Micah Silver, it includes extracts from videos at rural bonfires and orchestras warming up.
Their combined efforts offer customers the ultimate all round experience of sound, art, interiors and good food.
Images via We Heart
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Mazzo was designed with the intention of creating a living room. A place where you would be equally comfortable hosting a business meeting as a birthday dinner. The restaurant occupies an odd, post-industrial building and comfortably fills its mismatched spaces with its mismatched chairs.
You can watch your food being prepared in the eye-catching open kitchen surrounded by raw wooden shelves that display the authentic Italian products they use. The buildings industrial past is acknowledged by the exposed brick walls, concrete floors and services running overhead. These elements are combined with elegant carpets and playful light fittings from MOOOI and GUBI to create a chic urban feel.
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The interior design arm of Tom Dixon, Design Research Studio, have created the interior for the new Restaurant at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. This is the latest project for renowned restaurateur Oliver Peyton of Peyton and Byrne. The 150 cover restaurant opened to the public 19th January 2011. The Design The 250 m2 refurbishment references the long and illustrious history of the Royal Academy of Arts with materials chosen to complement the existing fabric of the Regency building including marble, brass and velvet.
The dining area is divided into different zones, with each area inspired by the work of a different Royal Academy Great such as Turner and Sir John Soane. To extend the gallery experience for diners, Design Research Studio has designed a dramatic free- standing unit in the centre of the space. Consisting of a number of glass cubes, the structure will house an extraordinary selection of sculptures and busts dating back to 1897. The pieces belong to the Royal Academy of Arts permanent collection but have long been stored out of public view.
The new bar is set to be a key focal point in the restaurant made from Mount Etna lava stone and hand-made glazed brick. Designed as a robust, sculptural object, its grandeur is enhanced by a dramatic cast glass chandelier suspended above. Other interior highlights include Etch, the digitally etched brass pendant light and Scoop, the injection-moulded foam seating both designed by Tom Dixon shown for the first time in this location.
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Vanilla is a sweet coffee shop in East Berlin – made even sweeter with a little typography inspired interior by design duo Pandarosa. The pink and blue colour scheme harks back to childhood days spent drooling over the ice-cream counter, while the seamless treatment of signage, logo and wallpaper is a very grown-up attitude to holistic design. The looping ‘l’s of ‘Vanilla’ repeat to make a pattern for the wall behind the counter. Vintage touches in fixtures and fittings add to the retro vibe.
The design is by Ariel Aguilera and Andrea Benyi, whose work has been commissioned by big brands Volkswagen, Lee Jeans and Adidas and can also be seen in Copenhagen’s Hotel Fox.
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Tags: berlin, coffee shop, Pandarosa, Retro, Vanilla, vintage
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Extraordinaire would be exactly the word for this American eatery in the Waterfront Building, Stockholm. Gothenburg-based designers Stylt, led by Erik Nissen Johansen, have gone as far as conceiving an imaginary couple (The Griffins) who own the Steakhouse and run it with a certain mystery and alchemy that contributes to its eclectic interior.
Old school steakhouse charm is exuded by padded booths, wood-panelling and Gothic lampshades, but there’s modern furnishing at work here too. A slick bar and patterned ceramics remind you that you’re still in the 20th Century and haven’t entered some kind of interior design time warp. Everywhere you look there’s a history, science art or design artefact that’s been hand-picked to keep the place quirky, fresh and interesting.
Like it or loathe it, Griffins’ smacks of style and personality, even if it is based on a fictional tale.
Stylt have also recently fitted out Marion’s Gastro Diner and the Orangeriet, both in Stockholm.
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New York designers Nema workshop have created this unusual interior for emerging brand D’espresso.
Asked to relate the design to its location in Madison Avenue, Nema workshop took inspiration from nearby Bryant Park Library but turned the room sideways to form this playful interior.
Full scale photographic prints onto custom tiles allow bookshelves to wrap from floor to ceiling, whilst gravity defying pendant lights jut out from behind the bar. A herringbone clad wall opposite to this mimics a floor in this surreal café space.
The designers’ slanted take on a straightforward concept makes for a spectacular, if not slightly disorientating interior!
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The Bramble Cafe and Super Natural was a very inspired show space presented during the London Design Festival in the Brompton Design District in South Kensington. Placed in The Garage, both, the temporary café and its exhibits were inspired by the wild and natural life of the English countryside. On show was the new collection Assemblage 1 by Studio Toogood, and Arabeschi di Latte took care of the food and eating environment, in their usual wonderful way, also selling delicious goodies from La Fromagerie. As visitors enter the space they will encounter a mushroom installation by New Forest forager Mrs Tee, whilst experiencing a bespoke scent dedicated to woodland by Francis Kurkdjian.
An adventurous wander down country lanes with the crunch of autumn leaves underfoot. As you gather and forage for mushrooms, blackberries, conkers, plums, heritage variety apples and pears, wet walnuts, different styles of grapes, pumpkins and wild salad leaves together with a variety of English farmhouse cheese; these will become the ingredients for an ‘untamed’ meal.
Pictures by Anita Silva
Tags: Arabeshi di Latte, Bramble Cafe, London Design Festival 2010, Studiotoogood, Super Natural
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Esrawe Studio is a group of Mexican architects and designers, responsible for the distinct and vibrant design of Cielito Querido Cafe, a Latin-American eatery. In collaboration with Ignacio Cadena, the studio have come up with a concept that is bold and bright in its use of colour, typography and graphics. The concept is inspired by Mexican design heritage and Latin graphic design of the late 19th to early 20th century, particularly the product labels of old grocery stores.
The interior design alludes to the rich history of Latin American tradition and distinct visual landscape, while remaining unique and contemporary. The symbolism, pink and blue colour scheme, illustrations and materials speak instantly of a particular time and place that appeals globally as well as locally.
The café’s name was inspired by the song Cielito Lindo, which was written in 1882 by the Mexican composer Quirino Mendoza y Cortéz. The song contains the phrase ‘México lindo y querido’, which translates to ‘cherished and beautiful Mexico’ – a great source of inspiration for the project.
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Tags: cafe, Latin America, Mexico, product labels, signage, typography
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