bar-design | B3 Designers

22/05

Origo Coffee, Bucharest Romania

Today we’ve been looking at this trendy coffee house space in Bucharest Romania by Lama Architectura. We really like the black boarded walls, this reminds us of the &Kitchen Table/ Bubbledogs (have a look under restaurants, in our work folio). This approach really creates a sense of accessibility and purpose, as the entire interior is a canvas board.

We’re grateful for the white ceiling beams in the small space, it contrasts nicely with the walls while helping to tie in the suspended coffee cup installation above the counter and the suspended coffee cups repurposed as lighting.

The bar raises, which means that in the daytime it can comfortably sit at 80cm to serve patrons coffee, while at night it can be adjusted to 110cm when the venue converts into bar.

We love the counter/ bar itself, with its use of raw metal sheets on the face and corten and oak for the counter top.

(Images from facebook)

15/03

Fette Sau, Williamsburg

Fette Sau in Williamsburg Brooklyn is a casual and fun southern restaurant concept located in trendy Williamsburg Brooklyn. The owners have converted an unused garage into a BBQ restaurant that stays true to the gritty surrounding area, while delivering its very own identity to the locality.

The design stays true to its past by incorporating rustic industrial features into its authentic design. Tractor seats are used as bar stools while phonograph horns have been repurposed as light fixtures above the bar light fixtures.

Marble counter, reclaimed wood, brick, and polished-and-stained concrete are a great example of other materials used to create the rustic feel of the restaurant and bar.

The courtyard previously used for vehicle parking and service, is decked out with heavy wooden furniture, worn metal tables and chairs and illuminated signage.

What we enjoyed most about the restaurant’s approach it this way they have embodies the industry into the way the venue was designed and presented, clearing addressing the importance of the butchery side of the process.

(Photos from Facebook)

11/03

Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen

I think its safe to say that Mikkeller Bar is not your average bar, for one it serves beer from the Mikkeller microbrewery, but this is just the start. Designers Femmes Regionales managed to strike a good balance between the modern design Denmark is known for and the atmosphere of traditional Danish pubs, making the interior just as distinctive as the beers they serve. The Copenhagen bar has a calming atmosphere that is largely white, black and green with accents of gold and small bursts of bright colour. The effect is a refreshingly quirky space with just the right amount of Copenhagen cool.

(Images via weheart)

14/01

Goat Town, New York

Goat Town, in East Village, New York is meant to be an ‘elevated everyday American bistro’ according to owner Nicholas Morgenstern. Brothers Evan and Oliver Haslegave of Home is responsible for the interior that is filled with reclaimed industrial pieces. While the use of white subway tiles is by no means unusual, the designers used them in a surprising way – tiling the banquette seating. This detail adds a hint of glimmer to the monochrome space that contrasts dark wood and rusty steel with light walls and floors. Details like salvaged signage and decorative ceiling panels complete the aged appearance of the space.

20/05

Rosa's Soho

After much success in Spitalfields, Rosa’s Thai restaurant opened a ‘Pop-Up’ in Soho called Noodles, this was so well received that people in Soho now have permanent access to a Rosa’s fix.

The interior design, done by Gundry and Ducker, features moulded oak panelling lined with brass plates at the edges. The design is intended to be reminiscent of a traditional British cafe with a Thai edge. A warm and inviting interior is achieved by using soft lighting and red and brown tones. This color scheme is used throughout the ground floor, with lighter tones as it is intended primarily for daytime use.Booths and partitions are formed by the moulded oak panelling, which are modified in places to form coat hooks and lamps. The oak profiles are echoed in the borders of the laser-cut brass plates that decorate the walls. The basement is much darker, featuring gloss, gray and reclaimed teak, reflecting its purpose as an evening space.

And here is a little bit about the Pop-Up, in case you missed it:

The designers chose to celebrate the temporary nature of the restaurant by whitewashing the interior of the shop it was located in as they found it and using materials and construction methods that are usually associated with impermanence. They placed a series of plywood booths throughout, these had glowing red interiors and arched entrances. Chairs were also made of plywood and were held together by cable ties. They made use of illuminated signage and arrows, and this, along with the color scheme was intended to acknowledge Soho’s red-light district heritage. Displayed on the shelves were laser cut highlights from the menu, each in a typeface reflecting its character.

(via Dezeen and Gundry+Ducker)

17/05

Viet Hoa Cafe

Viet Hoa, a Kingsland Road favorite, has recently been completely renovated and now boasts a serene, minimalist interior and stylish new branding, in complete contrast to its former haphazard self. Its new interior design is clean and simple and features walls and ceilings clad in timber, contemporary lighting and furniture, with quirky touches such as an entire wall covered in moss that stretches across two floors at the stairway.

Another unusual element can be found in the new bar in the basement. It has a playful sunken rectangle in the floor that becomes an informal lounge area with the addition of legless chairs and little tables.

The revised branding and identity was mainly influenced by the name of the cafe. ‘Hoa’ means ‘blossoming flower’ in Vietnamese and a logo mark has been added across all way-finding, branding collateral, packaging, and uniforms.

The new interior perfectly complements the delicious food and I’m sure with its stylish new space it will become even more popular.

(images via London Design Guide)

04/05

Look Mum No Hands

Look Mum No Hands is the clever name of a new cafe/bar/bike workshop that recently opened in Old Street. Here you can enjoy some seriously delicious coffee and cake while your bike is being tended to by an expert bicycle mechanic. The interior of the former architectural showroom is pared down and airy, with a select few beautiful vintage bikes on display in the window and some large prints of past races on the walls. The minimalist look of the space is enhanced with striking details, such as the vintage lamps above the bar that have the added quirky touch of hanging from bicycle chains. They also have a lovely outdoor area that will no doubt be very busy on sunny days. The relaxed, fuss free space and staff have won me over and I will definitely not wait for bicycle problems to go there again.

14/09

Merus Winery by Uxus Design

A fine wine gets even finer when it can be ingested in an as thoughtful an environment as this one. Welcome to Merus, a “designer” winery like no other. Located in the Napa Valley in California, Merus looks more like a Michelin-starred restaurant than your average cellar-door retail outlet. Exposed beams are the only nod to the past in this interior design strategy, which is thoroughly modern with a hint of Californian warmth. Amsterdam-based Uxus Design is the architecture and design firm behind the winery. With more than a few inspiring, high profile projects under its belt, Uxus is one of the Netherlands’ hottest design studios – with an office to match. It’s been a busy year for Uxus, who have unveiled a number of other great retail design projects recently including the new Heineken ‘concept’ bars which will open in airports across the globe and one of Europe’s coolest McDonald’s play areas in Amsterdam.

Via The Cool Hunter

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26/05

V&A washrooms by Glowacka Rennie

London architects Glowacka Rennie have completed the interior of the ladies toilets at the V&A museum in London. The design includes a black, stone wall, black cubicle interiors and brass fittings in a white-painted interior with a high ceiling. A blue, painted installation by Swiss artist Felice Varini resolves into a pattern of circles when viewed in the mirror above the wash basins.

11/05

Reviwall – Salad from the wall

Rather than having empty building walls covered with advertising or at best with ivy, why not install the Reviwall and turn your wall into a vertical vegetable garden? Some inspired Italians have set one up in Revigliasco, a small town near Turin, and it just looks magnificent. Check out the photo gallery on the website of La Stampa newspaper. Clever also the name, as it is not only a Revi[gliasco] wall, but also alludes to this pleasant “revival” of urban walls.

02/05

Global Street Food

Mike Meires “Global Street Food” shows a great number of various street kitchens from all over the world which were researched and purchased over the period of one year. “Complex minimalisation makes it possible to think about other processes” describes Meire his fascination with street food kitchens. Pictured are street food stands from the United States, China, Argentinia, Namibia, Vietnam, Thailand and Uganda.

After The Farm Project, Global Street Foo

is Mike Meires Current installation for the
Dornbranch Edges series of exhibitions. In contrast to The Farm Project, this new project is not about the domestic kitchen as the stage of life; it is about improvised kitchens set up in public spaces – in and on the streets. The exhibition in Cologne is a beautiful oasis of authenticity in the middle of glossy design world wonderland and a great location to become aware of what kind of kitchen one really needs for one’s respective lifestyle. Removed from their real special context and put in a white gallery instead, these street kitchens are able to be perceived and valued in a very different way.

19/03

Connaught Bar Review By B3 Designersv

Connaught Bar

Situated within the The Connaught Hotel, one of the grandest hotels of London, the Connaught Bar must be one of the most chic and stylish places to have a drink and realx.
Redesigned by David Collins, the interior design retains its classic art deco feel and mixes dark rich colours with elaborate textures and details such as the brogue detailing on the furniture. The bar also has a ‘Head mixologist table’ where guests will be able to taste an assortment of drinks produced on a cocktail station next to the table.

02/03

B3 Designers short listed for three awards at the first Restaurant and Bar Design Awards

B3 Designers are Finalist for 3 Awards

Today we have been informed that B3 Designers have been short listed as finalists for 3 possible areas of design excellence at the first restaurant and bar design awards.

There have been over 300 entries from the world’s top designers and operators. Therefore we are very please that the judging panel has short listed B3 designers into the following categories.

B3 Designers for Le Gavroche (Washroom Space Category)

B3 Designers and Babel (Bar Interior – Stand Alone Category)

B3 Designers and Carbon (Bar Interior – Other Space Category)

We are honored to be short listed as finalist and look forward to the award ceremony, taking place on the 27th of April 2009. The award ceremony is to take place at the Village Underground, in Shoreditch, London. We will be celebrating with our clients: Michel Roux Jnr owner of Le Gavroche, Steve Cox of Faucet Inn owner of the Babel Bar, and the team from the Guoman Hotel Group.

25/02

Tokujin Yoshioka's Waterfall Bar Review By B3 Designers

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Waterfall Bar in Tokyo

Situated in private house in Tokyo, the waterfall bar is another example of Yoshioka’s talent and eye for materials.
Covering the facade of the space is the work of Olafur Eliasson, the entire surface is made from what looks like black, shiny crystal which creates shimmering reflections and a deeply textured surface.
On the inside, the main feature of the space is Yoshioka’s 4.2m long solid glass bar top (which weighed 1000kg). The surface of the bar top looks slightly rippled and looking at it, one really gets the impression of looking into a pool of water. As with the facade, the play of light and reflections is one of the important features of this piece, with colourful reflections dappling the walls and floor.