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elcome to our Retail Special. In it you’ll find examples of household-name international brands flexing their retail muscle, along with more nimble Australian names giving as good they get.

Global behemoths of apparel such as Top Shop, UniQlo, Armani, Zara and others bestride the world’s retail stage in such a formidable way it’s sometimes easy to forget they’ve reached these lofty heights not through ‘smoke and mirrors’ marketing, rather by a fastidious attention to brand integrity.

What’s brand integrity? I’d like to think of it as the strand of DNA that runs through every cell of every product, message, employee, advertisement and shopfront. It’s how all these messages conform to the rules of a cogent multipronged narrative with the customer.

So why the heck do these brands put up with Facebook?!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Facebook convert. I understand its importance in the world of commerce as much as the world of lol cats. I’m indebted to Facebook for keeping me in touch with far-flung friends and family, and for its seemingly endless supply of funny felines. Venue has consumer sister magazine titles that have thriving Facebook pages full of engaged, knowledgeable readers with interesting things to share. But if you’re Louis Vuitton, do you really need Facebook? Allow me to elaborate.

Imagine for me, if you will, a recent Chanel photo-shoot for an ad campaign. I’m just going to make some numbers up here…

• Androgynous model rental: $500,000 • Hiring out the Seychelles: $200,000 • Relocating ugly people to next island: $40,000 • Celebrity photographer (usually with a single, culturallyambiguous name like Joosht): $50,000 • Portaloo: $250 That’s just the photo shoot. Next comes the cost of the collateral for disseminating the images.

• Taking Anne Wintour out for a night on the razz: $10,000 • Worldwide advertising campaign: $20,000,000 • Keeping Shia Lebeouf in funky apparel: $40,000 Okay, maybe more scientifically, let’s take a guess as to how much a company like Prada spends on advertising. On second thoughts, considering Prada is a publicly listed company we can look that information up… and, brace yourselves, in the 12 months to January 31, 2014, Prada spent 171,966,000 Euros ($251,657,960) on ‘advertising and communications costs’. That’s a lot of Evian.

So, again, I ask you, what the heck is Prada doing playing around in the same mucky social media cess-puddle as you and I. One look at the Prada Facebook page tells me they need to pull the plug on their social server. Witness a recent post of a Prada photoshoot. There’s an image of a gorgeous model gazing listlessly into the middle distance (probably too weak to smile after a month of egg white omlettes) wearing clobber you might see on a cross dressing Danish representative hockey team. Snarky, smart-alec commentary aside, the photo, the setting, the model, the clothing… it’s a deadset work of art. A masterpiece. And what reaction can we expect from such a post on Facebook? You got it. Trolling from people who don’t know Prada from K-Mart; from Cairo-based ‘marketeers’; from ‘bloggers’ with zero fanbase and no credibility; or worse… from people with no money.

Fortunately that’s not our problem. Our selection of retail fitouts demonstrate how the message can be completely controlled — unadulterated, unalloyed, 24-carat brand integrity in brick, mortar and white limestone. Enjoy.

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ts official: I love LA. I’d never been there before. Well, once, when I was 12. Back then Los Angeles was, for us, the place you went through to get to Disneyland. I remember a series of taxi rides in which drivers would point out the window and say things like “real bad neighbourhood there, yer don’t wanna get lost o’er there” , to the point that in my mind I always pictured LA as a long line of hellish suburbs full of people trying to kill me. And the LA of popular culture didn’t help a lot. Colours was released just a few years later and that pretty much summed up my thoughts on LA. Even Pretty Woman did some damage to LA’s reputation. 1. She was a hooker. 2. There’s a murder in the first few minutes. 3. The shop assistants were bitches. And 4. when the rich guy takes the hooker out on a date to impress her, he has to fly her to San Francisco (there being no worthy artsy events in LA with which to woo her). Doesn’t sound that romantic does it? (Actually, perhaps that’s more insight into a rom com than any man should ever admit to possessing.) This anti-LA thing continued throughout my life. A few years ago we had a short-film in the LA International Film Festival. Now, you need to understand: we’d spent the whole year going to film festivals all over the world. If they’d play it, we’d be there. We ended up in some of the most obscure towns on earth. But LA? Nah, not for us thanks.

HARD ACT TO FOLLOW So suffice it to say, I wasn’t expecting much.

And worse than that, we’d just come from a week in New York. And no city in the world should ever be forced to match up against New York. New York is what they meant when they coined the phrase ‘hard act to follow’. My partners and I had been there on a work trip. ‘Work trip’. Yeah, even now I laugh out loud when I say that. No one goes to New York for a ‘work trip’. I mean, even if, strictly speaking, you’re there for work, you’re kidding yourself if you think New York’ll let you off the hook that easy! Doesn’t matter who you are, how old you are, how seriously you may believe you’re there for work, New York is a party. All day. All night.

Party. Even running a marathon in New York (which, for some reason that still eludes me, we actually did) is a party. The 6am bus ride to the start line is a party. The four-hour wait to actually run is a party. And the run itself well…

One million spectators, 80 bands, and the coolest skyline in the world… that’s the biggest, best party on earth, despite the agony.

So we arrived in Los Angeles with low expectations and five-day hangovers. But you know what? LA rose to the challenge. Maybe it was the seediness in our heads that found a kindred spirit in the streets and sidewalks of Inglewood and Culver. Hell, even the famed Sunset Strip in West Hollywood oozed a kind of weary, seen -it-all-before seediness that grew on you real fast. We were there for (you guessed it) work. We’d decided that we couldn’t put it off forever, and that any way you looked at it, there were some very cool venues in LA, and we just had to check ’em out. We’d been advised that LA was the sort of town you had

to do ‘properly’. “Watch a few eps of Entourage,” they’d told us. “That’s how you do LA.” So first thing we did was check into Chateau Marmont.

ANYTHING BUT STANDARD The Chateau Marmont is a sprawling Frenchstyle castle nestled into the hills on Sunset Boulevard. Built in 1927 as an apartment building, then converted to a hotel in the ’30s, it’s been an iconic Hollywood staple ever since.

In 1990, after years of slow decline, the Chateau was bought by Andre Balazs, the first hotel venture for the man who would go on to create the Standard hotels. In serious need of repair, he famously briefed his designers to renovate every inch of the place, “but make sure no one ever notices.” He recognised the priceless character inherent in the old building.

He knew that all those years of hosting Hollywood royalty, all the glamour of the golden ago of cinema, but also all the grit of the down days of the ‘70s and ’80s — typified by John Belushi’s overdose death there in 1982 — all of that history was worth something, and he’d be a fool to cover it up under a new renovation. So it has evolved slowly, gently, quietly, into one of the coolest places in the world. And in so doing it provides a valuable lesson to all of us in the game of renovating old hotels!

THE BOUTIQUE ‘BOUTIQUE HOTEL’ In many ways, the Chateau offers a familiar boutique hotel experience: only a handful of rooms and each one a little bit different; beautiful bespoke furnishing and lights; a renowned chef; a cool bar (and a hot chick on the door to decide if you get in); and a concierge with a post-graduate education who earns $1000 a day in tips by having the perfect answer to any question any guest could ever ask. But what makes Marmont different is that while every other ‘boutique hotel’ is new — a comparatively recent reaction to the perceived impersonality of the big hotel chains — Chateau Marmont feels like it’s been doing it forever. It is genuinely unique and has always been so. It’s not for everyone, and never was. While the supercool Humphrey Bogart was mixing his own martinis at the Chateau in the ’40s, most Hollywood stars were by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel. While Belushi was holed up at Marmont in the ’80s, most typical A-listers were waltzing around the Regent Beverly Wiltshire with shopping bags from Rodeo Drive. The Chateau has always been just a little bit cooler.

As it turned out Los Angeles charmed us in so many other ways. From the Greek Theatre, at which Neil Diamond recorded one of the greatest ever live albums on a Hot August Night in 1972, to the canals of Venice beach (yes, in 1905, a guy actually built a city of canals, next to the beach, and called it Venice.

Are you kidding me?!) to the array of extraordinary restaurants and bars scattered across the sprawling city, serving a crazy blend of SoCal, Mexican and European-inspired food made with beautiful organic local ingredients by some of the world’s best chefs. But as is so often the case, first impressions count, and learning to love a great city often starts with checking into a great hotel.

LA was the sort of town you had to do ‘properly’. So first thing we did was check into Chateau Marmont.

SMOOTH OPERATOR Lovin’ La La Land Matt Mullins is a partner in Sand Hill Road hospitality group

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MUSIC CONNECTION Music, visuals and win-win brand synergies.

Stuart Watters is a Director of Morph TV and consults for Nightlife Music

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etail is in the business of trading in brands, so aligning brands in a retail market is a natural progression.

The key is ensuring you maximise the synergies between brand partnerships by creating a total experience for the customer. My interest lies in the overall sensory experience, specifically how the audio visual experience — the music and the vision — can set a store apart from its competition and leverage the partnership to its fullest.

Most recently, through my work with Nightlife Music I’ve witnessed the roll out of two brands working closely together to further their own mutual interests. Youth retailer, Universal Store, and the electronic music festival Stereosonic, are two brands that have realised the tangible benefits they could only unlock by teaming up. Fashion and music festivals go hand in hand. Festival goers love the opportunity to frock up (or down as the case may be) and express themselves either individually or as a group. That means they have to get some decent retail time in place before the big day comes around. Enter Universal Store.

STEREOSONIC’S UNIVERSAL APPEAL Stereosonic teamed up with Universal Store to sell tickets and create an immersive pre-festival experience. Customers could purchase tickets, browse through the racks and maybe pick up an item or two as an incidental shopping environment. This was supported by a 15% discount incentive for customers who purchased tickets through Universal. This discount was also extended to Stereosonic Friends to increase the reach of Universal’s involvement.

What took this experience to the next level were the sensory elements I raised earlier: music and visuals. Being able to support the consumer environment (buying a festival ticket and some clobber) with experiential elements was crucial to the success of the campaign.

Throughout the campaign, each store ran centrally distributed music and video playlists of the artists playing on the festival line-up; used visual content of the festival and complimentary ambient visuals; plus they harnessed digital advertising on their screens to promote the event and reinforce the message that the store was a ticketing outlet. Given the festival is a national event, the campaign was automatically switched on and off to tie in with the relevant timelines.

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The potential benefits of this campaign were obvious and easy to sell to both parties. At the time of writing, the campaign was still in full swing but from my conversations with Dave Englert, Universal’s Marketing Manager, it seems that all early indications are pointing to an overwhelming success. Online sales have seen a huge increase, social media platform interactions and ‘Likes’ have skyrocketed and anecdotal reports from field staff is that in-store activity has been massive with great hype around the event.

But what if we could add a less tangible element to consider? How does the customer engage with the festival and the store after

they’ve bought the ticket and their clothes?

What happens when those touched by the campaign work are sitting at home or at their mate’s place, who incidentally hasn’t bought a ticket or the clothes for the festival. How do you share that hype and keep the experience going? The answer is to give them the music playlist that was playing in the store in a branded app format that will promote the festival and the store.

CUSTOMER VALUE THE KEY Recently there have been a number of other music-based experiments in the retail space aimed at creating unique marketing opportunities to clients. Mood Media and Shazam in the US have teamed up to launch a service that enables retailers to push direct marketing content to customers via Shazam, which is triggered by audio watermarks embedded in the songs played in-store. Clearly this is a display of innovation on a grand scale but these types of campaigns can quickly stagnate and develop promo fatigue. There is a fine balance to be struck between innovation and ease of use, privacy and intrusion and then delivering real value to the customer. The beauty of campaigns like the Universal and Sterosonic case was the simplicity and real value delivered to the customer. There was little disruption to the customer but the experience encouraged genuine engagement delivering true value not only to them but also back to the brands through sales and loyalty.

Working with Nightlife, we’ve focussed on bringing the customer in and giving them control of their experience with music through our crowdDJ app. This successfully integrates with our clients’ music systems so they can essentially give their customers control (within set parameters) and use that as a tool to keep them engaged and connected to the store. Everyone wants to be a DJ and every store wants customers that are engaged and actively investing in their experience. By aligning the sensory elements of music and visuals you can achieve a total experience, leveraging your store campaigns and activities to their full potential.

MESMARAISING Marais: 314 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC Story: Paddy Macrae

If sitting on a dirty wooden crate and sipping a long neck in a heavily graffitied laneway is at one end of the Melbourne glamour scale, then surely the newly opened Marais store at 73 Bourke Street is at the other.

Its products (female fashions) are trés haute (with apologies to the French language). And the bricks, mortar and specially mined crystals around them are no less bespoke.

The man at the centre of that design process is Frank Marioli from F2 Architects. For him, the brief for such a complex vision was relatively simple.

“We wanted to create an experience that was less like shopping, and more like theatre. Something that would enrich the customer, and the city of Melbourne as a result.”

To get there though, took every ounce of design clout F2 and its merry band of specialist contractors could muster.

Stores within the store, each with their own individual characteristics, were designed in conjunction with the brands they are showcasing. The VIP room, high-end jewellery displays, shoes, accessories and lingerie spaces adopted the same approach.

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STAIRWAY TO RETAIL HEAVEN Perhaps the biggest challenge for the architects and contractor Built was the promotion of the first floor as a viable retail

space. “We built into the design a lot of strong architectural elements to link the two floors together. Primarily that was a semi-circular, sweeping staircase, surrounding a large crystal chandelier by DCG. “It was designed so it would taper and draw your eye higher.” And draw eyes, those crystals do. All 8400 of them.

The crystal theme continues throughout, and extends even to the lift. “It was designed to be a surprising experience. It’s known internally as the infinity lift. It has a character that changes whether it’s standing still or moving, using crystals trapped between panes of glass that move when the lift is moving, and remain still when it is.”

It wasn’t just a brief to look after the in-store customers though. The front and the Westwood Lane-facing back of the store are simply breathtaking and consciously give something visual back to the city.

WARMTH & LIGHT Lighting designer Andrew Jacques of The Flaming Beacon tells me there was a strong and unique vision for Marais; an imagined world of the dark fairytale.

The ground floor expressed the theme in a calm subtle manner, necessary to ensure the concessions were not overpowered. On the upper floor the ‘ready to wear’ collection is

surrounded by a sparkling cascade of crystals, appearing via vaulted mirrors, flickering candles and subtle colours to create texture, depth and liveliness in the quartz.

The scheme uses predominantly warm white LEDs, which were all specified to provide uncompromised colour rendering to best represent the high quality merchandise.

The sound system is similarly understated yet high quality.

Bradley Mart at Matrix AV, who designed and installed the sound and visual systems says being hidden was the prime focus of his brief.

“As with Dior, Louis Vuitton and other high-end retail that we’ve done in the past, the prime focus is always quality of playback and invisibility. Beyond that, we need to work hard to ensure there’s an even spread across the multiple spaces within the store, and that those can be independently controlled.”

That didn’t come easy though. “The whole notion of invisibility is a lot simpler with standard ceiling structures. The difficulty with Marais was that there were a number of different ceiling surfaces, including the mirrors on the first floor. There are three kinds of speakers that we’ve used. A conventional, circular in-ceiling speaker, painted and matched to the ceiling finish; invisible ceiling speakers by Sonance; and over the staircase we have bare transducers — a vibrating piston that makes the metal of the ceiling act like a loudspeaker.”

The video walls on the other hand employ a very simple but effective system. They can be controlled on a local area network to play content over any set period of time. The quality lies in the Samsung Professional UA Series monitors, which are designed to run 24 hours a day.

HOME BRANDS Marais plays host to brands including like Givenchy, Celine, Balenciaga and Linda Farrow. It’s fitting that these iconic brands have an iconic home, and to this end the team behind Marais Bourke Street have done an impeccable job.

On opening night, drinking champagne and listening to the live string quartet one could be forgiven for confusing Victoria for Versailles. Bourke Street for Bon Marche.

Melbourne for Marais.

CONTACTS F2 Architects: (03) 9867 2233 or f2architecture.com.au The Flaming Beacon: tfb.com.au Matrix AV: (02) 9440 0282 or matrixaudiovisual.com.au Samsung: 1300 362603 or samsunglfd.com

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Feminine Charms Kookai Emporium Shopping Centre, Melbourne www.kookai.com.au

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High quality and affordable with a Parisian chic twist, Kookai is an Australian women’s fashion label with 34 boutiques located across Australia and New Zealand.

This beautiful new store is positioned on the second level within the freshly ‘reimagined’ Emporium Shopping Centre in Melbourne. The shopping centre itself is home to the largest Australian designer precinct nationwide and located in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Kookai was one of 11 projects at the Emporium Shopping Centre that Tu Projects has a hand in and despite the busy schedule of juggling multiple projects at a time, all developments have been finished by the deadline and to the satisfaction of the clients.

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ninity and allure. The shop front of this store sets the tone with light coloured, large marble stone bricks broken up by the square-shaped glass display window, generous store entrance, and lit-up store branding.

The use of light colours and symmetrical shapes is carried on throughout the inside of the store. Features within the store include laser-cut ceiling panels, beaded curtains, wooden POS counter with glass display counter, mid-sized jewellery display unit with mirrored side panels, rail clothing displays throughout, and marble wall cut-outs for product display.

Tú Projects is justifiably proud to be associated with this iconic Australian brand and has now built or refurbished 12 Kookai stores in the last two years.

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GOT WOOD? Havwoods Showroom: 223 Roden St, West Melbourne VIC

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Havwoods is a company dedicated to supplying quality timber flooring and cladding products to the global market with offices in London, Rome, Auckland and Sydney. In late 2013 Havwoods approached Bergstrom Architects to design a new commercial showroom and creative office space in an inner city Melbourne warehouse. The result in 2014 is the launch of a new dynamic showroom, showcasing Havwoods timber products in a sophisticated architectural open plan design.

The primary brief from Havwoods for the new showroom was the space should reflect its brand and be a space which would showcase its extensive range of timbers. Part of the design was also to provide a large storage area for samples and a flexible boardroom and small office to the rear of the space.

In the centre of the space is Havwoods signature unique curved platform. This is used for informal meetings and acts as a focus and adds a dramatic sculptural interest to the space. By creating a wrap around ‘wave ‘ the feature platform enhances the feeling of being immersed in the natural timber and helps to give the visitors a true sense of the beauty of the product.

Another key feature of the design was to utilise the existing height of the space, walls and floor areas to highlight the ex-

tensive range of timbers and the timeless appeal of the product in an inspiring way. The height has enabled an impressive display of the timber range in a dramatic angled wall feature to both sides of the showroom. The storage cabinets have large industrial sliding angled doors clad in Havwoods feature timbers and have clever storage compartments concealed behind the sliding panels for sample products. The whole wall is a moving display of timber and graphics.

To highlight the open planning, Bergstrom Architects have used the large pivot red walls as the focal point for the office compartments, with an angled timber roof leading through the space into the space from the entry doorway. The large red pivoting wall panels also act as doors when closed and allow for an open plan space when the offices are not in use. This helps to open up the space , yet still providing flexibility and a dramatic ‘red’ focus to the rear of the space.

The result is a dynamic, interesting , inspiring and flexible commercial space showcasing Havwoods naturally beautiful products.

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VITAMIN SHOT Five Plus: 265 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

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Melbournites can now head straight for the vitamins at Five Plus. The tiny store on Little Lonsdale is serving smoothies and juices to city workers who like to skip the morning caffeine.

The venue makes use of its hole-in-the-wall size, less than 50 square metres, with interior design from Brandworks that prioritises the display of smoothie-making. The little room is full of light.

“Fresh, clean, inviting, vibrant and a touch of understated elegance,” is how owner Vivian Lam, who was motivated by her own love of healthy drinks, describes it.

The designers carefully chose their materials “in line with the philosophy of a fresh, honest and clean product,” says Jyotsana Gill from Brandworks. The natural (timber and concrete) is matched with tiles and a neutral colour palette for a clean finish. “Copper is a feature, creating contrast with the other

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rough surfaces while expressing an organic and natural process,” she continues. The colours of the smoothies and customdesigned plants are allowed to shine.

“Five Plus became an oasis for people to escape the city bustle and nourish themselves,” says Gill. “Rather than becoming an expression of Melbourne city lifestyle, the store is a hiatus for rejuvenation and refreshment.”

“Healthy eating should be easy, not a daily struggle against your willpower,” says Lam.

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PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE Whites Dispensary: 265 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne VIC

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Been into one high street chemist and you’ve been to them all.

Which is why when one pharmacy peels away from the pack and does something very different we took notice.

Whites Dispensary sells the same stuff. Just a little bit differently.

Studio Equator was given the free hand to completely reimagine what it would be like to retail pharmacy and beauty products.

The aim was to design an interior and visual identity to increase the dispensary income whilst maintaining steady growth in the beauty, health and luxury goods sections, presented through an environment that emphasises personal service and a trustworthy brand.

Reclaimed wooden horizontal panelling cloaks the façade of the shop, and showcases the new logo. An organic use of materials and authentic chemist and medicinal symbols support the overall design.

Large-scale graphics pinpoint the Whites philosophy that ‘Health is the measure of wealth’ with well-known sayings from some of the world’s most influential spiritualists. Colour, materials and a finishes scheme of raw timber, green, white, black and gold separate each section – Health, Wellbeing, and Beauty.

Studio Equator: (03) 9510 8855 or www.studioequator.com

The interiors reflect a contemporary look and feel often showcased in the fashion and hospitality sectors. The chequerboard tiled floor, custom joinery, reclaimed grey-skin aged timber, decorative concrete bricks, green carpet, cross-shaped largescale lights and industrial furniture create a sense of warmth framing the products and allowing them to stand out. The beauty products contrast with the natural feeling of the dispensary and, as a result, stand out in its earthy luxurious approach.

A custom set of icons with reference from original medical symbols was created to promote White’s services and products, reflect the brand typography and enhance the pharmacy’s way finding.

Bespoke large-scale 3D typographical forms were designed and hand-made as a central visual point serving as both signage and shelving. These feature shelf-letters are softly back illuminated, and positioned above the dispensary area, with medical bottles sitting on the shelves as decorative props.

And you’ve just got to love the custom medical bottle LED chandeliers, which are now, quite rightly, a Studio Equator signature piece.

TAKING THE BISCUIT Zumbo: Claremont St, South Yarra VIC 3141 1800 858 611 or adrianozumbo.com

Getting the ‘work experience kids’ to do the job is normally about the biggest insult you could give a client. So who would willingly surrender their project to the intern? Well, apparently Adriano Zumbo has a high risk/high return ethos that has paid off in spades. The Masterchef luminary’s first Melbourne patisserie was taken on as Elenberg Fraser’s second annual ‘Graduate School’ program, where a team of junior architects and designers were given free rein on the front of house fitout.

The brief was simple – stay true to the Zumbo brand and use a bit of pink – and from there, the youthful design team took matters into their own hands. They expanded the response to include the graphic design for signage and lighting as well as custom-designed furniture, creating a delectable fantasy world with a slightly kinky twist.

The results make Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory positively beige in comparison; the retail experience was revolutionised using a variety of new techniques and technologies. Entering the space, your eyes are drawn to the bright pink neon sign, which uses a specially designed typeface and illuminates the space with a candy-coloured glow. Amplifying the effect are

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the mirrored plastic wall panels, which give the feeling of infinite depth. These were vacuum-formed and metallised, and then treated with aluminium vapour to achieve the reflective finish and installed by the design team.

The furniture is just as inventive – up-cycling old pieces and transforming them into larger-than-life confectionary creations by adding self-expanding foam and dipping them in pink and white silicone. Sit on these and let your imagination run wild – are they melted marshmallows or dripping icecream? An important element of the Graduate School program is hands-on construction experience and all the furniture was fabricated by Elenberg Fraser.

Zumbo Melbourne is a credit to the Elenberg Fraser Graduate School program. Sometimes it pays to push the boat out. But for every successful blue-sky thinking designer there’s got to be an adventurous client willing to go along for the ride. We look forward to next year’s Graduate School adventure.

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LAMP LIFE A big space requires a big flourish.

Story: James Dampney Mordeo Bistro & Bar 126 Phillip St, Sydney NSW (02) 9232 4789

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rowing up in a Greek household surrounded by family members who all had a passion for food, Nick Aspros was always likely to move into the hospitality game. The love of food preparation goes all the way back to his grandparents on both sides, with one grandfather plying his trade as a wholesale fishmonger and the other running his own deli. It was then passed down to Aspros’ parents, who ran cafés and delis throughout their working lives and helped foster and develop Aspros’ own interest in food. “We’ve always been involved in food and hospitality,” he explains. “From a young age, there was always lots of cooking at home.”

Aspros then continued the family tradition, gaining more than a decade of professional training, initially as an apprentice chef in Sydney’s Double Bay. “After about 10-12 years working throughout Sydney, I decided to have an adventure of my own with my brother, with a café in Wollongong,” Aspros said. “From there I moved to Sydney and ended up opening Olio Café and Bar in St Leonards.” That proved a successful move, with the bustling north shore location surviving and thriving to this day.

The opportunity then presented itself to expand once more, so the search began for the right location for another restaurant offering. The search ultimately led to the establishment of Mordeo in Sydney’s CBD. “We came across this site and thought it was a great opportunity,” Aspros said. “We jumped on it and off we went.”

The next step was determining the style of food.

COMBO CUISINE There is a constant challenge in the restaurant game to balance sticking to your strengths, while also providing something unique that will stand out. Aspros and his team ultimately plumped for a combination of styles.

“We wanted to do something different in Sydney,” he said. “There’s a lot of Italian, there’s a few

Greek restaurants and a few French. “We decided to go with southern European.

“We do a combination of Spanish, French, Italian and Greek. That’s the main focus of our food and also with our wine list as well.”

Next up, came the venue itself. Situated within the enormous assembly of the landmark Deutsche Bank Place, the challenge was to utilise the space and create a warm, versatile environment.

WORKING THE SPACE A long, high, yet relatively shallow area, it was important to work together with the surrounds of a major office block, while adding the touches that can make restaurant dining so appealing.

“We wanted to develop a venue where you feel warm and comfortable, with a bit of elegance in a nice, casual dining atmosphere to suit our corporate clientele,” Aspros said. “Sven and his team really pulled that off for us. We’re really happy with it.”

The man Aspros is referring to is Sven Ollmann, co-owner and director of architectural firm MBMO. If Aspros was searching for the ideal architect, he surely could have done no better than Ollmann, who had left London to become project director for the entire Deutsche Bank Place project.

“I have a history with the building that Mordeo is in,” Ollmann says. “We had a good chat about Nick’s ideas for the restaurant – the type of food and the atmosphere they wanted. But he didn’t really give any design cues. It was ideal for an architect, where the client gives you as much information as possible in what they want to achieve and then we worked on the rest.

“The space had proven difficult for the previous tenant. It’s a rather large space and there is a challenge of people sitting in that space feeling a lack of comfort due to its size.

“Nick didn’t want to look at it as an indoor restaurant behind glass with a couple of tables on the footpath. He wanted to use the specific space the building offers to do almost a border-less inside and outside experience.”

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BIG LIGHTING IDEA Initially investigating the possibility of suspending a canopy over the outdoor area, that proved The sound system design consists of Electro-Voice too challenging in terms of both construction and EViD C8.2 ceiling loudspeakers in conjunction with budget. Umbrellas were another option, but in OllEViD 6.2T wallmount loudspeakers, which together mann’s words, “they’re a bit boring”. create smooth, ambient background music for MorLighting can also be an issue, so Ollmann came deo’s patrons. The EViDs satisfied another key element up with a brilliant concept that has instantly givof the design brief: they have the ability to provide inen the restaurant an identity. A series of giant telligible sound coverage enclosed within the intimate lampshades have been installed, creating the outspace of Mordeo. Jonathan Cuthbertson, Director of side wall on one side of the venue which houses Konnectus stated, “This requirement was no easy feat the bar and restaurant, while also providing plengiven Mordeo’s location in the vast 15m-high ‘Assemty of light. bly’ of Deutsche Bank Place.”

“They said ‘Nick, we’re going to show you someAnother factor which determined the suitability of the thing’. They presented it on the screen and I was EViDs, is their soft-shape design which blends in well silent for a little bit, taking it all in,” Aspros recalls. with MBMO’s selection of curvature furnishings. Bosch “It was spectacular and I thought ‘let’s do it, for representative Bryan Davidson commented, “Sound is sure’. They’re built for the space so well. As soon definitely there in terms of coverage, but you wouldn’t as you step into the bistro, you feel like you’re takeven notice the speakers unless you tried thanks to the en away from your corporate environment. I don’t smooth sound quality and smooth design finish.” think we could’ve done without them.”

Ollmann echoed those sentiments: “It’s a huge space and if you put normal lampshades in there, they would look pathetic,” he said. We thought It has all new finishes and the tile floor has ‘let’s scale it all up and make a real statement’.

Gastronomy is a bit like that. You need something been replaced by timber, helping improve the acoustics and drown out some of the noise from people will remember.” nearby Hunter Street.

FULL SERVICE Specialist audiovisual and technology consulAs well as the new bar and restaurant, there is a tant Konnectus was brought on board to assist pasta bar, where pasta is made fresh every morn- in designing and installing the sound system. It ing and cooked to order. There is also a salad bar, needed to provide music for the four separate which received assistance from hospitality fitout zones and they decided on a combination of prodexperts Protech Hospitality. ucts from Bosch Communications, including ceilThrow in a coffee bar and the venue can cater ing and wall-mounted speakers. A Bosch Plena for all needs, from the bleary-eyed office worker Matrix PLM-8M8 mixer controls the entire system. needing his morning latté, to the group of friends Throw in heaters from Bromic and the versatile, seeking a fine dining experience. appealing venue was complete.

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The beating heart of the sound system is a Bosch Plena Matrix PLM-8M8 mixer, which offers complete control over the entire system. Up to eight separate audio zones can be controlled through the PLM8M8, which fulfilled the need to provide high fidelity speech and background music to each independent zone within Mordeo. The Plena mixer is packed with DSP features, and uses innovative GUI software which runs on iPads or iPhones, enabling simple and user friendly control of the sound system from anywhere throughout the venue. The simplistic audio control ensures Mordeo staff are able to focus on more important tasks, such as continuing to deliver the best of Southern European cuisine in Sydney.

Konnectus: (02) 8011 3929 or konnectus.com.au Bosch (Electrovoice): (02) 9683 4752 CAVS (Systems Integrator): (02) 9648 0583

Aspros’ parents are still involved, only now it largely revolves around sampling his son’s cuisine.

“They’re retired now and my dad is on the golf course more often than not,” Aspros said.

“They’re frequent diners here with us and thrilled we’re in Sydney now. We’ve been in Wollongong and on the north shore and they live on the east side, so it’s nice and convenient for them and all their friends.”

CONTACTS MBMO: (02) 9439 6622 Protech Hospitality: 1300 368 911 or protechhospitality.com.au Bromic (Heating): 1300 276 642 or www.bromic.com.au

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FITTING MEMENTO Memento Bar & Kitchen: Mantra 2 Bond St, Sydney www.mantra2bondstreet.com.au/dining Mantra 2 Bond St Sydney has a highly visible ground floor corner location that’s been crying out for a F&B option with aspirations beyond brekky bain maries for hotel guests.

Memento Bar & Kitchen is a beauty. Offering some of the best Australian produce, specialising in sophisticated, modern food with a traditional touch, Memento Bar & Kitchen is comfortable and classy.

Another masterful interior plan from Paul Kelly Designs, we thought it’d be worthwhile showing some of the highlights of the finishes and furniture.

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LITTLE MS PINK Sassy, sophisticated… pink.

Arguably the best nightclub space in Melbourne has a new name.

Ms Collins: 425 Collins St, Melbourne VIC www.mscollins.com.au

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he best nightclubs are a journey rather than a destination, and Ms Collins is no different. The journey began for Roar Projects (the team behind Melbourne nightclub institution Alumbra) when they met the eponymous Ms Collins — a Parisian socialite and one-time can-can dancer of the ’60s.

Vivacious and outrageous in equal measure, Ms Collins became a touchstone.

The resulting venue with its Black Milk interior design is a playful, opulent, versatile and rewards repeat visits: you could enjoy a week of long Ms Collins nights without repeating your experience — there’s plenty to keep the boredom police at bay.

You could start with a shave, for example. Yes, there’s a classic barber where you can sit and enjoy rock star treatment while sipping a martini.

Then meet friends for dinner, enjoy a drink or three and hit the dancefloor when the lights and inhibitions are dimmed.

And it’s a journey you can join as early or as late as you please: for food, as a late-night club, afterwork drinks, or for a private corporate event.

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the best journeys are all about sharing, right?

“We’ve created a place where you can eat, and even if the numbers are low, there’s still so much atmosphere.” What Simon Digby is referring to is an effort to create ambient spaces that are independent of each other, but come together as a larger whole when the night calls for it.

The drinks list is as long as the dancefloor — and it’s not cheap. It’s not overpriced either, it’s just very good stuff. Every category of booze includes the top-shelf option. Always fun to read, and I’m sure to order, when the occasion demands it.

Simon Digby says when he starts a project of this size he likes to get the best people around him — the cutting edge in each field the venue plays into. And the food offering is first class: Jacques Reymond, Daniel Wilson (Huxtable), Paul Wilson (Icebergs) and Ricardo Momesso (Valentino) have all contributed to the menu. One ReyINTERNATIONAL FLAVOURS mond dish is dubbed: Beignet of Spanner Crab, Dinner is a pivotal menu item on the Ms Collins Ginger and Coriander, Sauce Rouille with Acidsmorgasbord, but it’s of a particular kind. There’s ulated Cos Lettuce… yes, ‘acidulated’! Prawn and a strong emphasis on food for sharing. After all, Quinoa Quesadillas, with Chipotle Remoulade

Architecturally, it’s utterly removed from reality. And that separation, that sense of escape, is no accident. “People are drawn to escape, and that’s what we’re offering here. A journey of escape,” noted Roar director and creative force, Simon Digby.

“I’ve got a great team of people I pull in for a job like this. For example, I really wanted to bring the street art culture of Melbourne in through the doors. It’s like a bunch of kids broke in here, Sex Pistols-style, and turned the place upside down.”

That look is an intrinsic part of the Ms Collins brand. Pink, brash, no-holds-barred flair that tips its fluoro beret to cutting-edge art, fashion and design from all over the world.

“The website, the artworks, the venue, they’re all connected. There’s a working design organism that runs through the whole brand.”

Sauce (Wilson) is another.

For those of us lucky enough to attend opening night, word was the role-call of foodie royalty were all actually in the kitchen, rolling up those loose white sleeves.

Simon says it’s been a conscious effort from the creative team to create a space that will be somewhere that appeals and offers a unique experience to Melbourne’s growing design and fashion savvy crowd, while also pleasing internationals looking for something a little more like home.

How do you fuse those two worlds though?

Surely cracking that mix is the holy grail of bars and clubs the world over. “You get the right people in,” is the answer. “The chefs, the street artists, the sound and light experts, the DJs.” Digby is a veteran DJ himself, and he draws heavily on his experience exploring and playing the clubs and venues of Milan, Paris and wider Europe.

“You could be anywhere in the world in this venue. The raw architecture of the space is incredible – it’s straight out of Europe.”

SOUNDS GOOD? Louie Constantinou (Audio Lighting Services) was brought in on the project from the get-go.

“The brief was to create a start-of-the-art venue.

Quality, functionality and versatility were absolutely crucial. It’s a heritage-listed building, so you’re restricted on what you can touch. We had to get creative on where we could hang speakers and lights. There’s a big bar in the middle that we couldn’t touch, and you don’t want to blast diners with sound. At the same time, though, you need a powerful sound for the dancefloor, so there’s a lot of design work to be done.”

The PA is a combination of Martin Audio loudspeaker systems, QSC amplification. In fact, there are 40 channels of amplification at 2000 Watts of power per channel. All the amps have on board DSP (digital signal processing) to allow the flexibility required to tune and control the sound system: “Venues behave quite differently with and without people in them. So we tested and tested, and then filled the venue and listened again. Because of the thought we put in and the quality of

the systems, we got it pretty much perfect from the start. In short, it’s very, very powerful.”

The third prong of great and flexbility sound is the audio processing, in this case the QSC Audio Core 250i is controlled via a TCS-3 touchscreen controller fixed into strategic locations in the venue and a iPad for wireless access. The result is: any source can be routed to any output in the venue by simply clicking a button. Bach here, Beethoven there. Or something like that.

LET THERE BE LIGHT “Lighting the space was absolutely crucial to what we were creating. We wanted to have the latest technology, and because we have high usage on gear (corporate, nightclub etc), we went for the absolute best quality gear we could find. Once we won approval to put our truss runs in the building, the setup was simple enough. Two truss runs in the main space with motorised controllers, which we can drop, change and raise very easily.

We’ve only completed Stage 1 so far, we’ve still got the video side to install. That will mean LED

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screens, and about 200 LED strips that are going up on the roof in May.” For the main room and the mezzanine floor, Louie took the opportunity to use some of Martin’s Rush fixtures with 16 Rush MH3 beam lights and six Rush MH1 profile lights. Added to that were six MAC Auras.

“The venue trades three nights per week in nightclub mode so we needed a product that would last and reliability was a big factor when choosing the fixtures,” commented Louie. “The beams from the Rush MH3 are fantastic – bright and quick. The MAC Auras were chosen to provide colour wash in the room but as they can zoom we also use them to highlight things such as dancers. They’ve been performing great.”

The venue plans to install LED screens and, in preparation, Louie has supplied a Coolux Pandoras Box media server to play video content. Another Pandoras Box is used to pixel-map video to the 96 new Elation Pixel Bar 40 Modular Linear RGB Pixel Control LED Strips on the ceiling.

And just in case that wasn’t enough to take into account, Louie was also tasked with bringing the work of local artist Juan Mcarb to life.

Digby brought Mcarb in to spearhead the artwork direction. It’s a look that matches (and in some cases, dictates) the personality of the place. Louie worked out a custom system in conjunction with Juan to light what needed to be lit, and to shroud what needed darkness.

“Simon really knows what he’s doing. It’s essential on a project like this to have someone at the top who knows what’s going on, knows the hospi-

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NO MS DIRECTION From all accounts it was one hell of an overhaul, and of course at the end of it, people walk in the door and the space changes yet again.

But Simon Digby and his band of merry collaborators are happy with the fruits of their fitout.

“We could re-dress the space quite easily, the bones are so unique. The venue has been styled in a certain way, but it’s versatile. It’s a timeless venue, and allows us to put whatever stamp on it we want.”

It would seem that Ms Collins is on a journey of its own. A journey with an attitude. But what to wear on such an expedition? Digby tells me there’s no dress code as such. If I had to give one I’d say dress like the walls do. He puts it better: “It’s not what you wear. It’s how you wear it.”

So while Ms Bourke and Ms Flinders are knitting the grandkids a scarf over hot chocolate and the evening news, Ms Collins is painting the town, and she’s painting it pink.

CONTACTS Audio & Lighting Services: (03) 9469 5954 or www.audiolightingservices.com.au Technical Audio Group (Martin Audio, QSC): (02) 9519 0900 or www.tag.com.au Blackmilk Interiors: (03) 9429 3328 or www.blackmilk.com.au Show Technology (Lighting Supplier): www.showtech.com.au

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Light meets seat in this new outdoor range from Vibia. Combining beautiful design with function, the Meridiano range is a luminary in outdoor lighting solutions. Designer Jordi Vilardell was inspired to create an outdoor lamp that generates a dramatic play of light and shadow. Also available as a matching wall light. Relax, take a seat, and light the place up.

Cafe Culture Insitu: (02) 9699 8577 or cafecultureinsitu.com.au

Koda Lighting: (02) 9699 6007 or kodalighting.com.au

Carl Hansen & Son CH88 Chair

Chorus Theo

To mark the 100th anniversary of designer Hans J. Wegner’s birth, Carl Hansen & Son is launching Wegner’s CH88 chair — a 1955 design that has, to date, existed only as a prototype. The CH88 ships in a range of finishes, frame, and room placement options. What’s more, the new, stackable design makes the CH88 even more versatile. The CH88 is available in beech and oak in a range of finishes. The frame is available in stainless steel, black powder coating and chrome, and the seat with optional leather or textile upholstery.

Theo is a new ‘all wood’ range of high-density stacking chairs with and without arms. Theo is available in natural Oak or Beech, or stained, or lacquered in a range of solid colours with the option of an upholstered seat pad. Lightweight, durable and elegant, Theo chairs will be equally at home in modern and traditional interiors. 30 chairs can stack on a purpose-designed trolley and still be wheeled through a standard door opening, and may be linked in rows for auditorium use.

Cult Design: 1300 768 626 or www.cultdesign.com.au

Ke-Zu: 1300 724 174 or kezu.com.au

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Nufurn Industrix Nufurn is quick to point out that Industrix is far from a Tolix replica.

Nufurn uses an aluminium construction (keeping the chair lightweight), and the frame is anodised rather than painted — there are a range of vibrant colours to choose from. Unlike many of the knockoffs, Industrix is built to last for hospitality applications — beachside or curbside, it’ll last the distance.

Nufurn: (02) 9772 8900 or industrix.strikingly.com

Nathan Day Design Wonton The Wonton range of tables and stools is designed and handcrafted in Yallingup, Western Australia using American white oak timber. The pentagonal leg profile is the key feature of the range. A series of complex woodworking joints was specially developed to interlock each member.

Available to purchase as base only with own specified top. Wonton meeting tables can be fitted with the Zenith Ctrl rail. The stool comes in a solid oak or ebonised oak in black. (Photo: Bo Wong.)

Zenith: 1300 013 013 or zenithinteriors.com

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M.A.D.’s Transit range uses cutting edge technology to manufacturer unique designer furniture. The Transit range uses moulded plywood and veneered wood as well as epoxy steel legs (powdercoated to any finish) to create stylish pieces. Minimalism and premium quality are at the very heart of this original line, ensuring stylish and sturdy furniture. The Transit Range includes, tables, counter and barstools, as well as chairs and armchairs with your choice plywood or upholstered seats.

DesignByThem’s Timber Tuck Stool and Table features the geometric lines of the original Tuck Stool, this time with a natural element in the timber top. The base is available in any colour from the Dulux Powder Coat range and the option to choose the timber ensures the collection is completely customisable.

The sustainable elements inherent in all DesignByThem products is evident in the materials used, FSC certified timber and recyclable steel.

DesignedByThem: (02) 8005 4805 or designbythem.com

Prototype Furniture: 1300 799 376 or prototype.net.au

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Cantarutti Lola

A great-looking stackable chair that’s suitable for indoor and outdoor use.

Injected in fibreglass with polypropylene, using gas-assisted injection moulding technology. As mentioned, it’s stackable and it’s UV protected. Resol is a long-standing Spanish furniture producer and a recent addition to the Chairbiz portfolio, adhering neatly to Chairbiz’s promise of “European designer quality furniture at prices you would be sure were coming from Asia”.

The Lola chair combines European beech with a black steel frame. Lola is available in ply seat or upholstered version, and a variety of stain and upholstery options. Cantarutti furniture is made in Italy, uses solid wood as a key material, and operates with maximum respect for the environment, using eco-friendly materials for the entire production.

Chairbiz: 1300 888 434 or info@chairbiz.com

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uestions with

Nick Peters, Mamasita

Nick Peters is manager and partner in Mamasita, the breakthrough Melbourne Mexican restaurant success story.

Before Matt Lane opened Mamasita he was General Manager of a Mexican restaurant in New York called La Esquina. He took that experience and launched in Melbourne.

He saw a niche for a fresh, lively Mexican offering that was casual but not so casual you couldn’t invite your date or business associate.

The restaurant was reviewed on opening night and we’ve been flat out keeping up ever since.

That was in 2010, we’re as busy as ever and we’re more aware than ever we need to keep things fresh, trying new things with our food, beverage, staff training and hiring — we’re keeping the ideas flowing.

Do we have a winning formula that shouldn’t be messed with? There’s definitely a template but within that there are always things we can tweak.

Since Mamasita launched, about 50 new Mexican restaurants have opened around Melbourne.

It means we need to stay on our toes — competition is a good thing.

We’re doing certain things better now than we did then. For example, our level of service is better and the quality of the food is in many ways better as the ingredients have become more readily available — there’s a broader array of ingredients now available from Mexico. And what we can source fresh locally has expanded. And that’s the aim: to use as much local produce as we can and bring in Mexican-sourced flavours as required.

We never professed to be 100 percent authentically Mexican. We’re all gringo-Aussies. It’s more a ‘Melbourne Mexican’ thing.

Prior to Mamasita, Melbourne had a few Mexican restaurants that had been around a long time providing high quality home-style food.

Other than that, it was largely cheap ’n’ cheerful Tex Mex. Tex Mex done right is fantastic. It’s not all sour cream and bean stodge.

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Interview: Christopher Holder Photo: James Brereton

I’ve recently returned from Mexico where I studied Mezcal, indeed to be a Mezcalero.

Mezcal is a spirit derived from a succulent plant called agave and can originate from eight different regions of Mexico.

Every single aspect of making mezcal is hard word. Agave takes between six and 20 years to mature. When ready, three sturdy guys might get 50 cropped and out of the ground in a day.

The agave is placed in a large pit, where wood then hot volcanic rocks are added to heat and eventually cook the agave. After that it’s covered with used agave fibres and dirt.

Three to five days later the agave is pulled out and mashed. This is hard work and undertaken by horse, a bit like an old-school mill.

Once mashed the agave is placed in a fermentation tank with water. Then, depending on the heat, humidity, etc, it can take anywhere from three to five days to get it where the mezcalero needs it to be.

The fibres are moved to the still, and it’s generally distilled twice to achieve the desired 55 percent alcohol content.

Tequila worldwide is a 300m-litre a year industry, while mezcal is a 1.5m-litre industry. Tequila has had a pretty good run, I believe it’s now mezcal’s turn.

When Mamasita launched, around 12 mezcals were available, we can now get 40 to 50, distilled from around 20 different agave varieties.

We never professed to be 100 percent authentically Mexican. We’re all gringo-Aussies. It’s more a ‘Melbourne Mexican’ thing.

I have around 150 tequilas and 25 mezcals currently behind the bar and I’m aiming for a 100 tequilas and 50 mezcals.

I’m passionate about mezcal and looking forward to training our staff and others next year.

What’s next for Mamasita? Fascinatingly, we get told each week we’re opening up somewhere new!

We’ve been around five years and we could still do some things better and expansion for its own sake isn’t prudent. Saying that, some opportunities are definitely on the cards, so watch this space.

Has Nick fanned your passion for mezcal?

Good news, he’s been anointed as the first person outside of North America qualified to conduct the first three of the four sections of the Mezcalero certification (yes, you’ll need to go to Mexico if you want to complete the training!).Email him if you’re interested: nick@mamasita.com.au

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SURF, SAND, SCHOONER A beachside gem with a community outlook and an all-day appeal.

Story: Christopher Holder The Collaroy: (02) 9981 7333 or collaroyhotel.com.au

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he Collaroy is shipwreck. Well, at least originally it was. A steamer called the Collaroy went down off the coast in 1881, which accounts for the suburb’s name.

The Collaroy Hotel is now a fresh new venue that’s going full steam ahead, serving the Northern Beaches community from dawn to dusk and beyond.

Last time venue checked in on this site back in 2005 [Issue 4], owner Brian Adams had poured considerable dough into a multi-level venue called Surf Rock that fairly throbbed at night, but it became clear that its daytime mojo wasn’t there.

The Collaroy’s General Manager, Alistair Flower, himself a Collaroy boy from way back, had his eye on Surf Rock and suspected he knew what was keeping the space from being the ‘all-day, everyday’ rock-solid, dependable local it should have been.

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WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY “It took us two years, but we final got the DA approval to create giant sliding windows on the northern aspect,” recalls Flower. “It has opened up the coastal view to the beach towards North Narabeen, and has really transformed the venue in the process.”

Rory O’Brien, Construction Manager for the builder Arcon, picks up on how the gamechanging new aspect came together: “The original Surf Rock Hotel encompassed three terraces. The Collaroy renovation required the demolition of the fourth, all-important northern terrace, which we then reconstructed to present as being similar to the three original terraces, only this time allowing an expansive view to the water.”

Once the venue’s ‘face’ was turned to gaze up the coast, the interior could be modified to follow suit. Rory O’Brien again: “A major design element

of the hotel was the redirection of the main bar to face the northern aspect. This required extensive demolition of the interior so as to reconfigure bathrooms and traffic zones to be conducive to the new layout. The re-routing of services was tricky to say the least due to the positioning of the basement. Extensive co-ordination was required by all parties.”

UNADULTERATED VIEWS It’s amazing what a ‘window’ can do for a venue’s viability. But, of course, there’s more to the renovation than the glazing; much more.

Apart from the heritage-listed street-facing facade, everything is brand new; from the glycol system to the loudspeakers, it’s all brand-spanking. The interior designer Harriet Waugh of the HGW Design Group has combined the best of the Hamptons and British Colonial (think: Raffles) to

(This Page) The Pelican Pavilion café forms part of The Collaroy’s uninterruped beach access.

(Opposite) The main bar with its custom ‘sail’ stools.

FLEXIBLE AV

The venue’s audiovisual setup is built for flexibility. There are dozens of Vue Audiotechnik six- and eight-inch speakers, and EAW in-ceiling speakers dotted around the venue. There are eight main zones across The Collaroy on the two levels.

But within that there are ‘sub zones’. For example, the main bar upstairs might be one zone, but the bar manager can fine tune the audio such that the loos can enjoy a different level to the cocktail lounge within the main bar area. Traditionally, that degree of granular zone control came at a price. The tweakier you’d like to get, the price and sophistication of the equipment would rise exponentially. A multi-channel digital protocol called Dante has changed all that.

Dave Coxon of DJW Projects, the AV installer, loves Dante, and loves what it can do for a venue like The Collaroy. “It provides all the routing options a venue like this could need.

We’ve got three Nightlife zones, multiple DJ points, Foxtel, free to air… any source can be easily routed to any zone, and what’s more we can easily fine tune the levels to ensure zones within zones enjoy just the right amount of sound.

And because we have 60-plus speakers strategically dotted around the venue, no one speaker is any louder than it needs to be — you’re not firing big ugly 12+horn speakers down the length of the room.”

Taking care of the processing are Dante-enabled Symetrix devices feeding audio to Dante-enabled Yamaha amplifiers.

A function space has a larger rig. An EAW MK series eight+horn PA with EAW SB120 will get any party started.

That system is powered by Powersoft M series amps.

From a big-picture prespective, the operator’s AV/Nightlife video interface is an iPad, providing simple access to the AMX control system. Otherwise, simple to use, wall-mounted Symetrix Arc-2e remotes allow the bar manager turn the sound up/down in their area and select a source.

The TAB area is a tech triumph. One button triggers the AMX control system to set all the TAB channels and teletext. No faffing. Also the venue has utilised the new service offered by Flexicast for the TAB sheets, eliminating the need for staff to manually print and put up the racing guides every day.

The Collaroy has no shortage of other screens. There’s a shedload of Samsung LCD all able to display Foxtel and free to air. Dave Coxon describes the setup as going ‘back to the future’: “It works like the MATV systems of old, only nowadays the RF is digitally modulated with proper 1080i encoders — any screen in the venue can be tuned to any channel and it’s not bothered by EDID or HDCP issues you can get when splitting HDMI or DVI signals. Its success is dependent on the encoder. We’ve found one by Pro Video Instruments that works well.”

DJW Projects: (02) 9114 9993 or djwprojects.com.au PAVT (EAW, Symetrix, Powersoft): (03) 9264 8000 or productionaudio.com.au Amber Technology (Vue): 1800 251 367 or ambertech.com.au Samsung: 1300 362603 or samsunglfd.com iSupplies (Pro Video Instruments): (03) 9803 8770 or isupplies.com.au

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create a look that’s supremely relaxed and a natural fit for a venue where there’s literally nothing between you and the beach.

The main bar on street level is a stylishly low key coastal-themed space, complete with grey ironbark timber and brushed brass finishings and large diner-style leather booths.

Head upstairs and there’s a hint of greater sophistication without any unnecessary airs and graces. Beaded light fixtures hang comfortably alongside the island fans, with plenty of seating option including lounges, stools and tub chairs.

The Collaroy epitomises Australian culture: the surf, the sand… all with a drink in hand. A number of up-and-coming (as well as established) Australian designers have been enlisted to add their touches. Marz Design created the geometric beaded light fixtures above the stairs and many of the pot plants in the venue are from Pop and Scott, a workshop cooperative in Melbourne. Harriet also worked with Narani Henson, a young Australian female artist whose work is composed of random marine plastics found washed ashore.

MUSIC FEELS RIGHT

Music was a critical part of getting the market positioning right for The Collaroy. The venue struck up a conversation with expert music video curators, Nightlife from an early stage. GM Alistair Flower elaborates: “We worked with the guys at Nightlife to make sure the music experience from the moment people walk through the door is something locals could relate to, but also a signal they were somewhere pretty special. Nightlife’s new app — which I had a hand in testing throughout its development — means I can change the music in an instant from anywhere in the venue. This is perfect when the crowd changes or for special events.”

Nightlife Music: 1800 773 468 or nightlife.com.au

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Fan Club: Upstairs the plantation-style fans provide a distinctive design touch. Chevron timber on the floors, hexagonal vein cut travertine on the bars, and an eclectic array of comfortable furniture options figure highly, including (right) the Slice Stool manufactured by Contempo Furniture — with upholstered leather tub and American oak tapered timber legs with bronze foot rail and caps.

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LOCAL CHOW The layout maintains enough options to ensure that functions are easily catered for, as are a variety of eating alternatives — a beach burger bar, a la carte restaurant, and casual dining bistro.

The strongly seafood influenced menu, masterminded by chef Ben Varela, includes signature dishes of Pan Fried Snapper with Lemon Butter, Seared Sesame Tuna, as well as quality steaks all matched with the best locally sourced seasonal produce – with a focus on organic.

What’s more the adjacent cafe, the Pelican Pavilion, now falls under The Collaroy auspices, meaning locals can check into the venue at 6.30am for a heart starter on a Monday morning, burn the midnight oil into the wee small hours of a Saturday night… and everything in between.

COMMUNITY FOCUS Like the menu, The Collaroy doesn’t need or want to look too far from its own patch to get all it needs. Alistair Flower again: “If you live in the area, you’re my target market. We’re all about community. The staff is local. We’re involved in the surf club and other community groups. We now have our own surf boat crew. We’re a community and lifestyle hotel that’s a centrepiece of the local area.

CONTACTS HGW Design Group: 0450 964 670 Arcon: (02) 8305 4100 or arconprojects.com.au Marz Designs: marzdesigns.com Contempo Furniture (Custom Furniture & Lighting): (02) 9820 6111 or contempofurniture.com.au

Idea of North: (Below) From this angle it’s easy to see Arcon’s work: rebuilding the north-facing terrace, opening it to views up the coast.

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EVERYONE LOVES DUMPLINGS Charlie Dumpling: 184 High St, Prahran VIC charliedumpling.com.au

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It’s been a colossal year for Charlie Dumpling. Back in February, Executive Chef Dylan Roberts’ (formerly Claremont Tonic, Ezard, Cutler & Co) new venture opened its doors on High St Prahran (near Chapel Street), in Melbourne’s fashionable and leafy east.

“Everyone loves dumplings,” says Roberts, without fear of contradiction. “Charlie Dumpling offers guests favourites such as Steamed Pork Dumplings and Prawn Har Gow but we’ve added a twist with edgy dumplings such as snapper, chilli, lime and blackbean and, my personal favourite, Peking Duck with spiced plum sauce”. Yes, I know, mouthwatering stuff.

Roberts has gone equally hard in ensuring his front of house is top class: “Our kitchen and front of house crew are absolutely obsessed with ensuring every guest has an amazing experience”.

Designed by architects DC Group and Newline Design (Emerson and The Duke in Issue 55), Charlie Dumpling offers a fast casual dine-in experience, whether seated in the main 45 seat dining room, at the bar, the outdoor ‘laneway’ or attending an event in the 14-16 seat private dining room upstairs.

Such has been the success of Charlie Dumpling that its

Story: Christopher Holder Photography: James Brereton Ramvek (Builder): (03) 9794 9342 or ramvek.com.au DC Group (Architect): dcgroup.com.au Newline Design (Interior Designer): newlinedesign.com.au

spawned a baby brother a few doors down. Charlie Dumpling Jr (offering a dedicated take away service) serves all of Charlie’s favourites ‘to go’.

Again, designed by Newline Design, the new venue is unique.

“From the moment you walk in to Charlie Dumpling Jr the experience will be one that gets people talking,” says Jon Mikulic, founder of Newline Design. “We’ve injected some fun into ordering take away from the vibrant menu scrawled across the wall to hitting a button to order or pick up your meal and go.”

But there’s more to Charlie Dumpling Jr than meets the eye.

For those that can locate the discreet entry point, a secret door will open to reveal an intimate bar and cellar, known as Bā Charlie.

Bā means the number eight in Chinese which symbolises wealth, prosperity and good fortune. And those that venture through the secret door will definitely have the good fortune of being able to sample some amazing cocktail creations, various international beers as well as an extensive wine list.

Shutter Up: Charlie Dumpling provides an Asian twist to the interiors without getting too literal. Bā Charlie (this image) is a speakeasy joint that doubles as a nifty spot to buy BYO booze with your takeaway dumplings.

BUILDING CHARLIE

Newline Design instructed Ramvek on the construction job. Project Manager, Ross Dunn, moved in as the bikies moved out: “Charlie Dumpling was a residential two-storey property. I think it must have been bikie house, there were burnout marks on the old lino floor! The job was a complete interior refurb. We’ve retained the structural elements of the building, and made a feature of the exposed brick, but everything inside is brand new — new bar, kitchen, bathrooms, private dining upstairs and offices.”

The Newline Design brief was for a funky eatery with an Asian twist. Cray pot feature lights and an eclectic array of window shutters (sourced by the owners) help imbue the restaurant with an exciting Asian hawkers atmosphere without laying the references on with a trowel. The galvanised pipe shelving is another nice touch.

Charlie Dumpling Jnr (a few doors down the road) was a very different job for Ramvek. Formerly the Vin Cellar winebar, the takeaway dumpling depot inherited a large kitchen, existing bar, bathroom and dining area. Ross Dunn and his team performed a refurb and tune up.

The quirky pièce de résistance is an takeaway wall, which from the street presents as a full-height illuminated, glazed wall with the Charlie Dumpling takeaway menu image on it. But those in the know can access a secret recessed door handle that reveals Bā Charlie. Cool.

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NY BUZZ The Carlisle Bar 2 Kellett St, Kings Cross

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Sydneysiders who can’t make it to New York should head to The Carlisle Bar, a new split-level bar and nightclub sprawling between two streets in the heart of the Cross.

The old premises of The Sapphire Lounge can now accommodate after-work drinkers and late-night revellers over three bars and a roped-off VIP area, all with a Manhattan sheen.

Canadian via-New York Kirk Lenard from Lenard Design Associates was tasked with the makeover. It’s not necessarily the New York feel that attracts patrons, though, he explains; more the urban spirit.

“It’s an urban aesthetic — something that The Cross gives you, better than anywhere else in Sydney,” he says. “You want to be able to enjoy that feeling of stepping in off the street, sitting down at a bar, talking to the bartender, talking to the people around you — sharing a buzzy, urban lifestyle.”

Visitors walk in off Kellett St into the Workman’s Bar, which has an industrial feel with oriented strand board (OSB) and a bar made of paper rock. “It’s a recycled material, it’s made of paper and compounded — waterproof and good for wet areas,”

Story: Lucie Robson Lenard Design Associates: (02) 9232 2101 or lenarddesign.com

says Lenard. “I haven’t really seen it used as a bar before. It’s very, very dense, has a very thin edge which is kind of cool in that front bar.”

Moving into the main area, with the VIP space up the back, a disco ball twinkles above a grand backlit marble bar and DJ area. “It’s a white marble allows light to penetrate. So that was a cool thing and a bit different to the standard honey-coloured onyx you find everywhere else,” Lenard remarks. “It’s a lot edgier and has a lot more pattern in it.” There’s some interesting use of materials here, too — blades of felt on the ceiling and real leather for the banquettes.

The third unique Carlisle space is downstairs, in a room that can open onto Darlinghurst road. It’s a bit outdoorsy, with timber walls, warm lighting and as a centrepiece, a real tree felled by the owner himself.

The Carlisle puts an endearing twist on American-style bottle service, adapted for Australian RSA laws. When not being poured by staff, the bottles of spirits are locked up in birdcages that hang above the tables — only staff have the key.

CHARM OFFENSIVE The Charming Squire: 3/133 Grey Street, South Brisbane QLD (07) 3077 7254 or thecharmingsquire.com.au

Story: Guy Harrison

Charmed I’m Sure: The double height space makes a feature the copper bar and keg room. The restaurant (right) combines ‘cozy’ with ’community’ through the use of high-backed booths mixed with long tables giving it a distinct New York bistro feel.

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When a veteran husband and wife-owned hospitality group like Mantle Group with nine previous pubs under their management team up with Australia’s largest Boutique Brewer James Squire your tastebuds can’t help but be tantalised.

Introducing The Charming Squire, located in Brisbane’s hospitality hotspot of Southbank. Nestled between the train station and exhibition centre, there’s plenty of passing foot traffic, and The Charming Squire design makes the most of the position. Mixing bar and function space, micro brewery, restaurant and not forgetting the café with on-street dining. It certainly makes its presence felt on ground level. This is further enhanced by the open plan glassed-fronted kitchen where the signature slow-roasted rare breed pork can be seen rotating away on the coal-fired spit — carnivore’s catnip!

Pork roasting is only half the story as Marketing Manager Sarah Morgan explains. “We worked with Sydney architect Hugh Turner who has collaborated with James Squire in the past. The design brief essentially focused on two things: Firstly, a bar that James Squire himself, if he were still with us today,

would be comfortable having a beer in. So no plastic is used in the venue. It’s rustic and welcoming and, like James, a little rough around the edges. Secondly, the entire place celebrates and is reminiscent of a glass of beer! This is reflected in the colour palette, from the blacks in the char-grilled timber cladding, to the soft tan leather, custom designed timber furniture, copper bar and ‘copper’ curtains. The downlights even shine through beer bottles to give off that wonderful warm glow. We have chosen to not only have the brewery on show but also the keg room which is dressed in illuminated amber glass. We went to a lot of trouble with the glass colour to ensure the keg room actually looks like it’s been filled with beer. If it’s making you thirsty? It’s meant to!”

ALL ABOUT THE BEER “Were looking to make this a unique beer and food experience,” continues Sarah Morgan. “For example, we imported a 29-year-old whiskey barrel for our opening that we kept a porter-style beer we brewed. It had that wonderful essence of

HIDDEN TECH To its credit the Mantle Group believes pubs are about being truly social — no poker machines in their venues! They prefer music and food, and of course fine beverages as entertainment. Genius! The sound installation at The Charming Squire was taken care of by Ben Finlay of Gigawatt Audio, with acoustic treatment by Dale Girle from CRE8 Sound+Design, both Brisbane companies. Audio-wise the decision was made to go with a KV2 Audio PA. Ben from Gigawatt explains: “The KV2 gear is not the cheapest, but it’s not the most expensive either. The guys at the Mantle Group are really focused on music quality and want a venue that sounds great. The KV2 distributor headed up to their office with a few different brands to do a speaker shootout. In two minutes the decision was made. KV2 was

in the company of some big, well know and more expensive brands but won the contest. For me as an installer they just work. We have the ESD6s throughout the venue being driven by one KV2 ESP 4000 amp (four-channel x1000W @ 2Ω). That allows me to put 8 x ESD6 speaker boxes off each channel and here at the Charming Squire it’s fully loaded with 32 boxes. Control is being handled by Symetrix Solus 16 and Arc-2e’s. There is also a separate system for live entertainment which comprises 2 x KV2 Audio ESD10s plus 2 x ESD1.2 subs driven by a SAC2 processor and ESP2000 amp. The architects were adamant the audio system be completely hidden. So it’s all overhead. It was a challenge but in the end it worked out well. The visual impact is minimal but there has been room left for expansion.

the whiskey and wood flavours permeating through the beer. It was a sensational drop and went so damn quickly!

“The custom James Squire brew, Going Once, that we recently had on tap is a one-off beer brewed here on premises.

The hops was bought at a charity auction so it’s truly a oneoff. That said, we’ll be brewing six in-house seasonal beers on rotation plus the full range of James Squire beers on tap.

Our brewers work directly under the supervision of legendary brewer Chuck Hahn. He is often here checking quality control and also attends some of our specialty nights, like our beer and beef appreciation evening. We had a night here recently called Beer Farmer where we broke down a whole carcass and explained and tasted every cut. These nights are really the essence of what The Charming Squire is all about: coal- and wood-fired spits used to bring out the flavours of the meat and matching them with an array of great tasting James Squire beers. Were not just roasting pork by the way, it’s everything… chooks, rabbits, lamb and beef from Carpenteria… just about anything that can roasted will be roasted!”

Currently there’s just a Panasonic projector and motorised screen, essentially to show sporting events and another Panasonic 50-inch LED TV.”

Gigawatt Audio: 0402 363 802 or gigawatt.com.au CRE8 Sound+Design: (07) 3216 4840 or cre8sd.com.au Nightlife Music: 1800 773 468 or nightlife.com.au KV2 Audio: (02) 4388 4152 or info@kv2audio.com.au PAVT (Symetrix): (03) 9264 8000 or sales@productionaudio.com.au Panasonic: panasonic.com.au

HIPSTER SCALLYWAG The Charming Squire oozes modern hipster meets colonial scallywag. Perhaps typified by the ladies’ loos where a oneway mirror afford views of the brewery from the bathroom.

Normally, the mirror trick is given to the men’s, but Sarah explains the rationale: “Beer brewing is a male dominated pastime so that’s where our decision lay. To put the brewery view in the men’s would have been preaching to the converted!”

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SUPERCLUB SOUND SUPERMODEL LOOKS Audio Logistics: 1300 859 341 or audiologistics.com.au

High Performance: London club, Mode (above), features a Void Acoustics Nexus 6 main PA supplemented by six Stasys Xair subs. The stunning-looking 500-capacity VCAT club in Guangzhou (above right) boasts an Incubus Air Array in the main room supplemented by Nexus series loudspeakers. Pictured is the seating area with eight Air Tens. A custom red finish was applied to all the speakers which makes them a standout component of the interior design.

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The distinctive industrial design of Void Acoustics’ premium products are obvious to all, but Void Acoustics credibility among club owners, DJs, performers and audiences is as much for its high-performance sound.

The highly anticipated 2014 opening of London club Mode, erupted with sets from Rudimental and Bakermat. Formally the Supper Club, Mode has been totally redesigned in a lavish flavour by Robin Collings of Glastonbury Festival’s Shangri-La installation fame.

The club’s avant-garde styling was crying out for a sound system that would complement the space, and it became apparent from an early stage of the design that a Void system would best achieve this. A cluster of six Stasys Xair does the heavy lifting, filling the room with breathtaking low frequencies, while two Nexus 6 immerse the club’s enthusiastic participants with smooth and precise mid-top.

The installation didn’t end there: a pair of Tri Motions with Trinity Xi subs are used in the DJ booth, while the rest of the club is graced with Venu 10 and Indigo 6 for fills. The system is winning rave reviews from the press, with DJ magazine institution Mixmag stating that Mode has “one of the most accomplished sound systems in the world”.

Closer to home, Melbourne’s Munich Brauhaus (arguably the world’s best looking beer barn) has recognised the unique combination of aesthetics and performance only Void Acoustics can offer. Meanwhile, the hipster chic of Forester’s Hall matches the craft beer with a soulful roster of live music throughout the week, all via a gloss-black Void Acoustics Air Motion front of house system.

Representing Void Acoustics in Australia is Audio Logistics, a boutique full-service AV supplier that understands the distinct demands of hospitality operators as much as the practical needs of an AV installer. In other words here is a supplier who talks your language, has the time and energy to work with you on the right PA spec, and the brands and expertise to follow through, ensuring your installation completely meets your requirements.

Audio Logistics understands that, yes, it’s got to sound great, but it’s also got to look great.

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Cultured Stone’s French Twist

Mosaic Masterpiece

French Twist Café in Indooroopilly Shopping Centre has pulled off an elegant, rustic look with the use of Boral Cultured Stone cladding. Sultan Amasheh at Oliver & Co Design, designed French Twist Café: “We were seeking finishes that would add texture to the space, complement the colours of the classic brasserie fare and be a natural backdrop for our French-inspired metal, wood and leather interiors.”

Boral Country Ledgestone in White Oak was selected to add depth, complexity of colour and unique texture.

Trend mosaic tiles have a starring role in the new Aldo Coppola salon in Milan. In approximately 1000sqm of white Carrara marble, Trend Group’s extraordinary tiles stand out, recreating historical Aldo Coppola-L’Oréal calendar images, professional photographs taken by artists like Fabrizio Ferri and Oliviero Toscani. The work is truly meticulous.

Trend’s proprietary CAD software allows 1 and 2cm tiles to be arranged so that an entire pixilated pattern replicates the original art source. Photo: Arian Brajkovic

Boral: www.boral.com.au/stone

Trend Australasia: (02) 8817 5500 or info-au@trend-group.com

Instyle Foliar

Karndean Flotex Vision

Instyle has two new modular tile products, Foliar and Ecoustic Foliar. Foliar is a wall feature that mimics the natural shapes found in plants and foliage. Featuring a base tile and flexible leaf, the leaf sections can be laid flat or folded up to create textural curved elements. Meanwhile, Ecoustic Foliar is a versatile wall feature designed to improve acoustic performance. The faceted three-dimensional tiles will assist in absorbing, scattering and diffusing sound thereby improving the acoustics of the interior space.

Karndean Designflooring’s Flotex Vision is a 500-strong collection thanks to its high density base substrate that can be printed on, enabling vibrant designs and true-to-life visuals that can be produced in high level photographic resolutions. All colours, tones and hues are achievable with Flotex Vision.

Something to get interior designers’ juices flowing.

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Karndean: www.karndean.com/textile

Wall Sticker Art Attack When artist Cohen Gum contacted The Wall Sticker Company he was frantic; he had only days until his Opening Night at the Nishi Gallery in Canberra, a 3m x 6m wall to display his artwork, but no one to make it for him. Melbourne’s The Wall Sticker Company and received his custom removable wallpaper in five days. The Wall Sticker Company will print any design or image onto removable wallpaper. It’s a polyester fabric so it doesn’t curl up at the sides, has a beautiful matte finish, and a self adhesive on the back which won’t damage the wall on removable/ reposition. Starts from $65sqm.

The Wall Sticker Company: www.thewallstickercompany.com.au

Grain + Pigment Shaw Contract Group’s Grain + Pigment is a new, versatile offering of vinyl tile featuring updated wood grain textures and subtly striated near-solids in a plank format product. Grain is a wood-inspired design, with textures ranging from smooth to wirebrushed in natural wood tones. Available in 22 colours, including four colours with a soft metallic sheen. Pigment is a near-solid with a subtle texture available in 12 colours ranging from warm to cool.

Suitable for heavy commercial traffic.

Shaw Contract Group: 1800 556 302 or www.shawcontractgroup.com.au

Power Protection

Roll With It

The use of IT-intended uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems have some serious limitations in venues: many don’t fit into standard pro audio racks, and some have noisy fans or alarms. Furman’s new F1500 UPS, designed specifically for the entertainment industry, addresses these issues and adds SMP surge protection, voltage regulation, true sine wave output, third-party control and monitoring, and programmable non-critical load management.

The F1500 UPS isn’t intended to replace the mains supply for an indefinite period, but to provide enough time for an orderly save and shutdown of vulnerable equipment, and to switch over to a backup power supply such as a generator.

Here’s something we’ve had in the venue editorial offices for a while and can heartily recommend.

The JBL Flip 2 is a high quality wireless, portable stereo speaker and speakerphone. Use it as your iPod/smartphone speaker (wirelessly via Bluetooth) or pop it in the supplied pouch and take it out and about with you. Features a five-hour rechargeable battery and a surprisingly full sound for such a tiny unit. Ships in a variety of colours. Price: $169.99.

Convoy Sound Solutions: www.e-hifi.com.au

Jands: (02) 9582 0909 or www.jands.com.au

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Taking the Long View

A Touch Right

Australia’s largest curved, audible, fully animated digital ceiling panel, which spans the length of one and a half cricket pitches, has been delivered as part of the new out of home media offering being rolled out under AMP’s $440m redevelopment of its landmark Macquarie Centre. Panasonic Australia supplied the technology. The company engineered and custom made the display to accommodate the specific application requirements.

A total of 112 modular 800mm x 800mm LED panels (with each panel made up of 256 LED tiles) were manufactured with a curved design to fit into the ceiling space.

QSC’s new TouchMix-8 ($1499) and TouchMix-16 ($2199) are super compact, easy to use digital mixing consoles with all the feature you need for a venue’s band room. All input channels include a gate, compressor, four-band parametric EQ and channel selectable phantom power. Four multieffects processors offer reverbs, delay, chorus and pitch change plus a pitch corrector. Output processing includes 1/3-octave graphic EQ, delay, limiter and notch filters. All presets, custom settings and mixer scenes can be saved to internal memory or USB. Use your iDevice to control it as well.

Panasonic Australia: (02) 9491 7400 or www.panasonic.com.au

Technical Audio Group: (02) 9519 0900 or www.tag.com.au

The new Evolution Wireless Series 1800MHz Clear Spectrum Australia-wide

Mackie’s Grunty Remote Mixer Having pioneered the use of iPad mix control, Mackie is going again with its take on the new ‘mixer in a stagebox’ paradigm that’s proving so popular, especially in a venue context. The DL32R is a 32-in, 14 (fully assignable) XLR outs, 3U rack mountable mixer/stage box which is wirelessly controlled via an iPad. It’s designed for larger venues and allows the FOH engineers to move freely while maintaining complete control. This is a serious mixer with a serious amount of DSP grunt. There’s support for up to 10 simultaneous iOS devices, allowing musicians to trigger backing tracks/fine tune monitor mixes while you control the FOH sound.

CMI: (03) 9315 2244 or sales@cmi.com.au

Jumping Joint The blueFrog in Pune is the latest in India’s classy line of blueFrog bars that have built a reputation for successfully fusing fine dining, live entertainment, and a lush ambience, all under the one roof. blueFrog commissioned Munro Acoustics India to specify a high-end sound system that could deliver enough power and warmth to accommodate the eclectic mix of musical genres that would grace the venue’s stage, from folk and jazz, to pop and heavy rock. L-Acoustics’ XTi Architectural Series pointsource loudspeakers were used for the main system and delay fills, and a pair of SB28s for low-end reinforcement.

Hills: 1800 685 487 or hilss.com.au

For more information on Sennheiser’s Evolution Wireless Series, 1800 648 628, sales@sennheiser.com.au or visit www.sennheiser.com.au

Design Flare

The Pour House

Here’s something a little earthy. Expanding on Satelight’s exclusive Australian-designed and manufactured range, are the copper and hardwood timber-topped Flare pendant lights.

These cute lights are a marriage of two natural materials which are beautifully brought together into the one pendant lighting design.

‘The Pour’ is a light sculpture designed by DH Liberty for a site in New York City. DH Liberty worked with UK-based glass-blowers and metal engineers to create the crystal tear-drops. Each drop is hand blown by artisans and engineered to house the lighting for the chandelier. The teardrops lock into the mirrored base that fits seamlessly between the two existing columns. The chandelier “echoes rain frozen in time with ephemeral puddles overlaid on the floor below”.

Satelight: (03) 9399 5805 or www.satelight.com.au

DH Liberty: www.dhliberty.com

ISM Objects: By the Book Recently installed in the Melton Library, Boss Pendants were custom made in new sizes and colours. The luminaires create a vibrant and inspiring sculptural lighting feature in combination with the high light output and energy saving requirements demanded by this new six star energy build. Working closely with the design team at FJMT Architects the resulting light installation is an exciting example of how a classic form with a little customisation can bring an edge to an interior scheme.

ISM Objects: (03) 8516 1851 or www.ismobjects.com.au

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Adelaide Oval’s Crown of Colour ULA Group teamed with local dealer Deluxe Lighting Services to create an amazing crown of colourful lights atop the horseshoe-shaped Southern stand of the Adelaide Oval. The wall wash effect is created by an array of 30 Griven Emerald colour changers, each packing 60 high-power RGBW LEDs. The ChamSys MagicQ DMX control software can trigger preset scenes for each team’s colours to rev up crowds as they cross the new pedestrian bridge. Moreover, special effect scenes can be created which pulse the appropriate club hues when goals are scored.

ULA Group: (07) 5509 4633 or www.ulagroup.com

G&V Taste For Exotic The latest lighting project for G&V is seven bespoke luminaries and an architectural feature above the bar at Byblos Bar and Restaurant in Portside Hamilton.

Using anodised aluminium, glass beads, hand blown glass, glass, brass and LED, G&V’s Remo Vallance describes the lights and lighting feature as a ‘futuristic interpretation of the exotic bazaar’.

“We wanted to use a mix of beautiful materials both modern and familiar with geometrics, colour pop and shine to lay tribute to the decorative richness of the orient.

G&V: 0415 431 734 (Remo) or www.gandv.com.au

Nemo Lighting in Town Studio Italia has announced that it has confirmed the Australian distribution for Nemo Lighting. The first collection to arrive is a collaboration with Le Corbusier Foundation, showcasing design classics created by master architect Le Corbusier in 1954.

The collection are now available at Mondo Luce Showrooms. Pictured is the Lampe de Marseille.

Studio Italia: (03) 9690 4155 or www.studioitalia.com.au

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Casino Consoles Australia

www.brintons.net/commercial

www.gadgetking.com.au

www.greatdanefurniture.com

Tsar Carpets and Rugs www.tsar.com.au

Brintons Pty Limited

Gadget King

Living Tiles

www.stoneartaust.com.au

www.boral.com.au

www.furnitureoptions.com.au

Great Dane Furniture

Stoneart Concrete Polishing

Altro Flooring

Furniture Options

www.karndean.com

www.rockson.com.au

www.academytiles.com.au

www.fourtwo.com.au

www.globewest.com.au

Rocks On

Academy Tiles

Four Two

Karndean International

www.rmsmarble.com

Tappeti Level 2, 13 - 15 Levey Street Chippendale 2008 T: (02) 9698 2735 F: (02) 9698 2788 designstudio@tappeti.com.au www.tappeti.com.au

www.form-function.com.au

www.interfaceaus.com.au

Rms Natural Stone

Gibbon Group Innovative, sustainable and high-quality interior finishes (07) 3881 1777 sales@gibbongroup.com.au www.gibbongroup.com.au

Form and Function

Instyle Seating High Quality, Functional, Affordable Furniture for Hospitality, Commercial and Corporate. Australia Wide Delivery.

1300 309 889 info@instyleseating.com.au www.instyleseating.com.au

Contempo Furniture Pty Ltd Design and Manufacturing of Commercial Furniture and Lighting, specialising in unique metal finishes; Metal Spinners and Sheet Metal Fabricators (02) 9726 6794 www.contempofurniture.com.au

www.chairbiz.com.au Comax www.comaxaustralia.com.au Corporate Culture www.corporateculture.com.au Corporate Express www.ce.com.au CF Design www.cfdesign.com.au

HEATING

Bromic Heating Head Office: 1 Suttor Street, Silverwater, Sydney NSW 2128 1300 276 642 F: (02) 9748 4289 www.bromic.com.au

Optique www.optique.com.au Optic Fibre Lighting

Climate Australia Specialists in Outdoor Temperature Solutions Unit 6, Enterprise Industrial Estate 8 Tilley Lane Frenchs Forest NSW 2086 (02) 9977 3474 or 0414 48 5555 www.climateaustralia.com.au

Crown Doors International www.

www.opticfiberlighting.com.au

crowndoors.com.au

Osram www.osram.com.au

Ke-Zu www.kezu.com.au

Passive Lighting

Silent GlIss www.silentgliss.com.au

www.passivelighting.com.au

Smartstone www.smartstone.com.au

PointOfView www.pov.com.au

Somfy www.somfy.com.au

Pulse Show Lighting

Tint Design www.tintdesign.com.au

www.pulse-ent.com.au

Woven Image www.wovenimage.com.au

Satelight www.satelight.com.au

Woven Wall www.wovinwall.com

Show Technology:

Viridian Glass www.viridianglass.com

www.showtech.com.au Studio Italia www.studioitalia.com.au

LIGHTING

Tenrod www.tenrod.com.au Yellow Goat www.yellowgoat.com.au Xenian www.xenian.com.au

Thermofilm Australia Pty Ltd 27 Rosalie Street, Springvale VIC 3171 T: (03) 9562 3455 F: (03) 9548 3979 sales@thermofilm.com.au www.thermofilm.com.au

WhiteLite www.whitelite.com.a ULA www.ula.com.au

Jands Pty Ltd Vari*lite - ETC 40 Kent Road, Mascot NSW 2020 (02) 9582 0909

OUTDOOR LouvreSpan www.louvrespan.com.au Skyspan Umbrellas

www.jands.com.au

Alfresco Spaces

www.skyspan-umbrellas.com Supershades

www.alfrescospaces.com.au

J Lighting Architectural/LED/ Stage Lighting (07) 5599 1551 info@jdistribution.net

Celmec International www.celmec.com.au Devex Systems www.devexsystems.com.au EcoSmart Fire

www.supershades.com.au Vergola www.vergolansw.com.au

POINT OF SALE

www.ecosmartfire.com Everdure www.everdure.com

Fedeltapos www.fedeltapos.com

Gasmate www.gasmate.com.au

Impos www.impos.com.au

www.jdistribution.net

Jetmaster www.jetmaster.com.au Keverton www.kevertonoutdoor.com.au Pure Heat www.pureheat.com.au Realflame www.realflame.com.au Solamagic Australia www.solamagic-australia.com.au

FABRICATION

OX Engineering Group Pty Ltd Specialists in architectural metalwork,displays,metal fabrication and Signage 23 Britton St Smithfield NSW 2164 (02) 9616 7444 www.overexposure.com.au

INTERIORS

Micros Systems www.micros.com Omnipos www.omnipos.com.au

NPA Specialised Lighting Components Wholesale supplier of lighting components, specialising in custom neon, cold cathode systems, LED general lighting and architectural LED systems.

(07) 5597 2554 sales@npalighting.com www.npalighting.com

Redcat www.redcat.com.au

SECURITY EOS www.eos.com.au Nightkey www.metropolisfremantle.com.au OPOC www.opoc.com.au

SIGNAGE Balanced Technology www.balancedtech.com.au

Albert Smith Group

Display Design

www.asggroup.com.au

www.displaydesign.com.au

Face Visual Marketing Group

ECC

www.facevmg.com.au

www.ecclightingandliving.com

Fen Systems Australia

Element Labs www.elementlabs.com

www.fensystems.com.au

Euroluce www.euroluce.com.au

Fremont Design

Haron Robson www.haronrobson.com.au

www.fremontdesign.com.au

Illumanon www.illumanon.com

Sachr Sign Strategy

Innermost www.innermost.com.au

www.sachr.com.au

Illumination Physics www.illuminationphysics.com

Di Emme Creative Solutions Chiaro Screens - MetaFinish MetaFlex - Stonini Unit 3, 87-89 Moore Street Leichhardt NSW 2040 (02) 9550 0811 www.diemme.com.au

LSC www.lsclighting.com LSW www.lsw.com.au Mance Design www.mance.com.au Mayfield Lamps www.mayfieldlamps.com.au Mega Vision www.megavision.com.au

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Camper Showroom Shanghai, China

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Camper, the Spanish purveyor of stylish yet sensible footwear, has caught the eye of the world’s design crowd with a showroom it built in Shanghai in 2013. Yes, this showroom isn’t brand new, but we felt it deserved our back page slot for this our retail special.

Neri&Hu designed the store as their interpretation of a two-storey house slotted into an old warehouse. The project sees grey brick combined with wood salvaged from demolished lane houses. The salvaged wood reveals a history from the paint, newspaper and wallpaper still attached to the planks.

We love the shoes strung up outside, like the local kids have been messing around in an old-school Shanghai

alley. A skylight heightens the experience, providing abundant natural light enjoyed by Camper group meetings for regional buyers, as well as casting long shadows across the walls throughout the day.

Camper aficionados will get the red rubber reference. It’s the same rubber used for Camper’s shoe soles and branding — it’s almost like a shoe’s been sliced in half.

This is a lovely place to browse; a beautiful place to work; and shows just want can be achieved in a retail/commercial space.

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