Design of Restaurant & Dining
ISBN: 978-988-12643-1-2 Size: 235 × 290 mm Pages: 280
A Bite of China, a documentary on “eating”, wows diners with tempting delicacies; Stylish Restaurants, a book on “eating place”, is here to offer diners a spatial visual feast. Design of Restaurant & Dining, one of Artpower’s latest books, stresses on decorative elements like color, light, furniture, indoor landscape, etc., so as to create stylish and tasteful atmosphere for diners. It can be seen as a valuable reference in the field of dining space design. All the projects included are unique, with styles varying from newest to vintage to fresh. Readers can get inspired and find a style of restaurant that is right for him/ her.
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Project Team: R ob Wagemans, Lisa Hassanzadeh, Tobias Koch, Joyce Kelder, Merijn Verduyn, Sofie Ruytenberg (graphic design), Jesse Nolte (graphic design) Client: Replay café, Willem Honnebier Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Area: 260 m2 Photography: Ewout Huibers for concrete
Calf & Bloom Design Firm: concrete
The Calf & Bloom café, situated on the ground floor of the Kalvertoren shopping centre, connects the end of the Kalverstraat with the Singel canal, by the Bloemenmarkt (flower market). The owner of Calf & Bloom approached concrete to develop a new total concept for the former Replay café. In addition to a new interior design, the name, menu and graphics were also changed. The new name Calf & Bloom has an international character, while also referring the location of the café in Amsterdam in which Calf refers to the Kalverstraat (Dutch for calf street), and Bloom to the
Bloemenmarkt or flower market. The location of Calf & Bloom, situated between two streets looking out on the Bloemenmarkt and the existing brick facade on the inside creates a sense of a hidden square. To enhance this feel, a new second outer facade was added that connects the two entrances of the café in a winding line. Raw steel frames with light panels and louvers create a dynamic wall that separates the front of house and back of house, and includes a variety of functions by serving as a menu board, newspaper display, and chalkboard.
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Project Team: Nancy Hou, Josh de Sousa Contractor: Hou de Sousa Location: Quito, Ecuador Area: 200 m2 Photography: Hou de Sousa and Jay Vandermeer
Happy Panda Design Firm: Hou de Sousa
The designers split the dining space in two by placing the service areas in between. The private space was placed in the back, while the public dining area faces the entrance. This had the added benefit of improving the overall proportions and feel of the space, which otherwise would have been overly stretched and corridor-like. The designers also raised the kitchen onto a mezzanine level in order to free up more space for seating and a bar. The form of the ceiling and the spaces was inspired by Chinese temples. The designers simplified and flattened the geometry of these temples into silhouettes, which were extruded and then subtracted from a mass. Through this process, the designers reversed the condition of viewing a temple from its exterior as an object in space, to that of inhabiting a space defined by the mould or negative of a temple's form. The ceiling is a continuous surface that smoothly transitions from the high dining room spaces to the low service area. This allows users to experience a fluid expansion and compression of space as they walk through the restaurant.
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The influence of traditional Chinese design is also present at a much smaller scale. The designers modified a wave pattern, which is typically found on Chinese glazed pottery, into a polar array of dots. Making use of a variety of materials and techniques, the pattern was adapted to several purposes. Between booths, there are white acrylic privacy screens with the dots laser cut out of them. The holes are large enough that the figures of people on the other side of a screen are noticeable but small enough that their features and identities are obscured.
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Breakers Design Team: David Erdman, Clover Lee, Camille Gaven, Kammy Leung, Cecilia Hui, Rathi Subramanian, Phoebe Kung, Sabrina Leung, Natalie Hui
Designer Firm: davidclovers Client: T he Repulse Bay – a wholly owned subsidiary of HongKong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited Location: Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Area: 210 m2 Photography: Margot Errante
davidclovers’ design for breakers café is their first full brand concept and design project. Using the existing columns as focal points to re-shape the space, the design for breakers shifts the attention away from the walls to the ceiling, giving it a new sense of openness and extension. Using a mixture of contemporary geometry, abstract graphics and rusticated recycled materials, the design bravely assembles a new sensibility of the café experience. The curvilinear counter and custom designed chalkboard menus organize the two lobes of the restaurant: beverage and food. Coffee tables — designed using recycled elm wood and lounge chairs welcome you at the multi-leveled entrance, covered by the swirling graphic artwork (custom designed by
davidclovers) of the column vaulting overhead. Flanking the gym and the pool, it is an intensely colorful and vibrant environment with spectacular forms while at the same time, the design remains open ended and comfortable to retreat and relax in.
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