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Indian office MAIA Design Studio has designed a Pan-Asian restaurant in Bangalore, which brings local crafts together with a Tokyo-inspired palette of colours and patterns.Lucky Chan is a casual restaurant serving sushi and dim-sum, which takes over the grand floor of a two-storey house.
Lucky Chan takes over the ground floor of a two-storey house
Because it’s a residential building, the space is divided up into a series of rooms. MAIA Design Studio founder Shruti Jaipuria saw this as an opportunity to explore a variety of different concepts.
Her interior design scheme gives each room its own character, but they all share an eclectic mix of colour, pattern and material.
Mosaic tiles create stripy walls in the open-air section
Large surfaces of grey Sadharalli granite feature alongside ceramic tiles that combine candy shades of red, yellow, pink and green.
“We were inspired by the hip Harajaku style of Tokyo while developing the colour palette,” said Jaipuria, “but the material palette is more local”.
“As an office, we aspire to use local material and craft in contemporary and unexpected contexts,” she told Dezeen.
The main dining room combines granite walls with a ceiling installation
Lucky Chan can be divided up into five different zones: the main dining room, the open-air section, the passageway, the sushi bar and the private dining room.
The main dining room is perhaps the most simple of the spaces, although it features a very unique detail – hanging from the ceiling is an installation of 250 turned-wood sculptures, created in collaboration with local artisans.
These 250 turned-wood sculptures were made by local artisans
These curvaceous wooden objects celebrate the tradition of hand-lathe woodwork in the nearby township of Channapatna.
Each piece is coloured with natural lacquers, made using substances that include turmeric, walnut bark and manjista root.
A passageway section features a neon sign that reads #heretogetlucky
Mirrors lining the surrounding ceiling beams create the impression that the installation goes on forever.
“The visual effect makes the large 900-millimetre beams disappear, thus opening up the otherwise small space and making it lighter,” said Jaipuria.
The sushi bar is made from birch plywood and covered in green tiles
Wooden chairs provide seating in both this space and the adjoining open-air section. These chairs feature seats hand-woven with coir, a coconut fibre, making use of another local craft technique.
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Mosaic tiles create a pattern of stripes on the end walls. The same tiles feature in the sushi bar, where they create a grid effect. They also form a chequerboard pattern on the table in the private dining room.
“Parallel lines and cross-grids started to play an important role while we were designing the space,” said Jaipuria.
The private dining room has panelled walls and a chequerboard-patterned table
Birch plywood brings a more lightweight feel to these rooms, providing custom furniture and also panelling on the walls.
These wooden elements include a sushi bar with an integrated conveyor belt, which Jaipuria believes is the first of its kind in India.
Other details include silk lamps that were handmade in Pondicherry, an array of plants in colourful pots, and a neon sign that reads #heretogetlucky.
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Photography is by Gokul Rao Kadam.
Project credits
Design studio: MAIA Design StudioDesign team: Shruti Jaipuria, Roshni Ramnane, Rahul ChughChannapatna execution: Atul Johri, Mubarak
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Studio Tamat hoped to create the feeling of a casual local bar with its design for Tre De Tutto, a restaurant in the south of Rome.Although the restaurant only recently opened, its interior is designed to feel lived in, with its simple tiled walls, humble furniture and peeling plaster.
These are contrasted by bold contemporary details that include geometric lighting fixtures, a neon sign and a yellow suspended staircase.
Details include arched windows, vintage metal chairs and geometric lighting
Tre De Tutto is located in Garbatella, a neighbourhood with a distinctly 1920s character. The space was previously a bakery, but had been abandoned for some years.
Studio Tamat’s design follows the concept proposed by restaurant owners, to create a space that takes inspiration from the local neighbourhood traditions and culture.
Blue majolica tiles are contrasted by coral-coloured mortar
“Owners Mirko Tommasi and Daniele Notte proposed revisited classics of Roman cuisine, taking inspiration from one of the most authentic neighbourhoods in Rome,” explained studio co-founder Matteo Soddu.
“In the same way, our goal from the beginning was not to distort the pre-existing space, but to enhance it and at the same time, bond with its clientele,” he said.
The neon sign offers the same message, reading “Quanto é Bella Garbatella”, which means “How beautiful Garbatella is”.
A marbled bar counter is made from Liquid Cosmo, a surface by Diesel and IrisCeramica
The restaurant is divided up into various rooms, with some at ground level and others set half a storey below.
The triangular upper level consists of three rooms that are usually reserved for breakfast and aperitifs, including a bar and a lounge area. The lower level contains two dining rooms, along with the kitchen and storage areas.
A coral-coloured “staircase tunnel” leads downstairs
Both levels have a slightly different design character, with a colour palette designed in collaboration with consultant Sabina Guidotti.
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Upstairs rooms have a bold colour palette, with blue majolica tiles set against contrasting mortar, plus a marbled bar counter in vivid shades of orange and purple, and three grand arched windows.
Dining rooms feature Grid, a graphic wallpaper by Texturae
A coral-coloured “staircase tunnel” leads downstairs, where rooms feature pale blue walls and wallpaper with cartoon-style graphics.
The yellow staircase features on this level, connecting one of the dining rooms with the street.
A suspended yellow staircase provides access to the street
Humble finishes and timeless elements feature throughout, including a resin-topped concrete floor, vintage metal chairs, leather-like upholstered benches and large pot plants.
“We left the rough walls, with the original layers of plaster, to dialogue with the contemporary design of the architectural elements that characterise the space, from the clean-cut counter that dominates the bar, to the exquisitely pop staircase of the restaurant,” said Soddu.
Tre De Tutto is located in Garbatella, in the south of Rome
Tre De Tutto’s menu matches its design, with a selection of drinks inspired by local history and “unpretentious” dishes that include pasta, panini and antipasti.
Photography is by Seven H Zhang.
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