04/09/2013 – As London Design Festival approached, the editorial team selected three restaurants worth a stop during the citywide design week. Each one stands out for the care and originality of its interior design.
Pitfield, designed by Shaun Clarkson with textile designer Paul Brewster, and Maison Trois Garçons both use vintage pieces, recovered furniture and a playful mix of colors and styles. Dabbous, designed by Brinkworth, takes the opposite route, with a chic, minimal industrial atmosphere inside a former workshop.
Pitfield – Old Street
Designed by Shaun Clarkson in collaboration with Paul Brewster, Pitfield combines a bar, a shop and an exhibition space. The bar is furnished with a patchwork of found and adapted vintage pieces, much like the furniture and accessories sold in the shop.
To keep the objects in focus, the structure and services are left exposed. The floor is raw concrete and the perimeter walls are partially painted grey, giving the space a neutral background for display.
Maison Trois Garçons – Shoreditch
Maison Trois Garçons shares something with Pitfield’s approach, adding a slightly retro restaurant to an exhibition and retail space dedicated to restored and reworked furniture.
The brickwork is left exposed, and an old fireplace is reused as a display element. In the entrance hall, where part of the bar is located, wood paneling and raw timber flooring reinforce the warm, reclaimed atmosphere.
Dabbous – Tottenham Court Road
Dabbous occupies a former workshop on Whitfield Street. Designers Adam Brinkworth and Kevin Brennan used a sober, minimal language based on steel, reeded glass, exposed concrete and metal mesh, creating a deliberately cool industrial atmosphere.
A metal-mesh partition separates the bar from the restaurant. It also works as a place to hang bags and coats, creating an acoustic buffer between the two areas.
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Peter Dark
