Cornerstone Cafe by Paul Crofts Studio

Chevron motifs taken from military uniforms are interspersed around this cafe at London's Royal Arsenal Riverside by Paul Crofts Studio (+ slideshow).
London-based Paul Crofts Studio referenced the area's history of producing arsenal when designing the Cornerstone Cafe in part of a former munitions store.

"The warehouse building was part of a larger complex of munitions factories supplying all the armed forces during the First World War," Paul Crofts told Dezeen.

Created by tessellating wood and white solid surface tiles, the chevron patterns that cover one wall and the counter front are based on the V-shaped badges used on army and navy uniforms to indicate rank or length of service.

"The inspiration for the chevron pattern was derived from the insignia on military uniforms and the repetition of the pattern was inspired by archive photos showing the endless stacks of the munition shells," said Crofts.

Nat. Fine Bio Food Restaurant

Nat. Fine Bio Food Restaurant Interior by eins:eins Architects

The purpose of the newly-founded chain, nat. fine bio food, is to make fast food healthy, to offer delicious organic food in a timely manner – and this in a contemporary environment. nat. brings together Organic and Lifestyle, and with this follows the increasingly-important LOHAS-Trend (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability).

 The claim, “nature comes to the city” guided the design concept. Motives from nature were made so abstract that they can be only vaguely discerned. The ceiling allows association with cloud formations; the columns remind one of tree trunks; backlit walls dissolve the spatial boundaries through oversized, blown-up plantand herb-panoramas.

The main contradiction of a “natural” restaurant in an artificial urban environment becomes the core of the design. This is reflected in the contrast between natural form and disciplined, geometric abstraction, as well as in the coming together of nearly dematerialized and overly tactile, sensuous surfaces.

i love restaurant design!

i love restaurant design! my blog has shiftied into a blog that pays homage to well designed eateries ... a long love letter to all types of eateries from fine dining to cafe take away places, bars, pubs, pizzerias and so much more.


This is Mercato in Shangai

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has unmasked the I-beams structure of the oldest steel-framed building in Shanghai to create an Italian restaurant with a raw industrial interior

"Constantly playing the new against the old, [our] design is a reflection of the complex identity of not only the historical Bund, but of Shanghai at large," says the studio.

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the cuppa keeps us going

btech: inspiration for product - the table

for one of my products i will be doing a table that has inspirational word cutouts. The words will have mushrooms, herbs or chives growing out of the it. Here are some inspirational images.