Search Results - hospitality design

1. Anticipating Waya - the floating city-hotel!
May 10, 2018

Lazzarini Design Studio is working towards offering a novel holiday experience - derived from the concept of cruising – a floating city-hotel that offers exclusive citizenship. Looking at Egyptian and Mayan architecture and partially, the construction of Japanese temples for their theories of foundation in architecture, especially pyramids that can offer an excellent subdivision of spaces - and in this case, a perfect balancing for floating structures; Lazzarini Design Studio is proposing Waya – a modular pyramidal floating hospitality. Wayaland, to be built on water (it could be any... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

2. Love and cheesecakes!
May 08, 2018

Young design practice, Swati Shah Designs draws the brand footprint of two of Café Poetry’s most recent outlets in Mumbai. Think ‘poetry’ and visuals of soft hues, vocab flourishes, layered sentences, rhyme and romance come to mind. But think ‘Poetry’ the newest café in Mumbai by ‘Love and Cheesecake’ and you see that the interiors are understated, European-inspired, translating the essence of verse into physicality. Swati Shah Designs, who has crafted the soft and smoky brand presence of two of its branches – one at Kala Ghoda in South Mumbai and the other in the newly developed Ka... (read more)

Author: Savitha Hira

3. Healthy, with a slice of Italy!
May 04, 2018

While Italian chefs take over traditional gastronomy, a signature Masquespacio design hits the contemporary nail on the head. Italian piadinas now in Lyon, France… Bold hues and a contrasting palette of materials is signature Masquespacio. This Valencia based creative consultancy firm has just designed a traditional Italian piadina store in the Confluence neighbourhood of Lyon. The food that hits the wooden table would make owners, Arthur and Mathilde’s mother proud! She had a dream about her children bringing a part of her native Italy to the French city Lyon, through traditional piadin... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

4. Pune gets its most stunning bar!
May 04, 2018

It’s Sumessh Menon yet again: honing his art of crafting new age materials into grand hospitality venues. His latest offering is Pune’s Masala Bar… Sumessh Menon seems to have his fingers on the pulse of the hoi polloi and their ever-changing moods and lifestyle choices. His latest offering – the Masala Bar, which opened doors in Pune recently, is a charming space with an ostensible flurry of concentric undulating forms that hover over a trapezoidal bar centrestage. Differential seating is distributed around this central element, which stands out in the evening light with a shocking-pink... (read more)

Author: Savitha Hira

5. Not just a tiny café...
April 27, 2018

As clichéd as it may sound, great things come in small packages! Visit the 215 square foot REDCUPSALUT by AllArtsDesign and this thought won’t leave you! Collaborating with the same design studio, AllArtsDesign, for their third coffee house, the Red Cup team has given the citizens of Perm just another excuse to comfortably have a cup of coffee with dessert. The project led by designer Saranin Artemy maximises on the location it sits in. Large glass windows invite in abundant sunlight, which only make the interiors seem larger. Pale ceilings are a passé as they fail to support wall ... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

6. Five critical aspects in a commercial kitchen design
March 21, 2018

When you are ready to launch your first ever venture in the food and hospitality niche, the crucial step is to design a commercial kitchen that fulfills all your needs. You should remember that it is not easy to design commercial kitchens, but it is not rocket science either. Experts say that a well-designed kitchen makes the business 50 percent successful. The rest 50 percent success can be achieved by better marketing skills and customer service. When you hire any of the commercial kitchen design consultants, you should specify clearly what are your expectations from them. ... (read more)

Author: John Edward

7. Hospitality consultants can carry out a long list of tasks to make the business more profitable
March 11, 2018

Why do people need hospitality consultants in Bangalore? They need it because hiring a consultant is the key to unlock the hospitality dreams. It enhances the skills required to cope up with the demanding markets. Consultants offer a wide spectrum of services: • They help in the hotel development, coordination, planning, and pre-opening activities. • They help in the procurement process. • They are instrumental in setting-up the commencement activities. • They use standardized, tried and tested operating procedures. • They help in achieving the maximum efficiency... (read more)

Author: John Edward

8. Pattern-play with Asian vibe
March 10, 2018

Hospitality design maestro, Sumessh Menon refurbishes the 2000 sq. ft. Nom Nom, a haven for pan-Asian cuisine in suburban Mumbai, into a kaleidoscopic extravaganza... True to his exceptional flair for materials, the designer chisels yet another show-stopper in the burgeoning hospitality scene in Mumbai. Walking in, one first encounters a concrete tiled floor with metal inserts and light drizzling in through a layered ceiling. Resembling an installation, a custom-jute-finish layered panel camouflages light fittings and fan coil units, incorporating the services. Now the highlight, the ceil... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

9. Making small beautiful
February 27, 2018

Designer Saranin Artemy of ALLARTSDESIGN turns 115 sq. ft on its head to celebrate an all-day gourmet café in Perm, Russia. The recently opened K16 Café, which is a renovation of a clothing store, has to its credit a dining area, kitchen and utility rooms – all in a remarkably designed interior spanning a mere 115 sq. ft area. From serving breakfast to the early-risers to wholesome homemade meals and desserts to late-night diners, the café sits on a rather elongated rectangular plot, highlighted by its arched stained-glass windows. Using the existing wooden beams in the ceiling as ... (read more)

Author: Savitha Hira

10. Restaurant 212: Amsterdam's first ‘no table restaurant'!
February 07, 2018

Restaurant 212 is open! The new address in Amsterdam is a gourmet’s delight; more so, it is the balance between two passionate chefs joining forces to create one unforgettable experience! Dining in the open kitchen of chefs, Richard van Oostenbrugge & Thomas Groot is a carefully crafted experience designed by Concrete, who has worked not only on the mono-hued interiors, but also on the graphic identity and name of the bistro. The 82 sq. m. space is conceptualised as one large kitchen, where visitors and invited to sit around the kitchen counter in a warm homely ambience. This create... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

11. Curvilinear forms set the pace in this Noida bar
January 29, 2018

Design Plus Architects revamps an old bar in Noida’s Club 26 into a modern space using a material-rich palette, textures and varied forms to create a link between the outdoors and indoors… Design Plus Architects, a Hyderabad-based architecture and design consultancy, gives the existing bar at Club 26 in Noida, a complete interior overhaul by critiquing existing elements. Pliant Bar, the refurbished civil extension, retains the external elevations and overlooks the club gardens on one side and the street on the other. Led by architects Arun and Abhishek Bij, the team adopts the mathe... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

12. Curvilinear forms set the pace in this Noida bar
January 29, 2018

Design Plus Architects revamps an old bar in Noida’s Club 26 into a modern space using a material-rich palette, textures and varied forms to create a link between the outdoors and indoors… Design Plus Architects, a Hyderabad-based architecture and design consultancy, gives the existing bar at Club 26 in Noida, a complete interior overhaul by critiquing existing elements. Pliant Bar, the refurbished civil extension, retains the external elevations and overlooks the club gardens on one side and the street on the other. Led by architects Arun and Abhishek Bij, the team adopts the mathe... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

13. Experience celebrity moments - Bollywood style!
January 20, 2018

Interior designer, Minnie Bhatt puts a spin on Bollywood iconography with two funky, Bollywood-inspired restaurants: Nau se Barah and The Fan Club… Hospitality design has a wide range of playful, experimental elements to offer in terms of design, consequently engaging diners’ attention, and playing the field until the next big intriguing space comes along. Situated adjacent to each other in a multiplex in Navi Mumbai, both these restaurants, which were initially planned as one large space, follow a palpable underlying filmy theme, directed predominantly at the youth. Nau se Barah i... (read more)

Author: Marina Correa

14. Onwards and upwards: Creative journeys 2018 and beyond!
January 17, 2018

Team IAnD gets five acclaimed Indian interior designers and architects to reveal their most-looked-forward-to projects in 2018 and beyond… Each of us has a little dream lying stashed away under layers of routine engagements. Sometimes, we get a little closer to realizing, maybe a part of it; maybe something similar; maybe the dream itself is coming to life! Here’s what these five much-admired creatives are waiting to get on… Creative Professional: Ankon Mitra, Co-founder and Design Director, Hexagramm Design Excited about: Origami Wonderland Imagine walking through a dream lan... (read more)

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15. For an unmatched dining experience!
January 02, 2018

Interior designer Sumessh Menon uses his penchant for materiality to augment culinary illusion that is the signature of the modernist gourmet diner, Farzi café, Mumbai… That Indians are a highly adaptable race is being recurrently proven with the number of fusion foods that seem only to be multiplying by the minute. Fine-dines, lounges and small-time cubby-hole eateries serving dishy gourmet cuisine are pepping up the eating-out scene like never before. Elements of molecular gastronomy, modern techniques, customized equipment and culinary illusion that constitute table theatrics tra... (read more)

Author: Pari Syal

16. Padharo Mhare Des!
December 09, 2017

Dine like a Maharaja! The love and hospitality of Indian culture is served in traditional thalis in an eclectic combination of traditional Rajasthan and contemporary design ideas. A 1000 sq. ft. hospitality project by Sankraman Design Studio for their client, Panchavati Gaurav has reinforced their trademark style of serving traditional thalis with passionate zeal and revered friendliness. Inspired by the city of Jodhpur, the interior design of this space is a unique blend of a traditional experience with contemporary accessories. Standing between other competitive restaurants, th... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

17. Redefining the personal touch!
November 14, 2017

Square 3 Designs Pvt. Ltd designs a luxury jewellery lounge in tune with the modern mindset of indulgent shopping… The very act of shopping is cathartic. And when the experience is enhanced by hospitable store-staff, one comes away feeling truly rejuvenated! Taking this simple premise a tad higher in the echelons of hospitality and indulgence, especially in the jewellery and diamond trade, a noted Mumbai jeweller sought to pamper his clientele via a state-of-the-art lounge experience, where soothing music, optimum lighting and a befitting luxe ambience would aid high-brow purchases in utte... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

18. Green and historical Paris
November 13, 2017

Does anyone need more reasons to fall in love with Paris? A 45-room, 5-star, green hotel building by Beckmann N'Thépé Architects is a representation of Parisian chic, and is bound to impress! The Parister Hotel is not just another Parisian 5-star. Located on a narrow street in a planned tourist neighbourhood, it displays the historical character and lifestyle of local Paris. An existing office building is completely restructured to create this luxury hotel, with a focus on a central courtyard and contemporary extension. The hotel comes with 45 guest rooms, restaurant-cocktail bar, pool, ... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

19. This restaurant invites you in by displaying its kitchen!
October 28, 2017

Concrete brings us a brand new Japanese watering hole and dining experience at Izakaya in Hotel Roomers, Munich. Hotel Roomers in Munich stands out for its Japanese restaurant, Izakaya in an incredibly unique way. The restaurant announces its presence via its show kitchen visible through the glass facade of the porte-cochere. This kitchen block continues inside the lobby as a jewellery case covered in gold mirror – also the restaurant’s main entrance! Black and gold dominate the colour palette here with a contrasting feature of light wooden lamellas along the ceiling and wall. Gold ... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

20. Beirut Waterfront - go-to for nightlife!
October 09, 2017

Rabih Geha Architects transform nightlife with the launch of a new nightclub, AHM, on the up-and-coming Beirut Waterfront… Copy: Architecture firm Rabih Geha (RG/A) is continuing with its transformation of Beirut's nightlife with the launch of AHM – a ground-breaking dance pantheon located in Beirut, Lebanon. Anchored on the upcoming Waterfront District, the new nightclub is situated on 1200-square-metres of reclaimed land and features a temple-like open top design that aims to reignite the imagination of the city’s club-goers. Drawing inspiration from the surrounding Mediterranean ... (read more)

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21. Style medley!
September 29, 2017

The new CitizenM Gare de Lyon hotel in Paris by Concrete Architecture is designed keeping in mind the long-standing romance of the modern traveler with his emerging aesthetic sensibility and desire for customized experience! CitizenM Gare de Lyon is the third citizen hotel in Paris and is around the block from one of Paris’s major transportation hubs, Gare de Lyon train station. The hotel offers 338 rooms, topped with a Parisian-apartment-style CloudM skybar - a gateway to stunning views of the river Seine and the city. Just like the logo becomes an epitome of brand identity, there i... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

22. The art of indulgence!
September 25, 2017

Dessert on the beach! What could be better? Step into this vibrant ice-cream parlour designed by Architecture_Interspace in the White town area of Pondicherry. Copy: An ice cream parlour has been renovated with utmost care and unparalleled flair! Sitting on a prime site i.e. the White town area in Pondicherry, Architects Madhini and Goutaman Prathaban of Architecture_Interspace give us a sinfully delightful space true to its setting. A staircase can be any things; a surprise element, the focus or just a backdrop. This compact 900 sq. ft. space seems much larger due to the cascadin... (read more)

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23. Face-lifting the Udipi!
September 15, 2017

A restaurant that is not just another brick in the wall! South High designed by The Orange Lane stands tall as an unusual take on the classic ‘udipi’ restaurant… Located in the swanky commercial hub of Mumbai’s Kamala Mills, South High is a standalone property - a breath of freshness in a space surrounded by skyscrapers and the humdrum of fine dine. Following a strong concept to the tee, traditional patterns bind the complete space together. The Orange Lane, Mumbai, surprises with their choice of larger-than-life elements that dominate the walls and ceiling, while the neutral terraco... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

24. The Italian classic turns on its head (Part 2)
August 02, 2017

check out the visuals of this trendy restaurant in Stuttgart on indiaartndesign.com ">Ippolito Fleitz Group leads you into the traditional surreal with their interior design of the White Monkey Pizza Lab and Bar in Stuttgart… Copy: Ippolito Fleitz Group’s surreal design concepts for White Monkey, Pizza lab and bar, inherently rooted in the traditional Italian lifestyle, create a surprising story, spatially, with tantalizing twists. Identity strikes right at the entrance; sleek tables and chairs with colourful graphics on tabletops, a friendly monkey as a neon sign on the façad... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD

25. The Italian classic turns on its head (Part 1)
August 01, 2017

Ippolito Fleitz designs the branding and identity for White Monkey, Pizza Lab and Bar using interdisciplinary thinking to establish the brand’s unconventional approach… Award winning, Stuttgart-based design studio, Ippolito Fleitz has time and again proved its out-of-box success in the fields of architecture, interior design, communication design and product design. Their most recent project, White Monkey, Pizza Lab and Bar for Marché International reinvents the Italian classic Pizza, and offers a fresh and modern glimpse of the unique Italian instinct for lifestyle and dolce vita. ... (read more)

Author: Team IAnD