“We connect with the Chin Chin customer through materiality. You would expect to see the chipboard substrate cladding in a twenty-something’s apartment. It’s raw and youthful and in that sense makes a relationship with the Chin Chin majority diner” says George Livissianis.
September 12th, 2018
Chin Chin Interior Designer: George Livissianis Interior Architecture
Chin Chin: Thonet No.18 chairs. Custom stool design. Go Go: Thonet B9 chairs. Custom stool design. Tom Fereday Wes Sofa. Chi Town: Thonet No.18 chairs. Eames aluminium tables.
Volker Haug lighting.
Custom perforated leather restaurant banquette upholstery, ‘Mondo’ annex upholstery, Décor Design. ‘Rosa’ loose furniture upholstery, South Pacific Fabrics. Polished concrete, Diamond Shine. Bird plywood finishes, DMK Forest Products. Perforated black steel, Mascot Steel. Granite and quarzite stone, CDK Stone. OSB board, Gunnersens. Cork flooring, Premium Floors Australia. Polished nickel and pink lacquer, Astor Metals. Plus pile carpet, Passo Flooring.
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