This ‘little Queen’ of Hiltons blends the classic with the contemporary to evoke the halcyon days of travel. Here we bring you the Indesign magazine review, by Stephen Crafti.
The designers of physical retail and hospitality experiences are well aware that the digital presence of a project has rapidly grown in importance. With this evolution has come almost an entirely new understanding of how the physical and digital interact.
Giving “vegan dining the glamour it’s been missing”, Shannon Martinez has launched Smith & Deli, a colossal vegan dining hub in Collingwood.
Raise the topic of hospitality and retail and your mind instantly jumps to far-out fit-outs and awe-inspiring interiors. But before you even reach that finished product, there are many moving parts to negotiate first.
As the world’s most locked-down city begins once more to welcome the prospect of visitors, Australia’s first Hyatt Centric has opened its doors.
From hyper-real run-ins to fragmented customer profiles, Russell & George “slams” typologies to design spaces that make you put down your phone.
Indesign #85, the ‘Social Spaces’ issue is out now. Indesign Editor Alice Blackwood brings us up to speed on the retail and hospitality design topics informing this edition’s theme.
In just 10 days’ time, when Indesign’s ‘Social Spaces’ issue launches, we’ll be taking you on an intimate tour of Society. Until that time, we’re here to give you a sneak peak of what’s to come.
As both owner and designer of a multitude of hospitality venues, Splinter Society has a uniquely personal connection to the hospitality industry. We sit down with studio co-director Chris Stanley to discuss how hospitality design is evolving.
As Sydney tentatively reopens, we’ve gathered some of the city’s newest and most beautiful venues to check out.
Designed as an exquisite Chinoiserie jewel box, stepping into the Teahouse at Crown Sydney, by Bates Smart, is a luxurious experiential journey like no other.
In an unlikely happening for early 2021, Quarta & Armando have opened Potent, a Shanghai club hoping to accelerate the city’s post-pandemic rebirth.
Autex Acoustics technical development manager sheds light on the nuances of acoustic design for hospitality settings and the dos and don’ts of restaurant acoustics.
Sensory design has never been so important to the curation of retail and hospitality environments as it is today. Here are 6 design projects that got it right.
Poodle, in Fitzroy, Melbourne, embraces an unpretentious, lived-in sensibility with a series of quirky and materially-rich spaces designed by Bergman & Co.
Sydney’s ICC was recently host to No Vacancy / Hospitality Design Fair 2021. From the lot, here are 5 exhibits that caught our attention.
Simply known as Elk at Falls, this boutique-style mountain lodge at Falls Creek has been given a huge makeover by Coy Yiontis.
As the hospitality industry goes into a tailspin from the pandemic, hoteliers and designers alike are forced to reckon with the true value that hotels bring to guests.
Woods Bagot serves up the nostalgia of ‘now’ at Melbourne’s new Next Hotel.
It’s beautiful, hidden away and oh so Melbourne. Hilton Little Queen Street is open for business and is sparkling like a diamond.
A long-standing relationship between Karl Fender, co-founder of Fender Katsalidis, and Elias Jreissati, chairman of Levantine Hill winery has produced its most personal challenge yet.
In a post-brand age enterprises are re-evaluating their real estate to create a visceral brand presence.
There’s no taking the Gippsland out of the Farmer’s Daughters — a new restaurant on Collins St, Melbourne, by Agents of Architecture.
At the vanguard of design, The Lounge by Bates Smart is sophisticated and stylish. However, it offers so much more than just aesthetic benefit to the staff of the University of New South Wales.
The principal designer of Denniston shares about the fundamentals of hotel design, his latest collaboration with Aman and the future of hospitality.
French Fold restaurant in Singapore by Takenouchi Webb is the latest addition to Merci Marcel’s portfolio of fresh, immersive and impeccably designed venues.
Curated by Carr, Lancemore Crossley St Hotel is a boutique hotel centred in the thick of Melbourne’s theatre scene — and with a flair for the dramatic, it fits right in.
Designed by Piero Lissoni for Viccarbe, the Season Chair embraces diners in for a culinary experience that unifies Mediterranean design and a daring epicurean journey.
CHAT architects transform a Bangkok love motel into a neighbourhood ‘street’ hotel, and in the process, promote urban activities derived from forgotten traditions and street typologies.
Identified by a neon glow behind a brick façade is the unassuming space of Café Lafayette, an eatery that captures the magic of a multi-sensory dining experience.
AvroKO is a master at creating hospitality environments that are as engaging as they are impeccable. Behind the design is a human-centred process of ‘hospitable thinking’.
If not placemaking, what are retail and hospitality design? Design practices Wynk Collaborative and MentahMatter discuss placemaking for customer experience via their own projects.
Designed by Ellivo Architects, The Whistle Dixie Café & Bar in Queensland is a vibrant urban café with a captivating charm and high-performing surfaces by Staron®.
Jeff Copolov, the esteemed interior designer and longstanding director for Bates Smart, confronts the big questions re. hospitality design post Covid-19.
At Yi by Jereme Leung at Raffles Hotel Singapore, Aedas Interiors invites diners on a design journey through the Chinese legend of creation.
Justin Wells, formerly Global Head of Hospitality Design at design worldwide partnership, has formed his own company, Wells International.
From Sydney warehouse conversions, industrial-esque cafés in Melbourne and offices in New York lofts, these industrial interiors are leading the style revolution.
Renowned Italian furniture brand, Pedrali celebrates the charm of Ester in some of the most esteemed restaurants across the globe.
With venues in popular locations boasting high star-ratings these days a dime-a-dozen, there is a new criteria being coveted in the hospitality scene.
From the founder of Tulip Coffee in Degraves Street, Melbourne, Florence Coffee, designed by CoLAB Design Studio, looks as good as the coffee tastes.
A curvaceous counter connects customers with their barista at Voids Café, a compact café in River Valley, Singapore, designed by Studio SKLIM.
Designed by Pattern Studio, No. 92 is a boutique restaurant and wine bar that offers an experience unlike anything else in the city and now, it’s back to re-tell its story to the ‘dine-in’ scene.
At Bentwood, designer duo RITZ&GHOUGASSIAN embraces heritage with a layered, bold and charming soul that’s made for Melbourne’s energetic coffee scene.
Part of a series produced by VOLA, Wellness and Wellbeing is a thought-provoking short film presented by none other than acclaimed British designer Ilse Crawford.
Ministry of Design transposes heritage in the new quasi-colonial Prestige Hotel in Penang, with a contemporary interpretation of Victorian design – visual trickery included.
Hong Kong-based o&o Studio took a very specific, and very romantic, image as the inspiration for the branding and design of an uber-cool craft beer and whisky bar in an old grease factory in Shanghai’s South Bund.
Stylecraft and HASSELL’s collaborative legacy of awe-inspiring showroom interiors has breached new frontiers with the new Stylecraft Singapore showroom.
Cloudstreet by greymatters possesses all the operational sensibilities for a fine-dining establishment without falling prey to aesthetic stereotypes.
Thrown together by circumstance, Kirsten Stanisich and Jonathan Richards formed a professional partnership that has seen them grow, flourish and forge a brand of their own.
Creating a sensory dining experience that fuses Japanese and Australian culture – rather than a “mock tradition” – Ishizuka by Russell & George transports diners while keeping their feet on the ground.
Yuloo Studio combines colour, texture, lighting, and scale to create a cosy evening environment for lovers of wine and fresh produce in Moscow.
The Joker and Thief, designed by Fabric Architecture in collaboration with Stewart + Highfield, is where 1960s mid-century modern has a 1980s glam-rock edge.
IndesignLive gets the inside story on the award winning Span Design Studio. Excelling at weaving storytelling into their design, Span creates highly personalised hospitality and retail environments receiving local and international recognition.
Letting the landscape take centre stage, this Hot Pot restaurant makes an impressive design statement weaving through the canopy of a wetland in Chengdu, China.
Inclusivity and the recognition of diverse voices and perspectives have become driving values of our time. How do we translate this new focus on cultural sensitivity into hospitality design?
UNSW is upping the ante on university hospitality venues, employing design to attract and retain talent. The Lounge, designed by Bates Smart, is UNSW’s new hybrid space for academics
Inspired by travelling, literature and societal agendas, Australian native Dieter Cartwright of Dutch East Design believes that hospitality is more than just about functional spaces.
No doubt we have all encountered frustrations in our travels, but few have turned those frustrations into a collection of bold and bespoke boutique hotels.
Inspired by the escapist maze-like qualities of historic Dutch artist M.C. Escher, Maze Hotel by Space 10 is all about flipping the hospitality experience.
With a new Rick Stein Restaurant opening in NSW, the interior team knew the finishes needed to match the chef’s legendary taste.
“The core idea was to create a design hybrid to leave the visitor hanging in the middle of an artistic sea.” Welcome to The Pink Zebra.
Going against the grain of the typical minimalist, modern café atmosphere, Arnun Wattanaporn wanted to create a feeling of cosiness for Kaizen Coffee Co. in the heart of Bangkok.
What’s not to love about Peaches? Pierce Widera’s stunning rooftop cocktail bar channels the 70s, 80s and 90s in an electrifying hospitality vibe.
Gumbuya is an Aboriginal word for meeting place, which formed the concept for the café and restaurant in Sydney.
This newly-designed café in Brunswick, Melbourne celebrates its neighbourhood’s industrial roots while also working in a contemporary context.
C.C. Babcoq is a playful and bold carvery and cocktail bar, with colour, pattern and personality inspired by its muse.
Hogg & Lamb provides a contemporary Cantonese experience that celebrates the true meaning of extravagant hospitality and luxury opulence at Sydney’s new rooftop palace.
Referencing the rolling hills of Icha Chateau brand’s own tea plantations, Spacemen created a sculptural destination for Shanghai’s discerning tea drinkers.
The cultural and culinary prowess of New York City and Chinese Tang Dynasty are fused together in Tang Hotpot, designed by New Practice Studio.
To the architecture community, Di Stasio is an institution. And now a new venue, designed by HASSELL, brings restaurant, art gallery and homage to brutalism alive at Di Stasio Città.
A timber canopy wraps around the ceiling and walls of Hunan Slurp, evocative of the slippery strands of noodles served in the New York City venue.
The colours, textures and profiles of Nepal inspired the design of Chilli Everest, creating a sensory and appealing experience for customers.
After a bit of trial and error, Tom Reid found himself following his curiosity for design, which has led him down the road to where he is today – a senior designer at Melbourne’s DesignOffice.
Navi’s interiors feel moody and authentically Australian with a material and colour palette inspired by the owner’s love for hand-foraging produce.
SJB has designed The Fantauzzo hotel with a tonal, fractal façade that visually recedes into its natural and manmade surroundings.
Two years after winning the 2017 Prodigy People’s Choice Award, 2019 INDE Awards Ambassador and co-founder of ACME & Co Vince Alafaci discusses the business of commercial design.
KP Architects’ renovation of the 155-year-old The Boundary Hotel in Brisbane’s West End brings together old and new with a fresh, reinvigorated aesthetic.
An Italian pasta bar in Melbourne’s CBD by Biasol Design drew design inspiration from the likes of ancient Rome and the modern, culture hub that Melbourne itself has developed.
Upsy Daisy is a family-friendly, feel-good space designed for kids, but it has a dose of magic for adults too.
Motorwagen, designed by KP Architects, is a finely tuned venue with materials, craftsmanship and detailing inspired by Mercedes Benz.
There is a design studio in Adelaide that is quickly reshaping the entire design landscape of the city – meet studio -gram. And find out why the practice is one of our Prodigy nominees for the 2019 INDE.Awards
Hong-Kong based practice Studio Adjective sees design as a vehicle for storytelling. We look at the duo’s trajectory as they’re nominated as a Prodigy in the 2019 INDE.Awards.
Eloquent and intensely creative, Nectar Efkarpidis talks about the experience and process required to make unconventional and non-linear design projects. Ice cream included.
Sitting as far away from minimalism as it could come it a restaurant fit-out that brings tropicalismo vibes by the maximalist darlings – Masquespacio.
The circular economy comes to hospitality with Zero Waste Bistro where food and waste management, as well as water efficiency, is paramount.
Semi-submerged below the ground Café Oriente in Seoul, designed by Labotory harmonises traditional Korean aesthetics with a minimalist approach.
Studying film and cinema before undertaking architecture has set Olaver Architecture up for creating atmospheric spaces. Gontran Cherrier in Hawthorn is just one example of this approach.
“An exquisite reinvention of the cellar door experience,” was the jury citation on Foolscap Studio’s 2018 INDE.Award-winning Domain Chandon.
Ban Ban’s interior by Genesin Studio is a low-tech K Pop minimalism treat for the eyes in the heart of Adelaide’s CBD.
With the recent opening of The Calile Hotel – Richards & Spence’s latest addition to the James Street precinct they helped to revitalise – we thought it was time to sit down with the practice to explore its unique and transformative approach to design.
Bringing colonial design flavours in a thoroughly modern execution, John Anthony restaurant by Linehouse is a feast for the eyes.
When is a showroom not a showroom? When it doesn’t feel like you’re shopping for a car. Jackson Clements Burrows digs deep into the customer psyche to design a hospitality-slash-retail space for Mercedes-Benz.
A simple palette comes to life in a new Brisbane restaurant GRECA, designed by George Livissianis.
2018 saw plenty of outstanding projects, and in the hospitality sector, these were the ones that had you hungry for more.
Architect Ricci Bloch makes the most of High St Society’s compact site, ensuring the high-traffic café offers patrons easy accessibility, clear circulation and a welcoming ambience.
A Michelin star chef and a killer hospitality fit-out collide in the latest restaurant offering at JW Marriott’s Hanoi hotel. Behind the scenes, greymatters’ design worked with celebrity chef Akira Back to bring the mix of spaces alive.
With millions of restaurants quite literally at diners’ fingertips, the hospitality stakes are high. So, how do you stand out in the crowd? Chin Chin shows us that a little attitude can go a long way.
KICKS Sports Bar swaps sporting jerseys for sporting references with a design inspired by athletic arenas and sporting equipment
Sustainability and meaningful experiences are key drivers in the hospitality sector today, as Bates Smart’s Brenton Smith shares with the studio’s latest regional hotel offering.
Tapping into the power of the senses in his work, music in particular, while also deploying clever tactics to create intrigue and delight – Chris James’ inspiration is as diverse as his work. Meet the new generation of design talent that instils purpose beyond Pinterest.
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