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Fireflies and sushi where Tokyo meets Sydney hospitality design

Fireflies and sushi where Tokyo meets Sydney hospitality design

Vie Studio has designed a glowing example of a dynamic hospitality setting, inspired by Japan’s undulating fascination with fireflies.

Mediterranean Cronulla: Luchetti Krelle’s curvaceous coastal offering

Mediterranean Cronulla: Luchetti Krelle’s curvaceous coastal offering

Chalky cream curves, amorphous shapes, bulging bulkheads and sun-bleached shades of leather and timber define this Cronulla project.

Plus Architecture comment: What’s next on the Queensland hospitality frontier?

Plus Architecture comment: What’s next on the Queensland hospitality frontier?

Kate Ockwell, interior design associate at Plus Architecture, comments on the four ideas hoteliers, restaurateurs and their interior designers should be considering when designing their spaces.

State of Kin redefines iconic Perth bar

State of Kin redefines iconic Perth bar

State of Kin is taking Perth by storm at the moment — and their intriguing and sculptural extension to iconic Perth bar and eatery The Stables is proof.

Mooncraft takes you on a journey

Mooncraft takes you on a journey

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.

MOONCRAFT Takes You On A Journey

MOONCRAFT Takes You On A Journey

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.

Tipple In The Backroom

Tipple In The Backroom

The Bottle Shop and B Bar – hidden behind a supermarket – is a series of spaces inspired by high street bottle shops with the charm of vintage European cellars, cumulating in a whimsical world.

Staron and the surface solutions for bar, club and hotel design

Staron and the surface solutions for bar, club and hotel design

Eye catching hospitality and hotel design is a tricky thing to get right – but with Staron Solid Surfaces, your options are limitless.

Finding the surface solution for bar, club and hotel design

Finding the surface solution for bar, club and hotel design

Eye catching hospitality and hotel design is a tricky thing to get right – but with Staron Solid Surfaces, your options are limitless.

5 pubs with intoxicatingly good bar design

5 pubs with intoxicatingly good bar design

The hospitality revolution is here, and bar design has never been hotter. Here are five great places to drink in some great design amongst the cocktails.

Award-winning wine bar designs

Award-winning wine bar designs

Diverse, petite and oozing with charm, these award-winning wine bars use design to elevate them up a few echelons.

Rethinking ‘Industrial’

Rethinking ‘Industrial’

Wynk Collaborative explores the idea of an industrial space as opposed to an industrial-style space for Tanuki Raw.