British designers Youngster Studio reworked a former Nineteen Sixties London submit workplace in St John’s Wooden right into a Japanese restaurant known as Maido.
British designers Youngster Studio reworked a former Nineteen Sixties London submit workplace in St John’s Wooden right into a Japanese restaurant known as Maido.
Maido is the retail expertise established in 2016 by the founding members of Atari-Ya, the famend distributor of Sushi high quality seafood at Michelin-starred eating places throughout London.
The late modernist submit workplace constructing supplied a wealthy supply of inspiration for the designers who, by means of the renovation, aimed toward respecting and highlighting the heritage of the area.
“We have been fascinated by the distinctive historical past of this constructing and aimed to seize the nostalgic environment of Nineteen Sixties London, paying homage to the modernist public areas of the period.” commented Alexy Kos and Che Huang, the founders of Youngster Studio “The design developed across the daring geometry attribute of this era and the juxtaposition of easy supplies: wooden, glass, clay and metal”.
The restaurant’s partitions are clad in darkish cherry wooden paneling whereas a rotating choice of paintings decorates the shallow alcoves. A grid sample characterizes the suspended coffered ceiling in a gentle blue hue, and the motif continues with the ground, completed in black quarry tiles.
The restaurant’s focus is the central island bar the place the sushi grasp prepares and serves genuine Japanese dishes. Curved metal panels line the counter, complemented by polished aluminum bar stools designed by Naoto Fukasawa.
A big semicircular glass block wall divides the area and delicately filters the twin facet daylight. On the identical time, the wall types a beneficiant upholstered leather-based couch creating an intimate nook behind the area.
“It was vital for us to create a variety of various seating eventualities and steadiness the convivial environment with extra intimate nooks and crannies” – mentioned Alexy & Che.
The designers chosen some mid-century iconic items to furnish and decorate the restaurant. Mies Van Der Rohe‘s vintage MR10 tubular metal chairs and Norman Cherner‘s molded plywood armchairs have been chosen as seating. The lighting contains Pipistrello desk lamps designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965 and vintage wall lights produced by the Italian producer Stilnovo.
The intersection of Abbey Highway, made well-known by the eponymous Beatles album cowl, is across the nook from the restaurant, providing one other glimpse into Nineteen Sixties London. Sir Paul McCartney lives within the neighborhood, as another well-known Londoners like Kate Moss and Keith Richards.
Images by Felix Speller & Youngster Studio
