Orchid - Pan Asian Restaurant: Aberystwyth

Despite our website being moved to a new server & consequently
broke! Here's one of our latest projects which we completed mid
November. Orchid Pan Asian restaurant in Aberystwyth,
for the full project click here

In the mean time here are a few shots.

We created the brand and interior for Orchid, with a main focus
on lighting. We designed a dark walnut platform as a ceiling
installation, creating a dramatic main light feature for the pendants
to hang from. The collection of lanterns can also be seen from the
promenade outside, making the restaurant look cosy and inviting
to passers by.

Our main interpretation of the brief was 'fine dining with a hint
of Thai influence'. We achieved this with a predominantly subtle
colour palette, mixing a bold splash of red with textures, patterns
and paper lanterns.

We are pleased with the result & our client was so pleased
he has commissioned us for his next project!!

Infact, a conversation on the launch event with the client
has led me writing a new blog post - which will be here
very soon!

Predicting Trends

Design is a reciprocal cycle. As is fashion, this is an excuse for me

to keep hold of those dodgy checked trousers from the 90's ive

never worn in the hope they will be cool again one day!

Being an innovator and a good designer is tricky at the best of times,

so predicting trends is a key part of our job. We never follow trends,

but sometimes a client is influenced by something they have seen so

this will affect the outcome of a project. Whether its brand, print

or especially interior design, i see things that we have either done

or have seen done by people we admire that get replicated,

become mainstream and are blogged about.

What made me decide to write a blog post about this is,

elle decoration. We are launching a Thai Restaurant in

Aberystwyth that we actually designed a couple of months ago

- www.orchidaberystwyth.co.uk

For the main lighting feature, we specified a cluster of 17 bulbs

hanging from a centre wooden console all at different heights

all with different shaped white chinese paper lanterns.

Flicking through 'elle deco' the other day i see these are everywhere

now! So for the next few months our lighting installation will be

bang on trend! I believe the overall design is strong enough to

last longer than the trend will allow!

Of course we cant or wont discuss what concepts we are working

on for our next project, lets just hope we have predicted the trend

correctly again!

PS. Keep an eye out for 3 new projects on our main site soon!