Jamie’s italian ….. design that just keeps getting better

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Jamie’s Italian restaurants are opening all over the UK … some 30 of them actually.  Also Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and Perth.  He has more recently collaborated with design company Blacksheep on their design.  There seems to be a trend in restaurant design … it is all about the sensory experience … taking you to a place … a country … it’s not just all about the food.  The fitout is authentic in what they are trying to achieve.  Justin Hemmes in Sydney is on a similar trajectory with each new restaurant he opens outdoing the last in authenticity … think The Fish Shop and Mr Wong.

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For Jamie it was all about the environment having the ‘neighbourhood feel’. Taking inspiration from the Italian Table where one relaxes, shares and enjoys each others company.

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This is modern italian over two levels with openness … broken up into different spaces each with a different dining experience.  I do love these vintage chairs from Tolix … they are everywhere and so ‘of the moment’.  Every smart new restaurant and cafe has them … in one form or another … either vibrant colours or straight galvanized.  They work in any interior … slick, bistro or industrial street furniture.  I love them and tracked them down at Thonet, Sydney.

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