Ibsen Restaurant
Year: 2016
Type/Project: restaurant
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Area: 187 m2
Client: a businessman who believes that in а restaurant all should be perfect: from the service to the color solution of an interior.
Task: to create the authentic Scandinavian restaurant, where even the walls will have a fish-like smell.
Type/Project: restaurant
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Area: 187 m2
Client: a businessman who believes that in а restaurant all should be perfect: from the service to the color solution of an interior.
Task: to create the authentic Scandinavian restaurant, where even the walls will have a fish-like smell.
Photo: Andrii Avdeenko
As a result, the restrained interior with the emphasis put on naturalness. Simplicity and asymmetry are the hallmarks of it. The concept defined the main materials to work: wood (ash), concrete, marble, copper. Wood is a double target hit. First, we like it. Secondly, it is difficult to imagine Scandinavia without wood. Ash panels (veneered) connect a floor with a ceiling. Transitions wisely planned to zone the space.
Concrete on the ground floor is complemented with the light wood on the second one. The warmth is created by sandy shades. White proudly carries the spirit of Scandinavia. It’s the stratum of peace and calmness.
In the morning it’s cool to sink into a soft leather chair, reading a newspaper and waiting for your breakfast.
The second floor is a cozy space for dining and supper.
The second floor is a cozy space for dining and supper.
Makhno's product design bring a special flavor. Real eye-catchers in the restaurant are the brass chandeliers. Serhii Makhno designed them specifically for IBSEN. Behind the idea of chandeliers (like all the restaurant) stood the sea. Smooth, wavy curves resemble seashells. Chandeliers don’t pour prickly light, but fall into the soft rays.
Our product manager hadn’t been searching for a perfect chair. The restaurant inherited furniture pieces from a predecessor. We restore chairs and "dress up" old guys in the Scandinavian manner.
The client said that he would serve only the "first water" oysters. We solved the problem by the RAW-bar, a semantic point of the ground floor. No aquariums with half-dead fish. The fish is good not only for eating, but also for looking at. Food for the eyes – pictures on the walls and closets (like inhabitants of the northern countries dо). Everything says: "delicious!".
