Archive for the ‘LDG addition’ Category

RESTAURANT: VIAJANTE (BETHNAL GREEN)

Monday, April 19th, 2010

TownHall-Viajante_entrance

Celebrated Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes has opened Viajante – his new restaurant in the Grade II listed Bethnal Green Town Hall, one of East London’s most historic buildings. (more…)

SHOP: THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE (SPITALFIELDS)

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Lollipop Shoppe exterior

Successful Brighton design store The Lollipop Shoppe has opened its first London outlet within Old Spitalfields Market, selling a diverse portfolio of products from watches to furniture and cushions to lighting. (more…)

SHOP: SKITSCH, BROMPTON

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Skitsch-2

SKITSCH is an Italian producer and retailer of contemporary design, which launched with aplomb in Milan in April 2009. Now they have opened a new 350-square-metre store on Brompton Road, in the heart of the Brompton Design District. (more…)

RESTAURANT: CARAVAN, CLERKENWELL

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Caravan dining room

Caravan is a new restaurant, bar, and coffee roastery located on the popular Exmouth Market in London’s Clerkenwell. It is open seven days a week serving three menus – breakfast, all day, and brunch on the weekends. (more…)

RESTAURANT: DOCK KITCHEN, LADBROKE GROVE

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Sign_Dock Kitchen

The Dock Kitchen is here to stay! Housed at Portobello Dock – the studio and showroom base for designer Tom Dixon – the restaurant was initially set up as a temporary intervention to make use of the old kitchen space. Its success since launching in September 2009 has now secured its permanent home. (more…)

RESTAURANT: CIRCUS, COVENT GARDEN

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Circus interior 1

Circus is now open – Covent Garden’s new restaurant, bar, and ‘entertainment experience’, the design of which has been created by Design Research Studio, headed up by British designer Tom Dixon. (more…)

RESTAURANT: VIET HOA CAFE, SHOREDITCH

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Viet Hoa Cafe 1

Viet Hoa Cafe, the first Vietnamese restaurant to have opened in an area that is now dubbed London’s ‘Little Saigon,’ has undergone a total interior refit to distinguish itself from its shabbier culinary competitors on Kingsland Road. (more…)

RESTAURANT: SUPPERCLUB LONDON, NOTTING HILL

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Supperclub London interior 1

Have you ever eaten out while lying down on a comfy bed? Chances are, if you’ve visited Amsterdam you would have been to or heard of the famous Dutch restaurant/bar/club – supperclub – which does exactly that. Now they have opened in London’s Notting Hill. (more…)

LDG ADDITION: TWENTYTWENTYONE SHOP EXTENSION, ISLINGTON

Friday, December 11th, 2009

2021 shop extension 1

Leading design store, twentytwentyone, has just undergone extension work to their original Upper Street shop in Islington – just in time for Christmas. Here are some pictures we took within hours of completion! (more…)

SHOP: DARKROOM, BLOOMSBURY

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Darkroom 1

Darkroom is a directional new store now open on the characterful Lamb’s Conduit Street in Bloomsbury. The store comprises a curated mix of interior and fashion accessories alongside bi-monthly art and sculpture exhibitions. (more…)