![]() ![]() Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Sent every Tuesday and containing a selection of the most important news highlights. ![]() ![]() Sent every Thursday and featuring a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Our most popular newsletter, formerly known as Dezeen Weekly. The Puro Stare Miasto hotel is located next to Kraków's historic old town and spans 138 rooms alongside an extensive open-plan reception, lobby space and restaurant. The bar's basement level is covered in sea green tilesĮlsewhere in Poland, local practice Paradowski Studio recently channelled the glamour of Kraków's interwar cafes and the clean functionalism of its mid-century modern cinemas for a hotel renovation. Polish illustrator and graphic designer Ola Niepsuj was responsible for creating the bar's visual identity, which depicts the Lion of Saint Mark – a winged lion that represents the patron saint of Venice and is found on buildings across the city.Īt Va Bene Cicchetti, this motif can be found in the form of door handles and the neon light above the entrance. An intricate mosaic covers an entire wall of the bar The bar's basement level is completely saturated in the same greeny-blue hue as the floors upstairs to create the impression of being underwater.īathrooms, meanwhile, are finished in black and white stripes and topped with a red ceiling in a reference to the uniforms worn by Venetian gondoliers. Mosaic was the perfect solution for this." The bar is centred on a red travertine counter We came up with the idea to use mini pieces of Venice as the building blocks of our artwork. "The region is famous for its ceramics and wine. "Veneto is where the famous Murano glass and antique mirrors are manufactured," Maciaszek explained. The mural depicts the bar's owners and their dog Koko enjoying wine and food at a table in Venice. ![]() Read: Moroccan carpets line walls of Warsaw's Aura cocktail bar Taking over an entire wall of the bar is an intricate mosaic made from reclaimed materials including glass panes from the Murano glass factory in Venice and fragments of wine bottles from Va Bene Cicchetti's sister restaurant Va Bene. The scheme is completed with glass lamps that resemble rippling water and bespoke furniture pieces including tables that pay homage to the red-and-white striped mooring posts found in Venice's canals. "We took inspiration from the colours of the Venetian flag, which dominate all finishings, and incorporated the acqua alta motif in the interior as an element of surprise." Turquoise skirting tiles run along the perimeter of the room "We wanted the place to be unambiguously associated with Venice but we also wanted for this reference to be fresh and unique," said Piotr Maciaszek, who co-founded Noke Architects alongside Aleksandra Hyz and Karol Pasternak. Tables resemble Venice's red-and-white striped mooring poles To recreate this "flood effect" inside the interior of Va Bene Cicchetti, Noke Architects coloured the floors and skirting tiles, as well as the base of table legs, chairs and plinths in a watery shade of turquoise. Several times a year, when the tide in the Adriatic Sea rises, these floodwaters will cover streets and piazzas in Venice in a layer of water. Its interior was informed by Venice's floodwaters ![]()
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