Green takes the place of white or grey at Bistro Zagajnik in Radomsko, Poland, designed by Madde Studio. Shades drawn from nature set a relaxed mood, with planting central to the interior. The bistro was photographed by Maja Bułkowska.
A relaxed place for food and evening drinks
The designers conceived Bistro Zagajnik several years after the opening of Las, a restaurant in Radomsko that has been popular with local residents from the outset. Zagajnik was intended to be more informal: closer to a bistro than a restaurant, with home-style food, jars and fresh bread. With suitable lighting and music, it would also become somewhere to sit over a beer in the evening.
Planting above the tables and benches
Plants are the recurring theme throughout the interior. The designers introduced a green ceiling with a steel structure supporting pots of foliage. “We hope that, in time, the plants will spread to form a living green canopy. Trellises for climbing plants also appear on the walls, where lush greenery rises above the upholstered benches,” say the designers at Madde Studio.
The upholstered benches stand on hollow clay blocks in burnt sienna, contrasting with the surrounding green. The designers had long admired the blocks’ shape, raw texture and colour, and had been looking for an appropriate use for them. Here, they work both structurally and visually, their colour standing out against the concrete floor. “Together with the rattan lampshades, they give the place a slightly exotic feel that, for us personally, recalls trips to India and Morocco,” the designers stress. The blocks also form the base of the bar, which is covered in white tiles with an uneven surface texture and a pearlescent finish.
Patterns in the midday sunlight
The dining room is furnished with locally made Fameg chairs. These are classic Thonet-style designs in beech, with curved backrest elements. Floral patterns on the seats echo a motif on the floor. In the warm midday sunlight, light passing through them casts further patterns of light and shade across the floor. White conical pendant lights are then switched on, their long cables extending across the ceiling and walls into the greenery.
The designers behind Madde Studio
Madde’s team comprises Maja Górowska, Karolina Koryniowska and Kamila Potocka, graduates in interior architecture from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. They first worked together on ILES, a furniture project developed for their master’s diploma under Wacław Kowalski and Szymon Hanczar. Since graduating in 2017, they have continued working together as a design team, focusing mainly on interior architecture. Their projects encompass private and public interiors, including furniture designed to order.
Explore more projects by the Wrocław interior architects behind Madde Studio. Contact them by email, telephone, through their website or on social media. Visit Madde Studio’s profile.
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