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of conveniently placed immense blackboards which
eliminate the need for conventional menu sheets.
Whilst a series of mesh screens and wine cages assist
in breaking up areas within the restaurant. Oversized
weighty butchers block tables provide communal
seating for large parties and lunchtime take away
customers. The blacked out exposed services and array
of salvaged industrial lighting create intimacy for each
table.
There are obvious bold hang-ups from its previous
incarnation; a fish tank and sink by the entrance, the
stainless kitchen ceiling from where the extent of the
kitchen was reduced, the miss-matched layout of the
mosaic flooring and even the crockery. However this
is intentional, after all Zelman Meats is somewhere not
to be taken too seriously and sets up a light-hearted
unassuming ambiance. In other instances, the existing
furniture has been woven into the scheme, such as the
marble bar which has gained a new gantry and timber
cladding.
The final layer and quirky personality to the design
comes through some carefully selected artwork which
adorns the walls. Artwork by Butch Anthony, an
American artist from Alabama, who collects objects
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and paintings and transforms them into statement
pieces with his signature style is layered upon old b lack
and white butcher prints sourced from Nebraska.
“This has been our first project with Shed and
potentially the hardest challenge we have ever
assigned: the budget was small, the turn around on site
was limited to two weeks and the brief was to produce
something unique. I am confident in saying that this
was all achieved. I expected professionalism but was
surprised by their flexibility and problem solving. We
are already working on our next project together.”
- Dave Strauss, Operations Director
Website: www.shed-design.com