London's Bardello Bar Designed by Sam Buxton

Spotted on a few other design blogs and in the December issue of Metropolis magazine, the Bardello bar in London takes knitting to a site-specific, large scale lounge experience. What we love: that no detail went overlooked by designer Sam Buxton (the bathrooms, bottle storage, stairs, and the bar's front doors are all webbed and woven). Get inside the space below:

From Core77: "According to the designer, the seating and lighting were integrated to make it appear as though the interior is constructed from a single surface. Together, the wall hangings and a sculptural installation in the bar's main room contain 2.5km of knitted, hand-knotted and woven cord." Stunning.

Via Core77. All photos by Mark Wu.

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Whoa. That's a bit much for me. Also, if someone a bit tipsy would stumble into all that webbing and netting, it could be a problem. Not even mentioning purses and such getting caught on all that stuff...

posted by Peggasus on December 15th 2008 at 12:59pm
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...or if someone happens to vomit on it.

posted by sissy on December 16th 2008 at 11:44pm
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