We work very manually so that the soul of the spaces and objects are never lost. How do you strike a balance between comfort and the inherent needs of a public space? Win Collier: By trying to capture a kind of reality and an age-old savoir-faire, through processes stemming from the past. By creating such an expressive space, you are also offering people the freedom to express themselves. You often see people dressed in pink and green according to the space and taking photos of themselves. I remember once I saw a woman in a pink tutu, dressed like a ballerina. On a totally pink surface, everything becomes neutral, almost as if we were in a white room.
Would it be over the top? Appropriate? The reality is that people feel comfortable in all the spaces, the rooms are practically all green or pink.
During the design process, I remember talking to Janine, the project manager, wondering if we had taken things too far. It might not be wallpaper, but what makes Atrium such a special project? SH: It features beautiful colour and lighting, it’s bold too. So of course, the freedom that clients grant us is crucial. For example, the client of the Atrium project started by telling us about having been to the Beverly Hills Hotel several times and being inspired by fabulous wallpaper, and then asked us to create a space where people felt the same thing. Of course, this has a lot to do with our relationships with our client. We rarely say “remember that thing we created and how it worked out? Let’s do it on this project.” We have become a studio that is constantly reinventing itself. We’ve tried to work more like designers of settings, of environments, rather than simply imposing our design language. Almost 20 years after founding the practice, how do you counteract routine? Smith Hanes: Something we actively do is create a background story for each of our projects. Inês Graça: You strive to “design and create, rather than buy or hire”. They did this without holding back or hesitating, in an empathetic approach that preserves the patina of time and a sensitivity that is difficult to emulate. ( drinkdaisies.From the other side of the screen, the architect joined his friend and collaborator Win Collier to share with us his love of his profession, fashion and travel, freedom and extravagance. Scribbled on a stack of old bar tabs in El Paso, the original: juice of one lime, four fifths tequila, one fifth Cointreau & salt on the rim of a three-ounce glass. The sweet elixir was smuggled for years, through the Mexican Revolution and the Prohibition, leading us up to 1942 – the summer when everything changed. Today we can mow through bottles on bottles of tequila anywhere, anyplace, but a lot of brave tequila-lovin' amigos and amigas had to risk it all to get us to where we are today. A little history lesson - tequila has survived (and frankly, thrived) throughout history. Pushing Daisies is where friends come together with one thing in common: their love for tequila, the sweet liquor from the South. “At Pushing Daisies, we hope to celebrate tequila and friendship, two things that will always go together.” To prove it, we went all the way back to the beginning and guess what we found? Tequila has been the star of the show throughout history and its story proves that people have, and always will, love it,” says Fox. “Has anyone ever had a bad time while sipping a perfectly made margarita? I think that’s impossible. Plush and pillowy elevated banquettes, leather channeled walls and heavy curtains made of plum-colored velvet will create an intimate space, comfortable and familiar.
Inside, opposite the bar, sits a stage that will feature custom stage lighting crafted from found objects. The daisy debuts throughout the space, from intricate floral patterns adorning the walls and seating to the daisy patterned penny tile floor encircling the bar. Guests will transcend the staircase down to an elusive underground hallway leading to a nondescript front door of the bar. The tequila and margarita focused concept will be below Blanco at Fifth + Broadway. Designed in collaboration with architect firm Smith Hanes, guests will immediately feel as if they have been transported to the basement of an old Spanish casa in the heart of Mexico City. James Beard-nominated, restaurant innovator Sam Fox and his Fox Restaurant Concepts team are bringing an underground bar called Pushing Daisies to Fifth + Broadway later this year.
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