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YOD GROUP has designed the interior of Lumo, a bright and accessible bistro on one of the central streets of Ukrainian city Dnipro.


Te project was inspired by modern Italy, or rather a mix of its various cultural facets. Mosaic tiles, check patterns, and textured veneers refer to the Memphis group that revolutionised Italian design in the 1980s. Te project uses Alpi veneer, the original design of which was created by the founder of Memphis, Ettore Sottsass. Te restaurant’s focal point is a rounded bar, above which a massive lamp cap rises. It resembles meringue on a cake and works as a visual magnet of the interior. Trough panoramic windows, the illuminated bar can be seen from the street and square opposite the restaurant. A typical Italian feature is the moulded cast-iron table legs, typically found in Italian coffee shops. Traditionally, they use black-fired cast iron, but the table legs at Lumo have a cold glow of polished cast iron. Another original


accent is a leather canvas with raw edges. It was stretched and fixed to the round tabletops in a way that is used in the course of material preparation in Italian leather workshops. Te materials palette of Lumo includes mosaic tiles, metal, wood, and leather. Te achromatic palette of the interior is broken by shades of wood, an orange strip on the floor that zones the space, and a bright red sink in the bathroom.


Rounded shapes emphasise the hospitable mood of the place, such as the shades of pendant lamps, the line of the bar counter, and a massive arch portal separating the main hall from the wardrobe and bathrooms.


Dmitry Bonesko, art director at YOD Group, says: ‘We aimed to create a high-quality and restrained design for a wide audience – a bright, friendly, open format that works right here and now. It took eight months from the idea to the restaurant launch.’ yod.group


Project Lumo, Dnipro, Ukraine


Images The materials palette of Lumo includes mosaic tiles, metal, wood and leather


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