Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Olivomare Restaurant by Pierluigi Piu

Olivomare Restaurant by Pierluigi Piu
This Olivomare Restaurant is a cool interior design located in London’s Belgravia district. Designed by italian designer Pierluigi Piu. The Olivomare Restaurant is primarily clad in white, exuding a pristine and contemporary atmosphere. The lighting is soft, indirect and ambient, like that of sunlight as seen from underwater. It flows down recessed edges in the ceiling, permeates through an overhead skylight and filters between a tentacle-like ceiling detail.
Olivomare Restaurant by Pierluigi Piu
Each restaurant offers a unique menu, and Olivomare offers a premiere seafood-only based selection of foods. The decor is meant to reflect the elegant simplicity of the dishes being prepared.
Olivomare Restaurant by Pierluigi Piu
Upon entering the dining area, you’re presented with a large wall clad in an M.C. Escher inspired pattern of neverending fish, an obvious nod to the fact that the restaurant serves seafood. The references to ocean life continue with lighting overhead that is diffused by a thin nylon net, which appears to be luminescent tentacles, evoking a stray shoal of jellyfishes or sea anemones.