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Saturday night. What to do, where to go. Grab your coat and your appetite and meet me at Transformer Fitzroy, Melbourne by Breathe Architecture. Love the inner city industrial meets greenhouse trellis vibe of this former electrical transformer warehouse now vegetarian restaurant. Exposed brick, board formed concrete and chainlink fencing softened by pools of light and tumbling vines.

The last minute Christmas rush driving you nuts? You know that coffee is a cure-all. I promise. And no one does the coffee/cafe scene better than Melbourne. Mammoth by Technè is one of the latest hot spots.

“The brief was to create a peaceful, happy space that had a nod to subtle reference points including West Coast USA, summer holidays and the aesthetic of Wes Anderson films.”

I can definitely see a Euro 80s vibe as well in colours and materials. Very cool spot to escape the shopping crowds… if only for a little while.

Photography by Tom Blachford.

Two Italian families moved from Tuscany, Italy to Perth, Australia with the dream of opening an Italian restaurant. Two Italian bloggers, Elisabetta Rizzato of ITALIANBARK and Simona Nurcato of Bagni dal Mondo helped make this dream a reality by designing and branding what became a fun, inviting Italian restaurant and café called DAVVERO! The interior design – developed on a distance with online basis – is cosy and it mixes Italian and Australian moods in a rustic clean style. A bright space where white and natural wood are the background for the colourful made in italy items sold in DAVVERO!, which besides a restaurant is also a retail space selling Italian original products. The interior furnishing combines many tailor-made furniture pieces, designed in order to get the maximum of the interior layout, with accessories and lighting from ikea (ex. Hektar lamps customized with rope) and from online stores (ex. the Chesterfield style sofa, from an online store selling vintage items). 

A little more rustic goodness to end the day. This restaurant/coffee shop/bar located in Québec was designed by APPAREIL architecture. A little bit Scandinavian and a little bit French, the design is simple, raw and so lovely. Remember folks, while you’re tearing through layers….maybe you should just leave ‘er be. 

While some of you are booking tables at restaurants for a Saturday night out some of us are getting ready to serve you. A great night out on the weekend for some is just another shift at work for others. If you have to drag your sorry self into work on a weekend it should be to somewhere super stylish. I think Brasserie Blanc, Cheltenham, UK designed by Blacksheep might just be the sort of place to keep both groups happy.