Virtual Tour of the Sleep + Eat Event Lounge Bar Designed by Atellior. Visualisation by Fumo Studio.
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Guests couldn’t enjoy this year’s prestigious Sleep + Eat event but they joined forces with Decorex and held their virtual show on 17-19 November 2020. Here is a guided tour of the lounge bar hints at how the layout of bars might change over the next few years.
Social distancing is the key term for the year 2020. Yet human beings are social creatures. Our team at Atellior, responsible for the lounge bar, wanted to find a way to avoid this unnatural order.
Our design concept for the Main Lounge Bar at Sleep + Eat was to create a space focused around a ‘Physical Distance’, as opposed to the commonly used term ‘Social Distance’. Now more than ever we need to reach out and be more social to keep our community connected within this global pandemic.
The Central Bar is the main focus of our design with central drink shelves forming a tree like structure, metaphorically highlighting that nature is at the heart of our physical and mental health and community.
Back-drop to the central bar is our light garden, which reminds us that nature can become part of our lives even within interior environments and at all hours of the day.
Strategic planning influenced our layouts, we formed zones where people could comfortably sit and not feel encroached by others around them. This is clearly highlighted within the lounge area to the left of the bar, where we created five separate zones, allowing guests to safely enjoy a drink and their time at the bar Joinery, shelving and tall plants provide privacy, comfort and safety for our audience to be social yet physically distance where necessary.
Throughout the bar, lounge and workspace we included two metre distanced brass inlays, leading visitors lead through the space whilst maintaining their safety, privacy and comfort.
We hope you enjoy the tour through our bar.