Montreal wine bar Vinvinvin by Ménard Dworkind takes cues from bottle labels

Deep purple tiles, geometric patterns and wine bottles repurposed as lamps characteristic inside this bar in Montreal, designed by native structure studio Ménard Dworkind.

The Vinvinvin bar in Montreal was designed by native agency Ménard Dworkind to characteristic a daring mixture of color, sample and texture.

“They have been searching for one thing loud, one thing with a number of color and one thing that basically broke the mould from conventional wine bars,” studio co-founder David Dworkind informed Dezeen.

The 1650-square-foot (153-square-metre) bar solely serves up pure wine, which is grown with out pesticides and left to ferment organically. Throughout that course of nothing is added or faraway from the liquid.

The idea for the undertaking started when the shoppers arrange a tasting of the wine, which the architects mentioned incorporates a “pure, unpredictable, and brilliant flavour” compared to basic alternate options.

However it was the intense and vivid graphics on the bottle labels offered the principle design cues for the undertaking.

Amongst these particulars are hexagonal desk tops, that includes graphic shapes and daring colors, which can be comprised of pc numerical managed (CNC) formica. There may be additionally a black and white maze like design painted on the entrance partitions within the entrance space.

“The thought to have a graphic factor primarily based on the graphics of the wine labels pushed among the design selections just like the patterned flooring tiles within the again, the hexagonal tables and a maze we painted on the wall within the entrance,” Dworkind mentioned.

A deep purple tile that matches the hue of crimson wine wraps the bottom of the curved central bar. That is used to separate the kitchen from the principle seating space within the rear, and divide the restaurant into seating zones.

A hardwood flooring directs company in direction of the again the place the flooring seamlessly turns into a patterned tile, a design impressed by the ebullience of pure wine labels.

“It’s deliberately busy, however on the identical time each resolution was thought out and we tried to actually curate the busyness and form of created a harmonious busyness,” the architect added.

Ménard Dworkind sourced supplies and objects for the undertaking from vintage outlets, on-line classic sellers, a manufacturing facility liquidation sale and even an outdated wine cellar.

The service counter, a repurposed dresser discovered at a classic retailer, is topped with travertine and a stainless-steel sink used to relax wine. The colored lights, collected from an outdated warehouse, adorning the wall are masked with painted metal sheets.

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“We tried to discover a new steadiness between modern and customized design,” mentioned Dworkind.

The studio even went so far as salvaging wine bottles to repurpose as bar lamps, which they designed in collaboration with Lambert et Fils. The varied shapes and thicknesses of the bottles made shining a lightweight by troublesome, so every has been sandblasted, which creates uniformity.

Dworkind based Ménard Dworkind with designer Guillaume Ménard in 2017. The agency has additionally designed the Miss Wong restaurant, a mini chinatown in Montreal’s Laval suburb, which pays homage to the vibrancy present in Chinatowns throughout the globe.

Different initiatives by the collaborative workplace embrace a magnificence salon that includes hacked pink armchairs and IKEA sinks.

Pictures is by David Dworkind.