Copenhagen restaurant Kadeau has inside redesigned by OEO Studio

OEO Studio has labored with a palette of darkish tones and earthy shades to revamp the inside of a Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant.

The locally-based interiors studio designed the inside of Kadeau‘s Copenhagen outpost when it first opened, again in 2015, however has now returned to provide the area a change in atmosphere.

The brand new inside makes use of the identical design language however creates a hotter and extra tactile expertise for diners, combining shades of darkish gray and crimson with supplies like terracotta, brass and oak.

“The unique design was precisely what we had envisaged, but as a designer there are at all times stuff you need to do barely otherwise and even re-design if given the prospect,” defined OEO Studio co-founder Thomas Lykke.

“When head chef Nicolai Nørregaard known as, I believed now’s the time to enhance and create an much more extraordinary expertise for the friends of Kadeau and create an much more charismatic and welcoming design,” he added.

The redesign is introduced earlier than you even enter the restaurant – the once-blue door is now painted in a tender crimson shade. To enter, guests should ring a bell and wait for somebody to greet them.

Inside, areas have been barely reconfigured in addition to restyled. The lounge is now bigger, with crimson partitions to match the doorway.

Mutina’s sandy-toned Celosia bricks create a zigzag-patterned backdrop to this area, providing a textural distinction to the Kolumba brick ground.

Seating right here is offered by a dark-upholstered banquette, picket lounge chairs and fleece-covered stools.

Different particulars embrace brass wall lights by Scandinavian model Astep and vibrant work by Tehran-born, Copenhagen-based artist Farshad Farzankia.

Elsewhere, OEO Studio was requested to create a wholly new area – a non-public eating room, with room for as much as 14 friends.

This area is outlined by a big eating desk, made utilizing an enormous plank of Dinesen timber. The chairs are certainly one of OEO studio’s personal designs – the Coco Armchairs, manufactured by Gubi. There’s additionally an open-service kitchen and a cupboard full of preserved fruits, herbs and wine.

In the primary eating room, darker partitions assist to creates a cosier environment.

Notable new additions embrace oak waiter stations, topped with granite from the island of Bornholm (the place Kadeau’s unique restaurant is situated). A wine room has additionally been created, that includes iron-framed doorways and home windows.

A greenhouse can also be being added to the restaurant, on account of open in 2021. This can prolong the eating space, providing views out to the backyard.

Kadeau will not be the one restaurant that OEO Studio has designed in Copenhagen; the studio can also be behind Sticks’n’Sushi and the newly opened Hija de Sanchez Cantina.

Nonetheless, it’s a undertaking that co-founders Thomas Lykke and Anne-Marie Buemann maintain in excessive regard.

“Kadeau and the individuals behind this undertaking have a particular place in our hearts and we’re extraordinarily pleased with the area,” provides Lykke.

Different latest initiatives by OEO Studio embrace Inua, a restaurant in Tokyo headed up by former Noma chef Thomas Frebel.

Pictures is by Michael Rygaard.