Sikora Interiors has designed a dessert cafe in the historic downtown of a Hanseatic city in Poland. The brief was a bold, experimental space that could launch a new brand, and the designers took their cue from the world of desserts.
A yellow room with traditional details
The whole interior is painted bright yellow, but the fittings are fairly classic. There is a French herringbone floor, ceiling mouldings, and tables with sculpted legs paired with chairs that have traditional woven backrests.
Banquettes with cushions in different colours run along the walls. Pendant lights hang over the tables and balloon lamps are fixed to the walls.
A ceiling sculpted on site
The ceiling is the main feature. Designer Jan Sikora describes it as his personal expression and compares the process to the work of Kurt Schwitters. Rather than drawing it in advance, he shaped the geometric forms by hand on site, day by day, building up a composition that he likens to an old sculpture.
He also links the ceiling to the food: like the desserts served below it, he sees it as a kind of short-lived art.
As a general point, a single strong colour can give a small hospitality space a clear identity, especially when the furniture and finishes around it are kept simple and familiar.
Project credits
- Interior design: Sikora Interiors (Jan Sikora)
- Site: historic downtown of a Hanseatic city, Poland
- Photography: Tom Kurek
- Source: Contemporist