Stripping it back

Here we present Burger & Beyond’s first permanent restau­rant, on Shoreditch High Street opposite the Ace Hotel. We devised a cool and stripped back interior concept for the two-storey space, creating a premium industrial-style dining spot for the festival pop-up Burger sensation’s first bricks and mortar site. Neon lighting was a must, along with a long counter-dining bar and a variety of seating styles for groups, Mr & Mrs and single-seater lunch break burger fans.

An atmos­pher­ic space with clean lines and inno­v­a­tive use of cost-effective raw materials. Concrete-base ban­quettes with sink-into cushions, steel studded surfaces, cor­ru­gat­ed poly­car­bon­ate walls and starkly stylish neon tube lighting. Softened with Arabescato marble tables, ter­ra­cot­ta brick and amber lime wash walls.

At the shopfront window, we placed a hand-crafted chainmail-inspired heavy-weight curtain, created from 100s and 100s of small pieces of felt woollen fabric. Our wonderful seam­stress Larysa held the faith and kept sewing.…and sewing…and sewing.

Our interior scheme uses a base palette of concrete, metal, wood, canvas and leather. Modern black and raw steel metals have been layered with a variety of textured meshes and archi­tec­tur­al bolts. These indus­tri­al details have been offset against more natural materials including stone, vintage bricks and lime wash paint to create a warmer, cosier space than many current East-London restau­rants. The original plastered walls have been exposed and lime washed to add extra distress and character. Various vintage elements, such as antique Victorian fire­places and exposed wooden beams, are jux­ta­posed with the modern metals, cor­ru­gat­ed plastics and geometric patterns.