American interior designer Ken Fulk is behind the pastel palette at this new restaurant and bar in the Miami Design District.

The neighbourhood's latest food and nightlife destinations, Swan and Bar Bevy, opened in November 2018 by local hospitality bigwig David Grutman and musician Pharrell Williams, to media fanfare and a celebrity crowd.
With a menu by chef Jean Imbert, the two-storey restaurant and bar was designed by San Francisco- and New York-based Ken Fulk, who opted for a tropical aesthetic apt for the setting.

Swan occupies the ground floor, with eating areas that spill out into the secluded courtyard filled with local flora. "We created a courtyard that felt very private, so it was interior facing and wasn't bright and shiny and outward facing," Fulk told Dezeen during a tour of the space.
The interior is decorated with soft, candy colours that remind of Miami's 1920s heyday. "The restaurant does have a real feminine flair to it," said Fulk. "It's a little old-fashioned-feeling on purpose, like harking from another time."

Upon entering the space through glass doors, a curved bar is positioned straight ahead. The horseshoe-shaped pewter counter is accompanied by stools and backed with pink onyx. It forms both a central area for socialising, and a divider for more intimate dining spaces on either side.
These too feature a pastel palette, with pale pink walls and upholstery, and cream-coloured furniture.

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