Cobalt blue surfaces line this bar and restaurant in Manhattan's Lower East Side, designed by Brooklyn-based Studio Omar Aqeel as a "retro-futuristic oasis".
On the corner of East Houston and Allen streets, Only Love Strangers is a two-level cocktail lounge, restaurant and live-music venue that draws influences from 1960s and 70s surrealism.
Guests arriving at Only Love Strangers are greeted at a cantilevered host stand within a limewashed space
Studio Omar Aqeel blended references ranging from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey movie and Eileen Gray's E-1027 villa to the sculptures of Alexander Calder for the interiors. "A site of sensory fantasy ? especially for discerning creatives ? Only Love Strangers boasts a unique aesthetic that encourages endless discovery," said the team.
An arched opening leads into a bar area lined floor to ceiling with cobalt blue tiles
Guests who enter the 6,300-square-foot (585-square-metre) space are greeted at a cantilevered, brushed-aluminium host stand.
Straight ahead, through an arched opening, is a bar area enveloped in floor-to-ceiling cobalt blue tiles with blue grouting.
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