ASKA draws on Wes Anderson films for pastel-coloured Cafe Banacado design
Swedish architecture studio ASKA has created a pale-yellow interior informed by Wes Anderson movies and the aesthetics of Cuba for Stockholm restaurant Cafe Banacado.
The all-day breakfast cafe has a colour palette of muted yellows, brown and cream hues, deliberately chosen to evoke the sun-drenched bars and cafes in more southern climates.
A large form-cut mirror reflects the cafe's pale yellow interior
The cafe's painted checkerboard floor is a reference to Cuba, and the space features a number of vintage touches ? including a wall decked out in Polaroid pictures and an LP player ? that add to its nostalgic feel.
"In order to create an environment that evokes a sense of 'time stood still' it felt natural to search for inspiration from the aesthetics seen in Cuba, as the design language found there follows classical timeless shapes while at the same time integrating retro and vintage elements," ASKA co-founder Polina Sandström told Dezeen. Green plants stand out against the pastel-coloured walls
Cafe Banacado also nods to American filmmaker Wes Anderson's dreamy retro style.
"The composition of the interior references the aesthetics of a Wes Anderson movie, as his motives often follow a strong symmetry and are built from a one-point perspective," Sandström explained.
"That sense of constructed perfection makes a space feel somewhat unreal."
ASKA designed tiled tables for the cafe
The 70-square-metre cafe has built-in sofas with comfortable p...
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