new furniture landscape for queen of hoxton by shai akram and andrew haythornthwaite
shai akram and andrew haythornthwaite of OKAY studio collective have designed and installed a new ‘panorama’ of furniture at the queen of hoxton in london. the system is a landscape of surfaces including prop bars for standing and drinking, seats and tables connected to one another by archways of scaffolding. to construct the frames, the duo used a simple box section to construct the frames of the pieces and have given the legs padded heat shrink ‘socks’ to protect them from their hard life standing on the busy bar floor.
each of the tables legs have padded heat shrink ‘socks’ protecting them from the wear and tear they will face
tables come in various shapes, heights and sizes to accommodate the various activities that occur in the bar setting.
tables and benches with elongated tops
construction detail
view of the new furniture landscape within the queen of hoxton
details of the scaffolding connecting the individual furniture objects
concept sketch
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I don’t agree with ‘clever design’ comments. Its creative, and I support creativity, but this is not ”clever design”
the difference between the ‘concept sketch’ and the reality of the queen IS quite hilarious…
to someone who goes to queen of hoxton quite a bit, this doesnt seem that sturdy. I have to wonder if the designers ever visited the bar when the stereo is up and everyones had a few shandys
Romper-room furniture but the kids will get splinters. Only the tops feel finished. Simple can be elegant, utilitarian can be graceful, UGGs are charming. This is pedantic, argumentative, anti-aesthetic — crude for the sake of crude.
I love these! Clever designers. The painted legs make the tables zing.
And I say very cool…good design doesn’t have to be fancy.
you see ugly, I see new ideas of beauty. NICE
i guess it’s a global trend to make simple plain wood/metal furniture, with a design on the edge of being very ugly. when will it stop.