ECC CHINATOWN - 13A GERRARD ST - W1D5PS LONDON

2010

HOP, HERE WAS THE FIRST OVERSEA CHZON’S PROJECT :  I HAD TO MOVE « OUTRE MANCHE » FOR FOUR MONTHS , PLACING THE EUROSTAR AS MY NEW BEST FRIEND

MY MISSION WAS TO CREATE THE INTERIOR DESIGNOF THE NEW «EXPERIMENTAL COCKTAIL CLUB» LONDON, NEW CLUB FROM THE PARISIAN TEAM (EXPERIMENTAL COCKTAIL CLUB / CURIO PARLOR / PRESCRIPTION COCKTAIL CLUB), ON THE LIST : A BUILDING IN CHINATOWN IN REALLY BAD SHAPE AND ONLY 6 WEEKS TO REBUILD. (HOPEFULLY I HAD 3 MONTHS BEFORE TO BUILD THE PROJECT, DESIGN THE FURNITURE...)

AFTER : 42 DAYS AND NIGHTS … 15 WORKERS … A DAILY TEMPERATURE OF 0° ON SITE … 37 DARJEELING TEA DRUNK… 16 « SCOTCH EGGS «  SWALLOWED… 100 « DIM SUM » STICKED… ONE TOE BROKEN…  ONE IPOD LOST… 2 DELIVERIES BROKEN…  ONE ROLL OF CARPET LOST IN SCOTLAND … AND 350ML OF WALLPAPER LATER, HERE WE ARE ! CELEBRATING THE « CHIC FRANÇAIS » .... THIS ECC CHINATOWN IS A TRIBUTE TO MADELEINE CASTAING.. HUBERT DE GIVENCHY.. COCO CHANEL… BORIS VIAN AND CHARLES & RAY EAMES. TO MAKE THIS PLACE UNUSUAL, EVERY PIECE OF FURNITURE (EXCEPT THE LAMPS) IS ANTIQUE OR HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY CHZON …  FABRICS AND WALLPAPERS ARE FRENCH OR HANDMADE IN CHINA… TILES AND MIRRORS FROM ITALY …  LAMPS RUSSIAN… CEILLING FROM THE US.

Client : Experimental Group

Interior Architecture + Design : Dorothee Meilichzon

Graphic Design : Dorothee Meilichzon

Photos : Simona Belotti