Blarney アイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリア by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銅賞 in インテリア空間・展示デザイン Competition Category.
銅インテリア· 2025
Blarney アイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリア
Client: The Blarney Stone
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in インテリア Category
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The Design
About Blarney アイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリア
Blarneyは、日本・大阪にあるアイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリアデザインである。この空間は早朝から深夜まで客をもてなす。カウンターのバックカウンターには回転扉を採用し、アルコール類を並べる棚とカフェ用の器具を収める棚を切り替えられるようにしている。重厚な伝統的装飾に代わり、壁面に直接描いたモノクロームのアートを配し、アイルランドの文化的要素や象徴的なポスターの解釈を表現した。狭小な空間に適応させるため、すべてのテーブルはバーカウンターと同じ高さに揃えられている。総床面積は70.78平方メートル。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Blarney アイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリアは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Blarney アイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリアは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Blarney アイリッシュパブ＆カフェのインテリアは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- For its third location as an Irish pub in Osaka, Blarney had to shift its business model to be able to serves customers from early morning to late night. To allow this transition the counter back cabinet uses a system of swinging doors altering between alcoholic beverages and cafe utensils shelves. Compared to a traditional Irish pub the heavy decoration was scraped out and replaced by monochrome art painted directly on the walls of the pub, and representing Irish culture and iconic posters.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 70.78sqm
W12085mm x D7050mm x H2800mm - Tags
- Japan, Osaka, Irish, Pub, Cafe, Flexible, interior, hospitality, bar, art
- Production Technology
- The walls are made using drywall techniques. They were then divided into three sections. A lower one is finished with cement based material. The middle part is finished in covering sheet with a rusted metal motif. And the upper part is finished in the same grey wall cloth as the ceiling. An indirect light line separates the wall parts. The art was painted directly on the top of the rust metal sheet.
- Design Challenge
- The middle ground between heavily decorated Irish pub and soft and relaxing atmosphere of a cafe can hardly be determined. Two strategies were adopted. The first is to design a counter back cabinet that showcases both alcoholic beverages and cafe utensils by creating pivoting doors. The second is to abstain from using any kind of traditional decoration and replace it with wall painting inspired by Irish culture elements and iconic posters interpretations.
- Research
- The project had to deal with a prominent dilemma that is related to its situation. The facility has strict rules that force the shop to open and provide services from early morning to late night. An Irish pub working hours is essentially in the afternoon and evening time, thus the need to convert the space to provide cafe services as well. The research consisted of balancing two different aesthetics of heavy Irish pubs and soft atmosphere of a cafe without loosing function of one or the other.
- Inspiration
- The bar and cafe cabinet are inspired by traditional furniture and black board signage. And added a twist by allowing them to pivot between the two, uncovering one or the other every time. The art on the wall refers to Irish cultural elements including the Blarney castle, the four leaf clove, the harp and some traditional motifs. The art also interprets some iconic posters for Irish whiskey and Guinness beer.
- Project Duration
- Project start: June 2023.
Construction starts: April 2024.
Project/Construction End: July 2024.
Location:
Osaka, Japan. - Operation Flow
- The shop has an almost trapezoidal shape with two sides open to the corridor shared with all the other restaurants. The closed kitchen is set to be in the corner with two walls. It extends with the counter space along the large wall and ends with the coffee machine space that is placed specifically to serve morning commuters. To avoid awkward positions in the narrow space all tables in the hall are set to the same height as the bar counter.
- Team Members
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
- Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer ©Senichiro Nogami, Blarney, 2024.
Image #2: photographer ©Senichiro Nogami, Blarney, 2024.
Image #3: photographer ©Senichiro Nogami, Blarney, 2024.
Image #4: photographer ©Senichiro Nogami, Blarney, 2024.
Image #5: photographer ©Senichiro Nogami, Blarney, 2024.
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