MIMI
An interior precedent for hospitality design utilizing vertical glowing light channels and mirrored backbar shelving to create a moody, theatrical atmosphere.
- What we like about this project
- Large circular acoustic or design patterns embedded in the upper panels that echo the spherical table lamps.
Materials
- mirror
- brass
- velvet
- marble
- glass
- wood
Visual identifiers
- vertical-light-strips
- mirrored-backbar
- globe-lamps
- velvet-barstools
Style tags
- retro-lounge
- theatrical
- atmospheric
- mid-century-modern
Visual tags
- hospitality
- bar-interior
- moody
- warm-lighting
- symmetrical
- retro
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition centered on the lit bottle display with vertical glowing reveals dividing the backbar bays.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled bar counter with counter-height seating and an intimate table arrangement in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Warm, high-intensity vertical light strips flanking shelves; glowing globe table lamps and amber under-bar glow.
- Atmosphere
- Intimate, sultry, and cinematic glow dominated by amber and warm light reflections.
- Environmental context
- Enclosed hospitality lounge interior with no direct exterior exposure visible.
- Spatial experience
- Intimate lounge environment where vertical light channels draw the eye upward while low, warm ambient lighting creates a moody enclave.
- Composition rhythm
- Strictly symmetrical vertical rhythm dictated by the alternating lit shelving bays and acoustic or decorative panels above.
- Style reading
- Theatrical mid-century inspired lounge interior
- Program
- Cocktail lounge and bar
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- mirror, brass, velvet, marble, glass, wood
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-light-strips, mirrored-backbar, globe-lamps, velvet-barstools
- Style tags
- retro-lounge, theatrical, atmospheric, mid-century-modern
- Visual tags
- hospitality, bar-interior, moody, warm-lighting, symmetrical, retro
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition centered on the lit bottle display with vertical glowing reveals dividing the backbar bays.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled bar counter with counter-height seating and an intimate table arrangement in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Warm, high-intensity vertical light strips flanking shelves; glowing globe table lamps and amber under-bar glow.
- Atmosphere
- Intimate, sultry, and cinematic glow dominated by amber and warm light reflections.
- Environmental context
- Enclosed hospitality lounge interior with no direct exterior exposure visible.
- Spatial experience
- Intimate lounge environment where vertical light channels draw the eye upward while low, warm ambient lighting creates a moody enclave.
- Composition rhythm
- Strictly symmetrical vertical rhythm dictated by the alternating lit shelving bays and acoustic or decorative panels above.
- Style reading
- Theatrical mid-century inspired lounge interior
- Program
- Cocktail lounge and bar
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior