ORIENT EXPRESS / INSTALLATION / STYLEPARK IN RESIDENCE /
2006
Commissioned by Stylepark in Residence, organizers of the Cologne Furniture Fair’s major fringe show, we created a kasbah-like temporary restaurant that became the social heart of the week-long festival. The ORIENT EXPRESS occupied the central atrium of the building (a former German Railway headquarter) and combined white chair_ONEs, OSOROMs seating elements and DIANA tables with Persian carpets, while MAYDAY lamps were hooked onto two huge, mosc-like chandeliers. By day the space was a hub of visitors sipping coffee, eating spinach quiche and admiring the lighting. By evening, the tables and chairs were cleared and the restaurant was transformed into a dancefloor, with partygoers swinging from the chandeliers (see film).

Project assistant: Benoit Steenackers (KGID)
Commissioned by: Stylepark