Ellis Design Studio: Outstanding Interior Design Projects – Ellis Design Studio was founded with the goal of creating exquisitely detailed, flawlessly shaped interiors that properly reflect the needs and objectives of the customer. Her amazing work is the subject of today’s article, so join the Modern Chandeliers blog while we unveil the outstanding projects of this London-based interior design studio!

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Outstanding Interior Design Projects

Electric Shuffle – Canary Wharf

The concept for Electric Shuffle was based on the classic board game of shuffleboard. With a tribute to Tesla’s brilliance, the intention was to highlight the beauty in utility as well as reinterpret and appreciate the industrial/Deco-influenced style.

The main bar is located on the ground level and features a dramatic double-height design that was inspired by power plants. It also pays respect to the early designs of electrical transmission experiments as well as the 1940s factory aesthetic. The main bar’s double-height void space is dominated by a massive custom spinning light fixture that resembles an electrical turbine. The copper-accented fluted wood trim gives the appearance of endless copper tubes carrying wiring to “power” the venue.

Editor’s choice:

Waterfall Sputnick Suspension

Flight Club- Birmingham

Flight Club Birmingham is an 8,700-square-foot space with 14 restaurants and two bars spread across three floors. The ground floor’s design is based on the idea of a fairground attraction known as a “trick of the eye.” In the backdrop of a Victorian fairground, the design concept explores the origins of animation and the moving image. A massive ceiling feature and bar with encircling trompe l’oeil “windows” that show the nearby town fairground dominate the ground level area.

Reclaimed Victorian fireplace tiles, laser-cut blackened steel details, and hand-painted patterns modeled after classic carnival game patterns can be seen on the bar front. Traditional carousel canopies’ elements are incorporated into the bar’s canopy. The Studio created the wall lights specifically to pay homage to the early animators. The wall lights, which are phenakistoscope-inspired, let visitors see these early animation attempts for themselves.

Magic Gardens – Victoria, London

The idea of a classic British village green serves as the basis for the 9,000-square-foot outdoor patio at Magic Gardens. The area features a summer house, a garden shed, a bandstand, and a village green, all of which are strikingly contrasted with the contemporary nature of the Central London skyline.

The terrace has a bandstand-inspired fire pit seating area, an eclectic mix of furnishings, salvaged mirrors, and vintage decorative garden items. It is surrounded on both ends by full-height living walls. The renovated red phonebox plays songs on request and is considered London‘s smallest disco.

Editor’s choice:

McQueen Pendant

Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel – Killiney, Ireland

A 4-star hotel with 113 rooms, The Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel is located close to Dublin City Centre. In the castle’s cellar, there is a bar called the Dungeon. The bar was created as a laid-back, unpretentious area open to both hotel guests and the general public.

The room had parts of the building that date back to the medieval era and which were discovered during the renovation process. The plan called for incorporating these historically significant aspects of the structure, like the 13th-century turret, to produce a warm, hospitable space.

Electric Shuffle London Bridge – London

Located in five ancient Victorian brick vault arches just beneath the concourse of the famous London Bridge Station in the center of Central London, this flagship venue has more than 8,000 square feet of space. The impressive and eerie vaults have been transformed into a stunning new facility, featuring two show-stopping bars, ten shuffleboard play areas, and numerous food and beverage spaces. The location has been carefully planned to provide a dramatic, sensory, and conceptual setting that highlights the magnificent Victorian architecture that is still visible underneath the London Bridge station.

The regressive motion of light through tunnels served as inspiration for the architecture of the bar. This concept combines the scheme’s train and transportation-related features with Electric Shuffle’s electrically influenced appearance. A sequence of extended sinuous arches makes up the second bar, giving the room a sense of dramatic verticality. Between the final two arches, the bar serves as a focal point. Its design was influenced by the intricate arrangements of vaults and arches typically found in railway station architecture. Custom-made chrome hemispheres embedded within the hand-painted, lit arches evoke oversized rivets, and the industrial-inspired features, such as the ribbed timber and metal strapping, give homage to the railway-inspired style.