Flight Club: A Project Inspired By The Victorian Era – In today’s article, the Modern Chandeliers blog is taking a closer look at one of Ellis Design Studio’s projects. A personal favourite interior design firm, Ellis Design Studio’s work has received praise from the press as well as multiple awards in distinct industry sectors. Keep reading to discover more!
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Flight Club
A Project Inspired By The Victorian Era
Both Victorian fairgrounds and Great British pubs served as design inspiration for the Flight Club Darts in Victoria. The display of the area is intended to produce a dynamic, thrilling, immersive trip that inspires awe and wonderment—a “Fairground in the Sky.” The 15,000-square-foot flagship venue has two private rooms, three bars, 18 oche spots, a sizable outdoor patio, and three bars.
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The triple-height spiral staircase that serves as a doorway to the main venue on the first level dominates the space above the ground floor bar, which is modelled like traditional Victorian seashore kiosks. Both aspects contrast with the enormous, meticulously painted mural with a village fair theme.
Ellis Design Studio created oche rooms that pay homage to vintage amusement park games like “The Big Dipper,” “The Plate Smasher,” “The Shooting Gallery,” and “The Cabinet of Curiosities” by custom designing all bespoke joinery, lighting, and hand-painted wall finishes throughout the venue.
The Room of Toys, one of the venue’s two private areas, is designed after old fairground prizes. For the area, The Studio produced an impressive installation. Hundreds of old ceramic “fairings” mounted on specially cast plaster plinths cover the walls, and over 1400 soft toy “prizes” form a substantial canopy cover the whole ceiling of the room.
The main private room, “The Old Vic,” pays whimsical homage to Queen Victoria and her spirit of exploration and discovery. It is inspired by the cosiness and glitz of the classic British country pub. The room has an intricate ceiling feature with custom-formed plaster mouldings that are “deconstructed” in the style of the 19th century, as well as vintage lighting.
A variety of mismatched, complementary wallpapers were utilised to produce the eclectic pattern-on-pattern look typical of Victorian interiors. Timber wall panelling was hand-distressed to achieve patina and sparkle.
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The Studio combined contemporary and conventional decorative styles in the design by replicating Queen Victoria’s decorative cameos using 3D printing technology. Traditional British pubs served as inspiration for the design of the bar, which also includes hand-painted replicas of 19th-century landscapes and vintage ornamental themes.
The dramatic carousel-inspired central bar within the venue’s main space is the longest bar in Central London. The design was inspired by the complex geometry created through the intersection of three carousel canopies. The entire bar canopy and base were hand-painted with artworks influenced by paintings contained within Queen Victoria’s private collection. The addition of a pleated red velvet canopy over the bar added an element of theatricality and Victorian lustre.
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