

“The client, Marga Group, was working on The Central, a big development in Yangon [Myanmar], with residences, office space, shopping, F&B [food and beverage], and they were looking to run some of the F&B concepts themselves, including a food hall featuring desserts for the millennial market. They gave me a double height, street-side space and asked me to design a food courtselling local and imported desserts.”
Interpretation
“I wanted to create interiors that were fun and youthful, because that’s the target age group. My forms are simple and playful – circular tables, low benches; it’s easy geometry. I designed every piece. In a commercial project, like a food court, you might have a lot of contract furniture, but I wanted it to look like someone had handcrafted each piece.
“I also looked at Yangon’s Victorian architecture – such as the romantic shapes and arches – and that’s why you see a lot of retro aspects, but done in a modern and contemporary way. And I took inspiration from old-fashioned, turn-of-the-century dessert parlours in Europe – the black-and-white marble tiles allude to early 1900s dessert bars, bistros or cafes.”