Wilson & Market is the flagship restaurant at the Prahran Market in Melbourne.
The eatery includes a ‘hole-in-the wall’ take-away window, a café that extends into the market square, a brasserie and bar.
The restaurant, designed by Kestie Lane Studio, juxtaposes a contemporary, sophisticated aesthetic against the raw energy and buzz of the daytime marketplace.
And holds its own as an evening destination brasserie and bar venue too.
Kestie Lane Studio’s client wanted to create an interior that could accommodate a breakfast and lunch clientele as a light filled café and then transform to an evocative evening venue.
Structurally, the existing tenancy presented some challenges.
Very low ceilings and exposed existing services made for a difficult ceiling design and heights.
Conceptually, creating a dining space that could transform throughout the day, and simultaneously be distinct from the market experience and blend seamlessly with its surrounds was key.
Inside and out the venue exudes a sense of transparency and connection to the Prahran Market, with the playful design of the ‘tuck-shop’ window for takeaway coffee and the café that spills out into the market square.
The internal experience of the restaurant and bar is more intimate and plays on the theatre of food with an open kitchen, an oyster and rotisserie bar, and a marble clad 10 meter ‘white spirits’ bar.
Wilson and Market is bustling yet intimate, the interior encourages customers to immerse themselves allowing for a different experience each visit.
Diners experience a farm-to-table concept where biodynamic ingredients are sourced from small local farms.
The inspired food sits beautifully against the crafted interior that evokes a relaxed and memorable experience.
The sophisticated palette of finishes and custom crafted joinery sets the design language.
Warm finishes of grey stained oak timber joinery, terrazzo, and timber floors, and soft polished concrete walls are offset by the punch of the green tiles and marble.
Key Products Used
Wall Panelling – Easycraft
Leather and Fabric – Instyle / Camira Fabrics / James Dunlop
Terrazzo Flooring – Fibonacci Stone
Timber Floor – Tounge n Groove
Vinyl Flooring – Forbo
Black Decking – Ezywood
Reeded Glass – Veridian Glass
Expanded Mesh – Nepean Building
Powder Coating – Interpon
Stone – Glux
Tiles and Porcelain Panels – Byzantine Design / Artedomus / Academy Tiles
Concrete Render – Unitex
Fixtures and Fittings
Lighting – Inlite / Artefact Industries
Furniture – MAP Furniture / Schiavello
Project Details
Project size – 250 m2
Completion date – 2018
Building levels – 1
Project Team
Interior Design
Kestie Lane Studio
Kestie has worked for over 20 years in the design world, first starting her career as a designer maker then as an interior designer. Her attention to detail and tactility is brought to life in her highly crafted design projects.
Design is innate to Kestie and a fundamental part of her life. Whether she is at home with the family, travelling or in the design studio it inspires her and ignites her creative vision, which she injects into all of her projects.
Kestie’s projects have a calm, confident and inviting aesthetic, like the award-winning interior of The Kettle Black, which she created with her former design partner at Studio You Me, they are infused with warmth and soul.
Kestie Lane has established a reputation as an Australian design leader, along with her talented design team the studio has the capability to deliver projects for workplace, hospitality, retail, commercial, residential and multi-residential clients.
Photography
Peter Clarke
Peter is an established photographer with over 20 years’ experience in his field. Over the years, Peter has gained extensive knowledge and experience documenting the built environment, as well as natural and man-made landscapes.
His collaborative approach and strong vision has seen his unique graphic style applied to a wide range of industries including architecture, construction, mining and aviation.
Peter works with a diverse range of clients including architects, design practices, government bodies, listed companies, and publishers.
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Design © 2020 Kestie Lane Studio. All Rights Reserved.| Images © 2020 Peter Clarke. All Rights Reserved.
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