Olio is only 5 weeks old. No learning to crawl then walk here. This tiny tin of design style is up and running. Sam Ritchie owns Cafe Cortille next door. He has knocked a hole in the wall of the kitchen, installed a pizza oven and converted a space about as big as a tin of olive oil into a cosy 45 seat trattoria. The design is a collaboration between Sam, Georgina Kay, Suzie Stamford (fun lighting using old colanders & tomato tins) and Pip Compton (delicate, detailed, HB pencil illustrations). Olio Cuccina e Trattoria, 32 Block Place, Melbourne.
Well oiled machine
Dial a pizza
It starts with an email. You then have to find Hidden Pizza. When you get there you dial a number and place your order. They send you an SMS confirmation. That's your ticket in the door. From here take the seriously cool lift to the basement of this old garment factory. Once you're in the pizza is free.
The interior is by Joost. The pizza by Tony Fazio (v. v. good). The wooden wheely bins are by Mario the chippie. Hidden Pizza opened tonight and is only around for 2 weeks. I'm predicting the ground swell will grow. Given the ordering system and the no-cost-to-play I am also guessing there is a significant sponsorship behind the stoves (well technically its a pizza oven and some prep benches). Go, mangare ... its good. Hidden Pizza
Have faith
Sit lightly please
This is not a lamp. It's a solid wood seat or a side table... or it could be a lamp if you like being kept in the dark. via floriankallus.de
A very good chair
In his spare time my older brother is an excellent handyman. He lives by the philosophy 'measure twice, cut once'. So do Very Good & Proper. They make one chair and one table. That's it. Simple, stylish, stackable stuff inspired by the school days of the sixties.
I would if you wood
Iheartwood.com started following me on Twitter yesterday. They love everything wood. I love the fact they told me about this honeycomb hive in Osaka.
I think this stacks up
In all my born days I would never have thought I'd be giving airtime to the PP. I think the last time I set foot in a store was post-movie with my 10 year old niece (who is now 22). It's just not on my dining radar... but the Ad currently running on the Telly tingled my antenae. Firstly, I thought it was really clever. Secondly, I liked it. This surprised the living daylights out of me as I am not a PP fan (menu, decor, anything, full stop). But rather than go down that path, I recall the advice of a v. good Texan friend ... "oh, just put on some lipstick, smile and be nice". Here is my 'be nice' :
The collage style graphic treatment is right on trend, and yet it is instantly recognisable as the brand I have known for at least 30 years ... the whimisical characters inspired by Alice in Wonderland, the old guy with the 2 phone handles stuck to his head (whom I would guess has been part of the story since day 1) etc. are all still there and they're sort of cool in this context.
The logo/typeface looks the same to me as I recall it did when I was a teenager. Maybe they've refined it slightly, but not enough for me to notice. All you Typomaniacs out there would probably have a 3 day debate on why you don't think it is absolutely 'fontastic', but I actually think it works here.
Take a look for yourself, its on YouTube. Oh and BTW, let me know if you think I'm a pancake short of a stack on this one wont you - Lovely!