MAIA Design Studio has unveiled its design for Lucky Chan, a new restaurant in Bangalore, India. Spread across nearly 1,600 square feet, the casual Asian concept occupies the ground floor of a former two-story residence.
For the interiors, the design team opted to use locally sourced materials and traditional Indian craftsmanship techniques in order to characterize the fragmented layout with a sense of modern authenticity. “At MAIA, we aim to incorporate an Indian craft in some way or the other in every project we do,” says the firm’s founder and creative director Shruti Jaipuria. “For Lucky Chan, we collaborated with artisans from Channapatna, a small town in South India that is very well known for its wooden toys. The craft goes back 300 years and with the help of the artisans, we created an installation of 250 modules.”
The art installation showcases wooden modules lacquered in hues of red, yellow, green, and brown. The parapet-like figures form a grid across the dining room ceiling, offset by large beams clad with mirrors that expand the interior. Locally minded gray granite and light birch panels also adorn the walls and floors to form the restaurant’s neutral, textural backdrop. The minimalist aesthetic is further amplified by patterned mosaic of red, green, and yellow tiles, while pastel pinks and greens tie the ambiance together.
