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Tom Dixon designed nearly
all of the elements within the
restaurant Eclectic, including
the brass host stand (right)
and the hexagonal brass wall.
In the main dining room,
Cell Tall Pendant fixtures
(opposite) clad in layers of
digitally etched, polished
brass are clustered for visual
and lighting impact.

Eclectic
by Tom Dixon's Design Research Studio
Having opened in January during Maison et Objet
in Paris, the design-forward Eclectic has quickly
become one of the hottest restaurants in the City
of Lights. Designed by Tom Dixon of London and his
interior design consultancy, Design Research Studio,
this restaurant serves as a living showcase of sorts
for the latest lighting, furnishings, and accessories
by the British design impresario. The 160-seat
restaurant, located in the Beaugrenelle Centre in
the 15th arrondissement, is Dixon's first interior
in France.
Parisian restauranteurs Fabienne and Philippe
Amzalak gave Dixon artistic freedom for Eclectic,
after doing the same with Philippe Stark for the
restaurant Bon in 2008. In Eclectic, interior
influences from the free-form 1970s are a marriage
of Parisian chic and British eccentricity. Hexagonal
forms, including polished brass hexagons adorning
at least 32 linear feet of interior wall, recall the
geometric and modular concepts of the 1970s.

In some ways inspired by Brutalism, floors are
concrete, either unfinished or waxed, interspersed
with areas of thick carpet.
Illuminated by Dixon's latest lighting fixtures
Dixon is renowned as a lighting designer, and
Eclectic includes many of his recent lighting
products artistically arranged. Most notably,
a central chandelier is composed of 124 Cell Tall
Pendant lights clustered together for dramatic
impact (see front cover). The Cell Tall Pendant
light, which has a hexagonal opening at its base,
is designed to mimic cellular growth with layers
of digitally etched polished brass that filter light
for a soft glow. Other light fixtures in the space
include the designer's Base Floor Light with an
industrial-looking cast iron base and minimal
copper shade. And still more Dixon light fixtures
in bronze and copper finishes are featured in
the restaurant.

Among the furnishings, an upholstered Pivot
Chair by Dixon-debuting for the public and design
trade at Salone del Mobile in Milan this month-is a
highlight of an Eclectic lounge area overlooking the
Seine. Dixon's Scoop chair, clad in a custom fabric,
is placed adjacent to custom banquettes. Verner
Panton's Cone Chair is implemented at smaller
tables and is one of the few Eclectic furnishings not
designed by Dixon. The attention to detail extends
into the bathrooms where, beneath Dixon's Etch
Shade Brass lights, custom copper bathroom sinks
appear like oversized chalices.
Eclectic is intended as a brasserie, a restaurant
for business meals, as well as a post-work meeting
place. The overall impact is sumptuous, sculptural,
elegant, warm, and inviting-eclectic, yet
beautifully composed. -JOHn CzARnECkI

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Columnist: Making Recruiting a Continual Firm Project
Product Focus: Inspired by Nature
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Product Briefs: Hospitality
Mandarin Oriental Guangzhou
Fogo Island Inn
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles
TAO Downtown
nhow Rotterdam
Eclectic
IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards Winners
Designers Select: Hospitality
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