Eponymously dubbed Spazio Pesca, the hub is located on via Paolo Sarpi in Milan’s Chinatown and takes over a typical Milanese townhouse. Set designer and interior architect Cevenini has created a series of ‘surprising’ contrasts within its rooms, juxtaposing bright colours with muted shades.

An acid green entrance sets the tone, leading into an exhibition space with a kitchen, office and meeting rooms beyond – in less lurid colours.

Mirrored tables and stools are by architect Sofia Albrigo. However, there’s a veritable feast of product design within the ‘polymorph space’, including spaghetti chips by Alias, ergonomic seating from Lapalma and lighting by Vesoi. There’s also a fully equipped kitchen by Zerogloss and an instagramable floral display in the bathroom by Mariachiara Manelli.

Spazio Pesca can be hired for events, shoots, press days, pop-up stores or exhibitions on a flexible basis, as well as providing workspace for the creative collective.

Via Paolo Sarpi 56, 20154 Milan, Italy

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The Parisian neighbourhood is well known for its literary ties and was once a hub of bookshops, publishers, intellectuals, poets and writers. Cravan channels some of this history through its interiors, designed by Ramy Fischler to evoke the feeling of an intimate, literary gathering.

Herringbone wooden flooring, fireplaces, and sofas tucked into nooks feel closer to being a home than a bar – although counters for ordering drinks are located on each level of the building and designed using eye-catching green and white marble and striped mirror panelling.

Fischler’s studio also designed Cravan’s furniture and cocktail glasses, making use of salvaged materials wherever possible, including leftover fabric from LVMH’s various fashion sub-brands.

And if there’s any chance of guests forgetting Saint-Germain-des-Prés’ long connection with the literary world, they can remind themselves in Cravan’s second-floor bookstore – which allows visitors to browse the collection, cocktail in hand.

165 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France

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The Joshua Tree bolthole opened in early 2023 and takes over a 1962 pueblo-style roadside building imaginatively restored by siblings Brit Epperson of Studio Plow and Barrett Karber of Grain Construction.

The pair worked on a tight budget, re-staining the exterior facade and pulling materials from salvage yards for Mas O Menos’ white-washed interiors. Rafters are exposed overhead and complemented by clay, tiles and textures. Terracotta floor tiles are used in the lounge, while the bar front features pale clay brick tiles. Colour bursts can be found in the bathroom, where glossy, pink-hued tiles backdrop wiggly mirrors.

Epperson has continued Más O Menos’s light and breezy vibe via lemon and gold-coloured candy-stripe fabrics for seating, plus natural wicker stools with angular steel legs. Custom furniture is designed by Karber, including a ‘Jenga’ esque coffee table, timber bench ends, and terrazzo-topped tables with Douglas fir bases.

In addition to its menu of coffee, cocktails and natural wines, the tavern is hosting a series of bi-monthly pop-up restaurant collaborations and community events.

66031 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA 92252, United States

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Glass and glossy paint are out, and parquet flooring and coffee ground tables are in at Tate Modern’s revamped riverside cafe, Corner.

The space’s new look comes courtesy of architects Holland Harvey, tasked with adapting Corner’s interiors – last updated around 20 years ago by Herzog & De Meuron.

In a bid to soften the cafe’s interiors, Holland Harvey has removed reflective panelling and fluorescent lighting and stripped back paint to reveal the wooden flooring underneath. Foam insulation has been used to round sharp corners, and a new riverside entrance beckons passersby, regardless of whether they’ve been to the gallery or not.

The final elements are the cafe’s new furniture, some of which comprises refurbed pieces rescued from the Tate Modern’s storage. Several pieces have been made using reclaimed materials, including tables produced from a mix of coffee grounds and shells and wooden benches crafted from ash trees felled to control ash dieback.

At night, Corner’s new built-in stone banquettes turn into a raised DJ booth at the press of a button.

The Corner at Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG, United Kingdom

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Long-held craft methods and materials have been used to create the textured backdrop of this Antiparos restaurant, a contemporary interpretation of Greek design.

Antiparos is the sister of Paros and is smaller, quieter and more relaxed in comparison. This understated, slow vibe influenced Manhattan Projects’ cofounder Andreas Kostopoulos, who led Bardót’s interiors, described as ‘a seamless convergence of techniques, eras, styles, and cultures – artisanal and engineered, historic and modern, minimalist and ornamental, foreign and domestic.’

The building was originally the home of a shipbuilding family, and several prior renovations had to be stripped back to reveal the original masonry work. Much of the space feels quintessentially Greek, particularly its grotto-like, limestone-washed dining spaces and terracotta-coloured tiles.

Antiques, including oil jars and a butter churn repurposed as a stool, also speak to the island’s history. In contrast, Manhattan Projects has installed mid-century loungers, seats and dining chairs, and low-slung lighting pendants illuminating the space.

Guests can choose the more cave-like rooms inside, or head for Bardót’s sunny courtyard, with its captive olive tree and high, textured stucco walls. Dishes are served tapas style alongside signature cocktails made with local ingredients.

Antiparos Town 840 07 Greece

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MOKO will have a similar set-up to the pair’s first Peckham-based bar, JUMBI, and is described as a ‘one-deck-hi-fi-restaurant-meets-blues-party concept’. It features a solid oak booth by Don Heston and lighting design by Lucas Edwards, a large in-house vinyl library and audiophile-quality sound courtesy of audio studio Friendly Pressure.

‘For those in the know, the word MOKO is synonymous with JUMBI. Primarily known as a stilt walker character performed at carnival – the word traces its origins to West Africa,’ says an Instagram post from the venue. ‘As an Orisha (God) of Retribution, Moko is the Ying to Jumbi’s Yang – a character that exists in Caribbean folklore as a healer, a protector and a deity, in contrast to Jumbi’s spirit – an archetypal trickster…’

MOKO will be open late every night from Tuesday until Saturday, with vegan food by Sister Woman Vegan served from noon to 10pm each day. The venue throws open its doors on Friday, 18 August and Saturday, 19 August, with guest DJ sets, free drinks and food.

39B Markfield Road, South Tottenham, London N15 4QA

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Cult South Korean design collective Ader Error opened its first stand-alone concept store in Busan, and its gritty subterranean interiors draw on the street.

The label’s in-house design team crafted the outpost. Interiors go big on brutalism – an extension of the rugged, concrete exterior shell of the store’s low-rise building on Seojon-ro.

A discreet street entrance at the street floor leads to a neon-lit staircase and down into the underground retail space, which is backdropped by raw, sandblasted concrete walls and slatted panels. Large mirrors expand the visual plane, with austere furniture and fixtures fabricated from stainless steel and polished metal.

Tufted rugs and bright blue carpeting soften the space and add a postmodern vibe. At the same time, a massive rock formation mounted on wooden pallets feels like an art installation – as does a hanging chandelier made from shards of metal and scraps of fabric, like an art assemblage.

18 Seojon-ro 37beon-gil, Level B1 (Busanjin) South Korea

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Melbourne’s not short of beautiful cocktail bars and restaurants, but Dion Hall raises the bar with Her, a mid-century-inspired bar and eatery that oozes golden charm.

The designer was tapped by the HQ Group to design the drinking spot inside the revamped Pacific House in the city’s downtown business district, now known as Her. The heritage-listed former cigar factory dates from 1903 and houses four individual venues celebrating food, drink, art and music, dubbed Her Bar, Thai restaurant BKK, the Music Room and Her Rooftop.

Hall drew on the ambience and vibe of French boulevard bistros to inspire Her Bar’s glowing interiors – winning a commendation from the Eat Drink Design Awards for his ambient interiors. Honey-coloured wooden wall panels are dotted with artworks by local creatives and glowing orb lights that cast a golden glow across the space. Meanwhile, buttery leather couches, banquettes, terrazzo floor tiles, marble table tops, and brass elements heighten the golden vibes.

Artist Eleanor Louise Butt created a custom 10-metre-long artwork behind the zinc-topped bar – nodding to the graffiti on the surrounding laneways.

Up a level is the Music Room – a bespoke sound space inspired by Japanese listening bars. Hall has wrapped the entire soundproof area in rich American walnut, including its floors, walls, ceiling, bar, and DJ booth. The space is engineered to perfection by Mickey Levis, who developed its sound system and acoustic resolution, while L’Observatoire International developed its sophisticated lighting design. Plush velvety seating and hard-to-find vinyl complete the offering.

And not to be outdone, Music Room scooped the ‘Best Bar’ design award for 2022.

270 Lonsdale Street, Ground Floor, Melbourne, VIC

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The majority of Palazzo Borghese is still owned by the fabled family, whose ancestors constructed most of the harpsichord-shaped building in 1613. However, smaller portions have been sold over the years, including its eastern wing annexe, which opened in 2019 as Hotel Vilòn by the Shedir Collection.

The newly christened Palazzo Vilón is a sprawling 1,000 sq m apartment inside Palazzo Borghese’s 17th-century wing, owned by film producer Pietro Valsecchi and operated by Shedir. The three-bedroom residence is an astounding piece of architecture whose roots trace back to a rivalry in 1671 between the Borgheses and the Colonnas, which saw the apartment decadently decorated over seven years by a whose-who of leading artists and artisans to show off the Borgheses’ superior wealth and tastes. Its exquisite highlight is the Galleria degli Specchi or Mirror Room – decorated with stucco-framed mirrors, inlaid-marble floors and a dazzling ceiling.

The interiors have been sensitively decorated by Milanese architect Giampiero Panepinto, leaving the building or ‘box’ unaltered but curating its contents with finesse. Vintage, midcentury modern and contemporary furniture and objects rub shoulders in a playful dialogue with the 17th-century surroundings while windows peer onto the private garden of Palazzo Borghese.

Of course, a stay in such a space comes at a premium: €15,000 a night, to be specific. The Hotel Vilón staff services the apartment, including a butler, who can arrange private visits to the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel before they open to the public, and guests have access to all of the hotel’s amenities, including its spa, bar and restaurants. Perhaps most intriguing, dinner is served in the Galleria, which seats up to 40 people with views of the spectacular ceiling overhead.

And while centrally located (a short walk from the Spanish Steps and Eternal City), the property enjoys ample privacy afforded by Palazzo Borghese’s grounds.

Via dell’Arancio, 69, Rome, Rome 00186 Roma RM Italy.

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