With a vision to enrich lives through design, Industville are the makers of handcrafted, uniquely designed lights and furniture. Operating in the UK for over a decade and shipping internationally, they take pride in collaborating with leading interior designers, property developers and architects in both the residential and commercial space that elevate every experience.
Industville has become a go-to for lighting and furniture solutions that not only stand out from the crowd but help make spaces feel truly inviting, with commercial customers including Caffè Nero, M&S, Fat Face, National Trust and Soho House to name a few.
Recently Industville collaborated with interior designer Siobhan Mooney on the lighting design for restaurant Origin City in London. This British nose-to-tail dining destination offers well-sourced, simple ingredients served beautifully. Here, Siobhan talks about the project and how Industville lighting played a crucial role in bringing the space to life.
What was the vision behind the design of the Origin City restaurant?
The concept of the restaurant is “pasture to plate, nose to tail” with the owners of the restaurant also owning beef cattle farms, a vineyard and an oyster and fish farm that all supply the restaurant. The design brief was for it to be a backdrop to the produce, delivering a simple yet elegant environment for customers to enjoy quality dishes from morning through to evening. The term “Origin” comes from the fact that they have control over the origin of everything that goes onto the plate. We brought this to life through the design, keeping the overall look uncluttered and adding art that was a nod to the past including a commissioned a bison painting and replica cave paintings.
What was your main consideration when it came to the lighting design of this space?
We needed something with a contained shade that allowed the light to focus below and highlight the food and wine as the hero of the experience. We selected the wonderfully versatile pewter pendants and placed them around the edge of the restaurant, providing a source of light that was pleasant to the eye without being too fussy. When customers walk through the front door of the restaurant, they enjoy a vista all the way to the very open kitchen. For this space I specified copper heating lamp shades over the pass to create another striking ‘spotlight’ moment that made the food the hero and complemented the overall scheme. Plain spots were installed to highlight decorative accents at the top of the columns and the bison painting, it’s the detail that’s key in getting that balance of functionality and setting the ambiance too.
What made you choose Industville as the hero lighting for this space?
Working with Industville gave us the flexibility and choice to customise the lighting. We selected different sized pendants to give variation and definition to the space. For instance, a bigger fitting with a chain addition to the flex and copper inside the shade complimented the large table that has a U-shaped banquette around it. We chose to line the shades with different metals which added a further layer of warmth increasing the overall ambience – this worked particularly well above the bar, where the copper inside caught your eye delivering an inviting glow, whilst connecting visually to the chef’s station. Using LED bulbs that were compatible with dimmer switches ensured the space stays welcoming at all times of the day.
