Elio Volpe

The space, like its namesake, is characteristically laid back and social. colour palette pulled from the Kodachrome beach side photographs of Luigi Ghirri The name Elio has its roots in the Greek word for sun and, as such, the space has an overwhelmingly warm point of view. With a colour palette pulled from the Kodachrome beach side photographs of Luigi Ghirri, which all feel a bit weather beaten and lived in, our colours strive for vibrancy while feeling knocked back and sun crackled. Being a repurposed garage, the space is also breezily expansive with one room meandering into the other and the vaulted truss work ceiling giving an industrial edge to an otherwise warm space. Our furniture and lighting feels decidedly residential with sofas borrowing from the beach club language of the Mediterranean. Although precisely crafted, we also endeavored for elements of each piece to feel assembled in a studio rather than a factory, with line work, stitch details and fringe work that boasts irregularity throughout — especially evident in the hand painted tiles inset in some of the tables, the seams of the lamps and the piped details of the sofas. sofas borrowing from the beach club language of the Mediterranean Arguably the strongest gesture in the hand-crafted spirit of the space are the curvilinear walls and the rough stucco treatment inspired by the famous Villa La Saracena holiday home on the Roman coast designed by Luigi Moretti in 1955. We used these walls to create visual interest, grip light and shadow and evoke the spirit of the beach side forms prevalent all over southern Italy and the Mediterranean. the curvilinear walls and the rough stucco treatment The counterpoint to this whitewashed stucco is the highly patterned and multi colored drapery flanking the entire space and properly matching the accent Breccia Siclia stone that can be found in-set in various niches and alcoves throughout. ▼Breccia Siclia，Breccia Siclia stone wall highly patterned and multi colored drapery Capped off with a mix of original travel photography from our friend and art director Armin Tehrani, and custom photo collage work produced in house, Elio Volpe is ultimately an ode to the sea, sun and travel — and to the people and food we meet and eat along the way. Ciao, Elio. Original Photography: Graphic Design and Brand: Glasfurd and Walker – Custom lighting in collaboration with Shelter studio – Who also built all of the custom shelving and industrial design items. Custom furniture in collaboration with our friends at Carmel – Construction in partnership with Mercury Contracting –