This Vancouver restaurant boasts a dreamy interior guided by its designers' vision for using a fictitious patriarchal figure named Savio Volpe as its main inspiration. The restaurant is owned by local studio Ste Marie, who also stepped up to design the interior.
Located in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighborhood, Savio Volpe is a restaurant designed around traditional Italian osterias that blends old world flavor with new world design language. In particular, the team at St Marie took inspiration from the works of iconic Italian designers Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari and Carlo Mollino.
Despite its culturally rich inspirations, the Vancouver restaurant wanted to maintain an earthy, simplistic feel that felt like a delicious inexpensive restaurant one would find in Italy.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Modern Osterias
- Opportunity for restaurants to blend traditional Italian flavors with new world design language.
- Fictitious Patriarchal Figures
- Opportunity for businesses to use fictional characters to guide design and branding decisions.
- Iconic Italian Designers
- Opportunity for businesses to draw inspiration from the works of legendary Italian designers.
Where This Applies
- Restaurant Industry
- Opportunity for restaurants to differentiate themselves by blending traditional and modern design elements.
- Design Industry
- Opportunity for designers to create innovative restaurant interiors guided by fictitious characters and iconic Italian designers.
- Travel Industry
- Opportunity for travel companies to offer food and design experiences that transport customers to different cultural contexts.
