Different angle: Club shapes up with redesign

Mafra worked on the club’s interior four years ago, so the project offered a chance for him to revisit his work. ‘Reforming your own project brings you a special freedom that comes from already mastering the space you are working with as well as from the confidence you get from being the owner of your work,’ he says.

The new design embraces straight lines and asymmetry to convey ideas of ‘convenience, escapism, flexibility and modern technology’.

For more on design directions in bars and clubs, read our forthcoming Drinks Futures report.