After I’m heading to a brand new metropolis—regardless of the place—my Should Go to record at all times consists of 1. pastry outlets and a couple of. bookstores. You may see the place my priorities lie. Bonus factors in the event that they’re superbly designed.
Regarding that second class, I not too long ago came across Good Firm, an English-language bookshop and cafe in Lisbon designed by Perrine Velge, the Belgian-born, Portugal-based designer behind Studio Pim. Be a part of us for a digital go searching—and in the event you’re fortunate sufficient to be in Lisbon, pop in (it’s at Av. Visc. de Valmor 2).
Images courtesy of Studio Pim.
The duo introduced in Perrine of Studio Pim for the interiors. “Probably the most instructive stage of the method was visiting Samuel and Giovanna’s favourite areas in Lisbon collectively, most of which have been round for greater than half a century,” says Perrine, together with Cafe Nicola, Galeto, and Pastelaria Mexicana, amongst others. “I understood rapidly that Good Firm needed to really feel prefer it belonged right here, prefer it had advanced out of town. We borrowed a variety of design components from these inspirations—the marble bar, the show within the entrance, the fresco above the bar—however extra broadly we had been captured by the sense of egalitarianism and wonder that went hand in hand in so many of those locations.”
The window banquettes had been impressed by Scottish designer Charles Rennie Waterproof coat, to maintain the backs partially open to the road, and are upholstered in Radiostar material by Pierre Frey.