Enjoy Bazaar is a new Japanese restaurant in Stockholm that was recently opened by two Michelin-star chefs, Daniel Höglander and Niclas Jönsson. The vision for this restaurant was to launch Sweden’s first recyclable restaurant. This concept includes aspects of the design ranging from cutlery to furniture.
One of Enjoy Bazaar’s key circular features is its custom-designed furniture. The Kelp Collection, designed by Interesting Times Gang, features pieces made from a bio-composite material of recycled fishing nets and wood fiber. To create the furniture, the raw material is 3D-printed into undulating, ribbon-like forms. These make the restaurant’s interiors resemble an underwater kelp forest. At the end of its life, a unit can be shredded or ground down. By using these granules for raw material, new forms can be extruded, such as for chairs or wall panels. Through its vivid green color and organic forms, the collection pays homage to kelp forests. These are one of the planet’s most endangered types of marine ecosystems.
The collection features a chair, a barstool and a low stool called the Kelpie. Initially, the chefs only required one chair design for the restaurant. However, as production progressed, they were very pleased with the furniture and wanted to maximize their use to further enhance the dreamy atmosphere inside the restaurant. Hence, the designers created the barstool, which incorporates even bolder curves in its form.