Client
KIN+ILK Pontcanna
Design
Angela Gidden Studio
Photographer
Photodrome
Location
Pontcanna, Cardiff
Project Value
£120,000
Year
2016
KIN+ILK
Distinctive aesthetic design-led interiors – KIN+ILK is a uniquely designed independent family of coffee shops and café bars where the design and build of collaborative creative spaces is as important as serving up the best coffee and eating experience. KIN+ILK located in the heart of Cardiff’s fashionable and vibrant Pontcanna was the second of 3 café bars to be created by designer and Consultant Creative Director, Angela Gidden. The standout crafted interior and build programme was completed by ASR Projects with a keen eye on ensuring all design details and treatments throughout the spaces were to Angela's exacting design standards and her vision for the ‘Ink Dipped’ concept. The design concept was bold and quiet, vibrant and calm, raw and refined, wrapping around the space celebrating the designers Scandinavian design ethos and - KIN+ILK's contemporary Welsh roots.
Another bespoke concept + our bespoke approach
The interior fit-out project, much like the first KIN+ILK café bar interior we completed at Capital Quarter 1, encompassed the main customer facing café area, the service counter and bar area, grab and go food area and the professional kitchen, the customer washroom and the external landscaping with all aspects bespoke to the design. ASR projects were responsible for all works from Quantity Surveying to Project managing, procurement to quality control, installation of M&E to specialist flooring and all on-site and off-site specially made elements of the fit-out – meticulously detailed and seamlessly crafted.
Angela Gidden MBE | Consultant Creative Director - Interior & Branding |KIN+ILK Pontcanna was a particularly special interior project to conceive and create. The detail was uncompromising but simple. There was no-where to hide when it came to the execution in the build and fit-out.
ASR Projects engaged fully in the design build process, were flexible and adaptable and made sure my demands for the best finish throughout were in focus at all times. As I was on site every day I was able to work closely with Daryl Taylor who was my right hand crafts-man. My design details and his attention to these details created a refined finished interior without compromise.
The detail – 'Ink Dipped'
The designer, Angela Gidden created a stunningly rich concept called ‘Ink Dipped’ – a strikingly bold and graphic concept for this KIN+ILK café bar in Pontcanna. Angela’s ‘less is more’ approach and signature style was fundamental to the scheme – inside and outside. Again, from the use of natural unfinished plywood wrapping around the shell of the space, to the Baux acoustic eco panels on the back feature wall to the bespoke vinyl flooring ‘Stripe’ by Bolon and the first time this design had been used internationally – all working harmoniously together to create a confident rhythmical creative space that was simply breaking the mould and a real game changer for coffee shop interiors. Angela celebrates raw materials, good materials and makers – we naturally applied the respect they deserved.
