The Alchemist
Services | Restaurant & Bar Interior Design
Providing a theatrical and immersive all-day drinking and dining destination, the original site of The Alchemist - a experiential restaurant and cocktail bar group - which is based in Spinningfields, Manchester, required a refurbishment to achieve greater operational efficiencies as well as an update to the aesthetic to create an engaging guest experience. Completed within a rapid one-month programme, the compelling design has evolved the brand’s DNA towards cosmic alchemy.
Taking a strategic approach to understanding the core DNA of the brand, the new design is influenced by the search for the elixir of life and humanity’s continual fascination with our own origins and the subsequent exploration of the universe.
The bar accentuates the relationship between light and the creation of form, carefully curated bespoke cosmic inspired lighting enhances the changing ambience of the day, creating dramatic focal points, and the array of furniture, from space blue banquettes and planet-like stools, to the grand table made bespoke for mixology classes, all play a role in communicating the narrative, providing evocative and luxurious style to the space.
Design inspiration
A lucid identity runs throughout the main spaces – the bar and main dining area, as well as an intimate private dining area, improving fluidity of movement between the whole venue whilst also creating engaging zones.
Building upon the very essence of what The Alchemist represents – a brand that is renowned for its ingenious menu and theatrical food and drink displays, DesignLSM’s innovative and captivating design narrative has invigorated the space of one of Manchester’s most renowned drinking hot spots.
