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the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners
the Cake, 2b.group | International Design Awards Winners

the Cake

Company2b.group
Lead DesignersViacheslav Balbek
ClientViacheslav Balbek
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
Entry Description

The brand new Kyiv restaurant advocating fashion for
unseen before Modern French Pastry has been opened
for public in November 2014.

Architects disputed about name for the design longer
than worked on it, which took record-breaking
shortest term: four months from first sketches till
open day rehearsal. However, they have eventually
reconciled with calling it after music genre – “indie”
design.

The diversity of images and forms presented in a
80m2-main hall has only been achieved due to the
fact that most of design elements have been
handcrafted.

On the contrast to the piles of cakes of ideal
geometrical form installed behind the transparent
walls of the kitchen, every floor concrete tile has its
wrinkle as each of 10.000 of them has been
handcrafted. Yet altogether they make up harmonized
puzzled surface.

Two height seating areas have their own dedicated
color and tactile symbol. Rustic wooden high surface
with felt thin bar-chairs standing on metallic racks
neighbors with velvet fabric of cozy bottle-green
couches and sofas covered with warm shade of grey.

On a pale and color-muted background of the interior,
a glossy pink sculpture looks extremely contrast – just
like a glazed cake on a white plate.

Consistency in contrasts has been demonstrated in
mono-color toilets: pink, deep-green, yellow,
reminding that simple solutions might yet look very
unusual.

Sun light walks in through massive windows, fills up
the whole space and reaches the opposite glass walls
adding contrast to the beautifully carved bar wooden
panels on its way.

This little chef d’oeuvre, first restaurant project, is one
of the biggest achievements of 2b.group in 2014.