Retro Bar with A 60s And 70s Ambience in Helsinki

Named after the song Jackie by British baritone Scott Walker, this retro bar in Helsinki has been designed to evoke a 1970s Milanese bar. So, take a look at this unique place and fall in love!

The Jackie retro style bar’s designer, Joanna Laajisto of Studio Joanna Laajisto, explained: “I was given a soundtrack of 60s and 70s Italian lounge music and 70s French cosmic disco by the owner, Antti Eerikäinen, to understand the ambience he wanted in the space. Best brief I have ever received.”

Using a palette of dark green paint, tan leather upholstery, dark woods and marble details, Laajisto said she wanted to create the “atmosphere of a hotel lobby without the rooms upstairs“.

“The dark green walls and ceiling with long tan leather sofas take you away, maybe to a bar in Milan in the ’70s,” she said. “The Pipistrello table lamp designed by Italian Gae Aulenti in 1965 reinforces the illusion.”

As well as custom-made tables with stripy inlaid marble tops designed by Laajisto, furniture includes the walnut Medici lounge chairs by Konstantin Grcic for Mattiazzi.

Located on Helsinki’s Iso Roobertinkatu – a street in the Punavuori area, known as the city’s design district – the bar opened at the end of April 2017. As well as drinks, Jackie serves up North Italian-style pizza slices by renowned chef Antto Melasniemi.

Source: Dezeen

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