Light Years

by ZWEI Interiors Architecture

Designed as a space that evokes the sense of the universe beyond.

Light Years is a local Melbourne eatery that subtlety references both the environment and experience of the inter-planetary universe, design of this space was conceptualised not as a café, but as a space for respite from everyday life.

ZWEI Interiors generated a highly functional outlet, which encouraged an exploration of design concepts that both challenged and embraced the design narrative. A concept imagined by the client.

Utilising the existing building shell as the backdrop, the material insertions playfully reference texture and form of both organic moonscapes and man-made space travel.

Coloured film is positioned to play with ambient colour tones, and lighting is used as a backdrop to the action within. Details throughout are simple but considered, allowing the space not to feel overly thematic.

The ‘otherworldliness’ of the interior environment within Light Years encourages a connection, but also a sense of letting go.

Photography by Tom Blachford,

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