restaurant 212

It is high-end cuisine without the formality that usually comes with it. This simplicity is translated into the design: the stainless-steel kitchen is placed at the center, allowing guests to experience the craft of the chefs firsthand. As if it were a stage in a theater, guests are transformed into spectators of the chef’s culinary art.

The number of seats goes from 30 to 16, making 212 even more exclusive. There are four two-person tables and two four-person tables. The table is itself a piece of design, reminiscent of a credenza. It is equipped with ingenious drawers, one for each guest, containing a full set of cutlery appropriate for seven courses. The chef might add the finishing touch to the dish right at the diners' table, bridging the gap that usually exists between kitchen staff and guests.

The focus of 212 is on the food and preparation, leaving all classical etiquette redundant. The logo 212 is balanced over the horizontal axis creating a mathematical fraction, symbolising two parts that make a perfect whole. The identity for 212 is kept clean, following the materialisation of the restaurant. For the menu and business cards, the logo is lasered out from silver paper. A 212 logo in neon armature crowns the hood of the kitchen and also marks the entrance.