Details: office bar I 217 m2 | Kyiv, Ukraine I 2021
Designers: Serhii Makhno, Olha Sobchyshyna, Maryna Hrechko, Anastasiia Tolchynska | PM: Olha Sobchyshyna | PR: Tetiana Vakula, Daria Sushko, Lina Kulyk | Ceramists: Slavko Odarchenko, Yurii Denysenko, Oleksandr Vazhlivtsev, Oleksandr Yarovy, Serhii Denysenko

Photo credit: Serhii Kadulin

This is a bar with a consistent white tone to its tables, chairs and walls.

This is a closer look at the bar with similar striped designs on its panels, shelves and lighting.

These striped structures make the solid white stools and chairs stand out.

The side of the bar is adorned with a large potted plant that brings in a color contrast as well as vibrancy to the monotone.

This view of the side of the bar featured the lit lighting above showing how it lights up the area with dispersed white light.

This is a view of the other end of the bar that also has a potted plant and topped with a bit of neon pink lighting.

This is what the other end of the bar looks like when the neon pink lights are off.

The side of the potted plant also has a wall with a striped pattern to it breaking the monotonous white floor and wall.

Beside the striped wall on the other end of the bar is another separate area with a more warmer tone to it.

This is a look at the separate area from the bar with comfortable cushioned chairs and white walls.

The area is adorned with multiple potted plants that bring color to the monotonous white walls and floor.

This view of the area showcases the unique decorative lighting when it is turned on.

The decorative lighting gives the white tones of the area with a warm lighting.

The gray cushioned chairs are surrounding a black coffee table that stands out against the white floor.

The chairs are then complemented by the surrounding wall-mounted white structures.

The structures are given a warm tone when the lighting is turned on making them stand out against the wall.

The white modern floor of the area is also reflective to scatter the warm lighting hanging above the coffee table.

This view of the separate area showcases the contrast that the potted plants bring against the white monotones.

This is a close look at the large potted plant at the side of the bar beside the patterned wall.

This is a view of the bar tables and chairs from the vantage of the bar showcasing the large white pillar and the elevator doors on the far side.

The Bread & Butter bar is a space for informal meetings at the office of one of the largest manufacturing companies in Ukraine — Myronivsky Hliboproduct. During the day, you can have lunch with your colleagues here and hastily discuss some business, and in the evening, you can order cocktails and dance to the rhythms of light music.

“Waves” in the bar area is one of the main design solutions here that sets the dynamics of the completely white space. Each rail was made according to individual drawings developed specifically for this project.

It was a real challenge for the architects to dismantle the hall space and reassemble it. This move was necessary to create the desired set of volumes and shapes in the interior. Here we relaid the floor, chose the perfect skirting boards, painted the walls, mounted white panels on choice walls, and designed a new ceiling with access to all the fittings behind it. The electricity and water supply have been installed in the bar though it wasn’t planned according to the original project.

All interior lighting has been made in the Serhii Makhno’s ceramic workshop. There are some new formats of handmade ceramics here — futuristic lamps under the ceiling and plate-shaped panels on the walls that also serve as lighting. Despite the fact that all the lighting is handmade, the surfaces are perfectly smooth, without any imperfections. To achieve this kind of effect, ceramists thoroughly worked with the consistency of clay, improving the shape and glazing the objects.

The lounge area features The Elephants big-eared armchairs designed by Sergey Makhno Product. Above them, there are Medusa ceramic lamps that are distinguished by their weightless amorphous shapes and bubble lamps of a silky yellow hue.

DIDO sculptures are giant bar guards. Here our designers have chosen heroes named ISHO — these guys do not ask irrelevant questions. They were molded by hand and fired in the largest workshop kilns with a size of 100x100x1800 mm.

Bread & Butter is a meeting place of Ukrainian traditions, modern design, and advanced technologies that together create a special futuristic comfort.