cafe "Dutch Room" in St. Petersburg Lucy Heiskens, Renny Ramakers

Passing the gallery

A photo: George Shablovsky

Text: Olga Gvozdeva

Leading headings: Nina Farizova

Project author: Lucy Heiskens, Renny Ramakers

Furniture: Jurgen Bay

Lighting: Thaye Remy, Arian Brecklow

The painting: Frank Bragigand

Magazine: N5 (83) 2004

Anniversaries are held - gifts remain. Magnificently celebrated and already almost forgotten, the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg is no, no, and it will remind you of a new fountain or monument that was presented to the city last year: the Kingdom of Japan presented an entire garden of sakuras, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands landed a famous design team on the banks of the Neva. Droog Design commands. In the theater "Baltic House" an unusual cafe "The Dutch Room" appeared, which is a small copy of the famous cafe "Dutch Design" in the New York Museum of MoMA. Deceiving the naivety of style should not embarrass anyone; the outrageous combination of green walls and pink chairs is just an obvious proof of the truth: one has to be very adult to fall so convincingly into childhood.