Implementation of graffiti artwork into the interior restaurant design

1. “ i wanted to bring the outside inside and wanted to represent street
aesthetics and show how artists take over spaces. Each artist has a
signature style, which also establishes the different techniques
defining street art”….HUsh

2. VANDAL RESTAURANT
Location : Vandal Restaurant, 199 Bowery St.,New York, NY
Owner : celebrity chef chris santos and tao group
Designer : rockwell group design firm + Street Art Artist (hush,apexer
Shepard fairey, eelus, vhils and will barras,triston eaton
and etc.)
Objective : The idea of bringing street food and street art together
under one roof struck me like a bolt of lightning and
Experienced not only just a great food,drinks and warm
hospitality but also love affair of chris’ extraordinary
talent and world-class artist.
View of entrance
vandal restaurant

3. macaron frozen
yogurt sandwich
Menu & selection of food
The restaurant’s menu serve buffet/fusion food where is inspired by the street food from 14
countries researched by the chefs. The menu is divided into three categories:
• small (with appetizers),
• medium (with a slightly larger dishes, each one probably serves one person)
• large (depending on the size serve two people)
They also serve side dishes and drinks/treats.
"Banh mi'eatball“ slider inspired
from viatnamesed street food

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Type of dining
Family/buffet dining
bistrobrasserie

5. ambience
once entering the vandal each room boasts the work by seven 'vandals' who have achieved
world renown for their distinctive styles of street art.
vandals refer to seven famous street artist viz (hush, apexer, shepard fairey,
eelus,vhils and will barras and triston eaton.
British designer Hush, designed this deco-inspired wall mural of women called 'Seduction' found at
the dining area in Vandal.. He is known for artworks that reflect the range and dynamism of
contemporary, global street art.
Hush
artist/painter from Newcastle, uk
creates surprising works that use graffiti, collage and mixed
techniques, in which he brings to life. Mixing new techniques
with tradition.

6. He has created this colossal mural in his
trademark graphic aesthetic at a secret garden
in Vandal. This propaganda-style piece is called
Obey.
In VANDAL's Secret Garden, Fairey wheat-pasted two large walls using his famed, propaganda-
style posters
Frank shepard fairey
American graphic artist and social
activist
This piece is a painting of an angel and a flock of
birds drawn on the restaurant’s door.
eelus
"Balancing the opposing forces of
the humorous and macabre, vivid
color and stark monochrome, Eelus’
work brings the beautiful and
sometimes caustic realities of the
world together.

7. This etched woman portrait has been watching over the dining room
at Vandal. Created by Vhils, this piece is a plaster relief niche that
has a twin on the opposite side of the room.
vhills
His groundbreaking carving
technique – which forms
the basis of the Scratching
the Surface project
Along the back bar, Barras painted a mural depicting
hands walking across a globe
Will barras
Will Barras is an artist,
illustrator and animation
director living and
working in London.

8. Tristan Eaton is one of the most prominent street artists from LA.
He spray-painted a wall full of books in gold, set into built-in
bookcases. He also created this colorful mural at The Library of
VANDAL that depicts beautiful retro-inspired portraits of women
alongside large text Fantastic Fantasy.
Tristan eaton
Eaton’s large scale mural work features a
meticulous, visual collage of pop imagery
mixed with his unique personal style, all
executed with freehand spray paint on a
colossal scale.

9. Apexer design bicycle rickshaw
and installing these car
headlight lighting fixtures and
painting the white "Vandal" on
the upper portion of the
rickshaw.
At first glance, any person would think that this mural looks like a sea of clouds in
the sky. It's actually New York-inspired lyrics using white paint written on the blue
wall of a stairway in the restaurant, the Vandal. Created by Apexer, this piece is
called Cobalt Blue Walls.
apexer
Born 1978, San Francisco, CA, also
known as Ricardo Richey, is a street
artist who creates colorful abstract
patterns through the use of spray
paint.
this painted white "Vandal" sign has been created by the
local street artist, APEXER

10. Special features
Designed to be playful and labyrinthine,
guests will discover a series of private
rooms, secret catacombs, and art
installations. Entering through a minimalist
flower shop/botanical gallery designed by
renowned creative floral studio Ovando in
collaboration with Rockwell Group,
Guests enter Vandal through a dark, minimalist flower
shop—a collaboration between Rockwell Group and
boutique floral designer Ovando.
Sandra de ovando pictures with David rockwell and
Richard wolf(tao group owner)

11. After botanical gallery entrance - guests arrive at a long, vaulted brick tunnel where they are
greeted by an 11-foot tall, breakdancing "Icy Grape" lacquered bunny rabbit (a custom
sculpture by Rockwell Group. (The bunny's Icy Grape color is a reference to the now discontinued Krylon
spray paint color Icy Grape, which is still coveted by the street artist community.)
The idea to experienced another world
down the rabbit hole for something
unexpected.
(A LONG, VAULTED BRICK TUNNEL WITH
BOLD BLACK AND WHITE TILES BUILDS A
SENSE OF ANTICIPATION.)
Custom-designed espresso rickshaw
symbolic for the street food.
This area is the transition space from art
restaurant and cellar lounge/bar.