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Spontaneity sparks cafes full of fun ideas
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WHO is he?
Fabrice Canelle is an Italian interior designer whose strength is to create “new and fun concepts.” He likes to revamp existing things without demolishing or rebuilding.
Tell us about some of your works and which one you are most proud of.
I am proud of every work I have done. I liken the Yi Cafe at Shangri-La Pudong as my “baby,” where I designed a great layout that helps people find energy due to its visual merchandising impact.
Are you working on any project now?
I just completed Cafe Zen at the Shangri-La Futian in Shenzhen, a great revamp that turns “normal” things to “fun.”
I work in two stages. Stage one, I take two weeks to brainstorm “how I can make an impact” in every corner and keep everything related. So I sketch paintings and explain what I will do to my client. After this, I start the revamp at nights. Thereafter, the cafes never need to close during our work. And in 14 nights maximum you will have a cafe with a new attitude. I work only with Chinese people here in China, and I find them terrific in all aspects.
Describe your design style.
Free, or brut style. I hate perfection and I am a spontaneous person and I do what I feel like doing. I am a visionary and creative person, and I get bored with things very quickly.
When are you most creative?
When someone trusts my work and gives me freedom, I “fly” better. However, though sometimes ideas are great, something more important is that people can make it happen, and I bear that in mind, too.
What does your home mean to you?
I have been away from my country since 1983. For the past 14 years, on and off my home is Istanbul. The city and the people brought me to my “second life” by making me a different person, and helping me discover myself with different talents. I am happy to stay there, a special place with special people. Even if I travel eight months a year, I become renewed each time I return to Istanbul.
What do you collect?
I am passionate for vision, so I collect visual details — everywhere I go I open my eyes wide for things and take many pictures. I see something and I know I can use a part of it to do something else. My design has many elements that should not belong to cafes, but that’s the point: cafes must be fun, not just a place to come and sit. An ideal cafe to me should be fun.
What will be the next big design trend?
For the interior design of cafes, it is important to meet the needs of the young generation, to provide them high-tech tools to make them happy.
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