Bethan Ryder

Bar and Club Design explores the cutting-edge interiors that provide the setting for the vibrant nightlife of international cities. An increasingly sophisticated bar market has meant a resurgence in cocktail culture and the explosion of the "style bar" - a professionally designed venue that serves quality spirits, wines and cocktails. Club culture has also changed. Clubbers are no longer content with basic, ill-conceived spaces and this has led to greater attention being paid in contemporary club design to questions of space, materials and technology. At the same time, late-night lounge bars - offering the comfort and luxury of an exclusive bar, but also with an in-house DJ - have emerged to respond to the needs of the "grown-up clubber". "Bar and Club Design" contains an introductory essay placing the development of bars and clubs in socio-historic context. Featuring venues around the world, this is a showcase of cutting-edge interior design at the beginning of the 21st century.

Following on the success of Bar and Club Design, Bethan Ryder now celebrates the most inspirational and beautiful restaurant spaces from around the world - places built to seduce diners and capture the imagination. After a brief introduction tracing the history of restaurant design, the book shows how restaurants can look like anything from a bedroom (such as Supperclub Roma) to the Arabian-style Nomads in Amsterdam or the futuristic Pod in Philadelphia. Provided there's somewhere to rest a plate, when it comes to inspiration the world is the restaurant designer's oyster. Internationally renowned designers featured include Christian Liaigre, David Rockwell, Philippe Starck, David Schefer, Jordan Mozer, Patrick Jouin and Karim Rashid. From the modern elegance of Craft in New York to the quirky decadence of London's Les Trois Garcons, this book features dining environments to suit every mood and every taste.

New Restaurant Design showcases 45 of the best-designed, most exciting new dining venues around the world. Featured establishments include Patrick Jouin’s Senderens in Paris, Christian Liaigre’s Buddakan in New York and Philippe Starck’s Bon in Moscow. Fans of Bethan Ryder’s earlier books will not be disappointed by this colourful and exciting new survey of the latest projects from the cream of the international design world. The introduction features interviews with 11 of the world’s most influential interior designers – including Adam D. Tihany, Marcel Wanders, Patrick Jouin and David Collins – who talk about their design philosophy and approach, their favourite eateries and what makes a great restaurant space.

New Bar and Club Design showcases 47 of the most glamorous venues around the world. The featured nightspots are grouped according to type: bars, restaurant bars, hotel bars and clubs. The book features a wide variety of bars to suit every taste, from space-age retro at Universum in Berlin to vintage Moroccan at Andy Wahloo in Paris, while clubs range from the hight-tech superclub Cacoon in Frankfurt to the bijou padded boîte Cielo in New York. New Bar and Club Design will inspire interior designers and scenesters alike – in fact anyone fascinated by the endlessly inventive world of interiors devoted to hedonism.