Chez Vivie
A French brasserie where every detail was made for it
With interior designers Naomi Kaplan and Reut Ravhon: 8 lights, 21 tables and 28 glass holders in brass for the Chez Vivie restaurant on Dizengoff. Production planning, fabrication and managing six production partners, in 5 months.
The restaurant also has long tables, in wood and in marble.
Custom furniture and lighting for a restaurant · made to order · Tel Aviv
Chef Guy Gamzo opened a French brasserie on Dizengoff, and interior designers Naomi Kaplan and Reut Ravhon designed it. We took on the details that have no off-the-shelf product, from sketch to installation: 8 lights, 21 tables and 28 glass holders in brass, each with its own production drawing.
In short: Studio Herbet planned and made 8 brass lights, 21 tables and 28 glass holders for the Chez Vivie restaurant, within 5 months and working with 6 production partners, alongside interior designers Naomi Kaplan and Reut Ravhon.
The restaurant's logo is delicate: a circle divided into three, small lettering and sharp corners. So that not one line would be lost, we made a special 1.5 mm cutter and engraved the logo into an aluminium plate. Then we painted it blue in three coats, and closed it with a brass edge band. So the logo is engraved into the tabletop.
A concrete column stands in the middle of the space. Instead of hiding it, we built a light that wraps around it and hides the wiring inside.
We measured the restaurant's glasses and designed the 28 holders around them: laser-cut and bent brass, in a matte brushed finish, on a round wooden shelf. That way the bar holds as many glasses as possible.
Flush-mounted brass chandeliers with 4 arms, and a light that wraps the concrete column, above the bar shelf. Every light was drawn with full dimensions, made and assembled in the workshop, and only then went up to the ceiling.
Every piece was drawn as a product before anything was cut. Each piece has a file: dimensions, layers, joints and material. That way different production partners work from the same document, and the designers see in advance exactly what will be built.
On this project at least six different production partners worked on the pieces we made. At the studio we produced the work and brought them all together into one element: we made sure everyone spoke the same language and worked toward the same goal, and we supervised the installation, so the designers' vision would not get lost on the way.
Together with the designers we chose materials, finishes and processes that suit the developer's budget and the story of the place. We planned all the pieces in advance, together, rather than one after another. That way production ran in parallel, and every stage, from rolling and welding to powder coating and polishing, was done for all the pieces at once. We saved machine time and material, without giving up real brass.
Yes, and that is the usual case. At Chez Vivie we worked alongside interior designers Naomi Kaplan and Reut Ravhon: they led the vision, and we planned, produced and made the pieces. The architect keeps the concept and the credit, and we take the part between the drawing and the space.
At Chez Vivie 5 months passed from the first meeting to the opening, including planning, work with 6 production partners and installing 8 lights, 21 tables and 28 glass holders. The time depends on the number of pieces and how complex they are.
Yes. At Chez Vivie we engraved the logo into an aluminium plate with a 1.5 mm cutter we made specially, painted it blue in three coats and closed it with a brass edge band, so the logo is part of the table and not a sticker on it.
You plan all the pieces in advance, together, and run production in parallel: rolling, welding, powder coating and polishing for all the pieces at once. That saves machine time and material, without giving up real materials like brass.
Yes. The planning ends with a production file that any factory can work from. If you like, we can make it too.
You break the design down into a list of pieces, and each piece is drawn as a product: dimensions, layers, joints and material. At Chez Vivie that came to 8 lights, 21 tables and 28 glass holders, and every production partner worked from the same document.
One address that holds them all together. At Chez Vivie we produced the work and brought at least six production partners together into one element, made sure they all worked from the same document toward the same goal, and supervised the installation to the end.
See whether it can become part of the design. A concrete column stands in the middle of Chez Vivie, and we built a light around it that wraps it and hides the wiring inside.
Send a sketch, a rendering or a list of pieces, even a partial one. From there we define together what needs custom fabrication, in what material and on what budget, and plan it all in advance so production can run in parallel.
Studio Herbet is an industrial design studio in Rehovot, founded by Idan Herbet in 2016. The studio cracks the central element of the project, from lighting and walls to counters, ceilings and furniture, for interior architects, developers, hotels, restaurants and private homes, and works alongside the architect, the carpenter and the metalworker. Four international design awards, including an A' Design Award Gold (2020). To the studio's home page
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