FEED Body & Soul | NOW OPEN!!
Monday, February 18, 2013 at 04:06PM 
FEED Body & Soul Restaurant | NOW OPEN!!
Interiors Firm Creates Transcendent Visual Experience for Organic and Locally-Sourced Fare.
"FEED Body & Soul, designed by Malibu-based interiors firm, Platner & Co., is the latest eatery to open on the famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard. The new Venice restaurant opened for dinner February 4th and features organic and locally-sourced ingredients. Its interiors and custom furnishings have been nominated for a Calibre design award.
Platner & Co., is reputed for creating thoughtful spaces with custom architectural details, custom furnishings and sourcing rare materials. Together with DeeAnna Staats and Ralph Gentile Architects, the firm has created a bespoke environment supporting the principals of a modern and clean lifestyle. The new 2700 SF restaurant combined two former retail spaces into a seamless, light-filled interior with a center bar, table and banquette seating, prep and cook line areas, and an outdoor dining patio.
Interiors feature a modern yet inviting brasserie-like entry intended as its hub, open kitchen with French brass rotisserie, a soothing neutral color palette inspired by natural materials, use of simple, organic materials throughout, and artistic elements designed to inspire soulful eating.
“I believe design has the power to transport us, if only for a moment, to distant places or give us the feeling of being in another time,” says designer Tessa Platner of Platner & Co. “We wanted to invoke a sense of nostalgia yet be completely current,” Platner adds. “I think Feed, Body + Soul is uniquely contemporary with a European aptitude.”
With the idea that design has the ability to elevate the mood of a restaurant and its diners, Platner & Co., chose to incorporate several visually and emotionally evocative design elements. The most notable is an original hand painted mural by Los Angeles native street and sticker artist, CRYPTIK, inscribed with the ancient spiritual chant, “OM MANI PADME HUM.” There is also the inspiring ‘Word Pendants’ by Alison Berger etched with lines from Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks." via PRWeb
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