From Bill Oddie to Jeremy Clarkson (yikes). In a bid to move My Friend and I away from animals for a moment, lets talk about the world in which vehicles and interiors have just joined hands. Specifically in the new Jamie Oliver restaurant at Westfield, designed by interior architects Blacksheep (who are south Londoners by the way). Presumably in a nod to JO’s love of scooters and the fact that the restaurant is Italian, the interior features a large ‘Vespa wall’ made up of headlights hung plate-style and set on different pulsating light settings for ambience. See below…

photo by Gareth Gardner

photo by Gareth Gardner

It reminded me of the Sydney cafe Deus Ex Machina, which is joined onto a motorcycle showroom / design studio / workshop and has a wall full of painted race numbers by (artist?) Robert Moore. Cool, non?

I’m especially digging it as a decoration idea with context. Vroom vroom.