Inverse's Sound wins again

28 June 2010 11.00 BST

(UK) - Inverse Lighting Design wins Best Lighting Scheme for Sound Club in Phuket, Thailand in the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.

Following its International category award at the UK Lighting Design Awards, Inverse Lighting Design was once again victorious at the Restuarant & Bar Design Awards for Best Lighting Scheme at Sound in Phuket in Thailand.

Judged by a highly-influential panel of top design, hospitality and lifestyle editors, both the designers and hospitality operators were recognised for design excellence across a wide variety of categories.

Overall winners for Best Restaurant were Galvin La Chapelle in London designed by designLSM. Best Bar was awarded to The Tote in India designed by Serie Architects.

Cinimod Studio was commissioned to create a system unique to the event which was held in central London on June 22nd. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology was used to identify key visitors on the two ‘networking pods’ during the evening's proceedings.

Overall winners
Best Restaurant: Galvin La Chapelle (London), designLSM
Best Bar: The Tote (India), Serie Architects

Category Winners
Independent Restaurant: Galvin La Chapelle (London), designLSM
Multiple Restaurant: Canteen (London), In-House Design
Independent Bar or Club: theCUT (Newcastle), Julian Taylor Design Associates
Multiple Bar or Club: Bangalore Express Bar (London), Outline
Restaurant, Bar or Club in another space: Urban Reef (Boscombe), Macaulay Sinclair
Restaurant or Bar in a hotel: Elliot's (Edinburgh), Ian Springford Architects
Café or Fast Food: Outsider Tart (London), David Lesniak
Identity & Website Design: The Draft House (London), Studio Frith
Lighting Scheme: Sound (Thailand), Inverse Lighting Design
International Restaurant: Pio Pio (USA), Sebastian Mariscal Studio
International Bar: TheTote (India), Serie Architects

Judges
Michelle Ogundehin/Elle Decoration; Femke de Wild/Frame; Lynda Relph-Knight/Design Week; David Clark/Vogue Living; Peter Kelly/Blueprint Magazine; Paul Wooton/Restaurant Magazine; Rachel Dixon/Guardian Newspaper; Paul James/Mondo Arc; Tamsin Kingswell/Mix Magazine; Bethan Ryder/Living etc; Caroline Roberts/Grafik Magazine; Diana Biggs/Design Exchange; Lisa Ellwood/View.