Project Team
Interior Design: Tandem Studio
Suppliers
Eel trap light: Woven by Elaine Terrick, gear by ISM Objects
Wall pendant lights: Volker Haug
Wall and external lighting: InLite
Bar light: Austube
Stools: Mark Tuckey
Dining chairs: vintage Eames DSS fibreglass from Angelucci 20th Century
Tables: by Tandem, built by Deadwood
Banquette: by Tandem, built by Online Upholstery
Tiles: Defazio and National Tiles
Outdoor tables and chairs: Tait
Charcoal Lane is a commercial restaurant as well as a training facility which provides the opportunity for Aboriginal and disadvantaged young people to transform their lives through the aquisition of valuable skills and positive engagement with the wider Melbourne community.
Given the historic and cultural importance of this building, Tandem engaged in an active and thorough consultation program. Tandem worked with Mission Australia, the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria as the key stakeholders
and end users, as well as with various Victorian Aboriginal artists and artisans who produced various works for the building.
sources and are expressed clearly in the design.
Photographs: Sonia Mangiapane