"No.883".This number makes motorbike riders so exciting."833" can be recognized as the famous model of Harley Davidson Motorbike. Many riders are dreaming to ride it and feel the sound of it's special vibration of this 883- V2 engine.
The small bar named "Stand No.883" is open in KOBE Japan. The Harley's V-2 "883 engine is displayed in the facade window of the entrance and you can see the view of inside overlapping with it. The Inside,the long counter made with Evano Macassar veneer is set straightened from the 883 engine. It is really seems like the highway road for run!
This bar is designed and produced by Japanese Architectural Designer Hiroyuki Saeki (MOUSETRAP Co,.Ltd). According to the request from the client who loves the Harley Davidson Motorbike, he decided to display this 883"engine in the facade of the bar. The lighting effect is well considered to show up the items and it helps making the calm atmosphere for bar space.Particularly, the height of the long counter is set into 883mm high which is little bit lower than the standard height ,but this eccentric idea develop the good relationship and easy communication between the bartender and guests.
With those unique design work under Mr.Saeki, the bar have strong character and be crowded with the guest every night.The guest must be so satisfied with this good atmosphere which must be so comfortable like they are charmed with the sounds of Harley Davidson engine!
Yoshihiko Mamiya(INFIX Design Inc,).the leading interior designer who always grasp the trend and making the new epoch in Japanese Interior design scene. His designed spaces are the category of its own and always give out the peculiar atmosphere not only in the space its own but also in the periphery around it. The shops or restaurants he designed always become to be recognized as the landmark and the cultural symbol of its town, and always the new prosper street would appeared after it. It's is because his design work is not only be strongly original one,but also he is gifted with intuitively talent to find out the potential energy of its street and he well reflect it to his design work.
The French-Japanese restaurant HIGASHI designed by Mr.Mamiya is located in the office street of mid-Osaka city.The street was once only a boring forest of old business offices,but after the HIGASHI restaurant have opened, the street became much enlivened with many of new shops and new visitors,and everyone recognized the restaurant as the landmark of its town.
In constant to the conservative-like facade which is acclimated to the office street, inside is well decollated in modern like art-deco style. Especially the unique pendant lights,the curved American Cherry veneered wall,the chic lightings.....any items are produced to make a reproduction of modernism in Japanese 1970's with Mr.Mamiya's contemporary sensibility is well combined. However, that interior makes us dear the old good days,but we never recognized it as an old-fashioned. Actually this is the Magic of Mr.Mamiya's design works, and that the reason why HIGASHI move both heart of old ages who know the good old days and young ages who are interesting to the newness.
This year the 30th National Veneer Exhibition would be held in Osaka(March 11th-14th INTEX OSAKA). 
