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Il Don

Gilded signage, wood relief and ceilings · 2019

A gilded tree relief rises above the IL DON sign on a warm brown wall.
Gilded signage, wood relief and ceilings

Il Don is the Italian restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel Damascus.

I designed and made its golden signage, a gilded wooden tree relief, the domed ceilings of the entrance and the large ceiling of the winter garden.

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The gold tree relief and its branching surface.

Signage and relief

The signage is walnut, designed parametrically to echo the logo. Its letters are copper, fabricated and then covered in real gold by electroplating. The gilded tree relief carries the same gold on carved wood.

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Close details of carved leaves and branches.

Ceilings and fabrication

For the ceilings I worked on digital fabrication, and on the mould design and fabrication of the large-scale interior details.

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Workshop framework beside an interior view.

Coordination

Most of the work happened during the Covid lockdown, so I often had to coordinate with the other trades and carry out parts of the work remotely.

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Carved ceiling details viewed from below.

Collaboration

Made in collaboration with Alhamwi Contracting, Clio Steel and Moaamar Haj Mahmoud Contracting (@moamar.design.structure).

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Relief and curved interior details.

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The IL DON sign sits below a sculpted gold tree relief mounted on a brown wall.
Close view of a sculpted gold tree with raised leaves and branching forms on the wall.
Low-angle view of the gold tree relief as its branches spread across the wall.
Close detail shows individually shaped gold leaves and branches in the tree relief.
Curved ceiling framework and carved details are arranged on a workshop table.
Interior view shows a carved feature wall beside a curved opening and patterned floor.
A ceiling inset with layered circular ornament is seen from below inside the room.
Curved ceiling ribs lead toward a round opening in this view from below.
A tall carved relief with layered leaves fills the curved wall beside a doorway.
Curved ceiling and wall details frame a tall interior opening, viewed from below.
An oval wall opening with carved edging sits above a tall narrow doorway.