Hot off the press from Flack Studio comes Pixie Food & Wine, Byron Bay’s latest restaurant set in the newly opened Jonson Lane Precinct.Headed up by restaurateurs James Sutherland and Kim Stephen, alongside head chef Matteo Tine, Pixie marries the sophisticated sensibility of Italian dining with the laid-back beach culture Byron Bay is famous for. The multi-layered interior invites guests to explore the subtlety and complexities of Byron’s landscape through an evocative space with offbeat elements and a rich material palette reflecting the locality and place of community. 

Flack Studio’s scheme delivers a signature theatrical ambience, with corners to converse in, laced with a gentle fusion of nostalgia, artistic elements and luxurious accents.Overall,the space pays homage to 1970s Italy, with nods to Gae Aulenti—a mid-century female architect and designer whose work celebrated the tension between old and new. 

The interior response was driven by customisation, ensuring that form and function align with the end user, the client’s brief, and the local landscape.Flack Studio layer vintage with modern, while burnt terracotta tones are paired with haphazard terrazzo in-lays in a mastery of clashing colours. 

“The terrazzo in-lays speak of perpetuity,”explains David.“It creates the sense that Pixie has been an institution and will be for years to come.”Ruched elderberry banquette seats complement Mario Bellini-designed Cab chairs for Cassina.The venetian walls are rendered with crushed seashells delivering a texturally embracing and warm atmosphere,contrasted by high gloss limoncello-tone columns and accented with amber-textured glass wall lights. 

The cosy cave is illuminated by controlled shafts of natural light beaming through the Venetian blinds. The central ziggurat bar made from Russo Nuvola stone,and its burnished stainless-steel overhead element,anchor the triangular room, generating a warm connection between all visitors.