Vega - Ideal Bar
Role
Concept / Installation / Fabrication / Design
Year
2014
Photos
Mikkel Møgelvang
The music venue VEGA is based in a beautiful, listed building drawn by Wilhelm Lauritzen in 1956. Taking its cues from the venue’s original aesthetics and choice of materials, Barlby Carlsson has brought Ideal Bar into the new millennium.
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