Original Sin

The team behind legendary Hackney cocktail bar, Happiness Forgets commissioned us to design their second site, Original Sin, in Stoke Newington.

The brief was to create a sophisticated cocktail bar with a relaxed local feel, incorporating Wild West saloon elements.

The venue centres on a 10m long bar made of reclaimed 300-year-old Scottish whiskey vats. Running adjacent to the bar is a drinks ledge supported by salvaged cast iron staircase spindles. The tables have also been specially designed for the venue - an eclectic mix of old wooden packing cases, zinc studded tops and scaffold pipe bases.