Money Chicken is a fast-casual and sustainably-sourced restaurant with a look inspired by a pair of early 1990’s high-top sneakers. The genesis of the design started with one of the restaurant founders’ low-key obsession with this iconic footwear and their desire for the interiors to have the same bold offbeat vibe. This translated into an interior not unlike a tripped-out oversized game of Tetris, with voluminous structures and implied lines of energy at play. Walls form huge boxy geometries over 16 feet tall. These boxes appear to be sliding past one another in the void of deep space. Huge solid white and teal boxes house the restaurant’s kitchen and restrooms. An enormous translucent iridescent box encompasses the entire dining area and becomes the focal point of the experience. read more

It’s an experimental form of art, with interactive LED and glow displays lined up along the exhibit for all ages to see, touch …

The CAC has uncovered a concept in design artwork that reaches beyond a traditional art gallery through accessing the senses of its visitors. The innovative exhibit opened its “Deep Space” art show … read more

The Over-the-Rhine Sugar n' Spice will be colorful just like the original. It's being designed by Platte Architecture + Design. The space is made up of a former 1950s-style dining car and a larger dining room. The old diner car will be restored and transformed into Sugar n' Spice. read more

When Aaron Sharpe and his partners began working with Amy Lynch (East), an architect at Platte Architecture and Design, to design their new barbecue restaurant in Pendleton, they handed her a mix tape of 500 songs. What this sounds like is what we want our restaurant to look like, they said. read more