The 1237 Lincoln Road location is a contemporary food lounge fusing a mix of modern design, international cuisine and creative cocktails in South Beach's busiest business district.
Chesal and Boles have collaborated before on producing differently themed environments, and both are big fans of the Anolis LED brand, "I needed a real quality and very reliable LED system to compliment the style and elegance of the Haven marque," explains Boles.
The design involves the installation of lighting absolutely everywhere in the venue - down-lighting the bar, dining area, strafing the walls, illuminating the tables, running through the ceiling and imbibing the toilets with a comfortable radiance.
The concept works seamlessly in helping morph Haven's aura from lunchtime lounging to early evening contemporary fusion dining to later evening dancing, chilling and cool DJ sets.
Chesal and Boles took all these different mood parameters into account when considering how to light the venue.
Chesal sums up, "Haven was one of these amazing projects with real scope to illustrate what's achievable with good lighting, and how this can add to the whole visitor experience and boost its success, literally as a 'chameleon' style environment. It was seriously inspirational working with Mike on the project, and I am very proud of the results of his vision and imagination."
(Jim Evans)
