mama campo
Project Design
Manolo Yllera
Photography
Manolo Yllera
Place
Madrid. Spain
An organic restaurant serving mock tender, soupy rice or stew pot? Why not, in the end being organic is not synonymous with being vegan as well as eating meat does not prevent from being sustainable either. This is the starting point of the food shop and restaurant Mama Campo, an initiative promoted by Nacho Aparicio and David Yllera. “There is neither tofu nor quinoa or rare seeds here”, Aparicio states, because Mama Campo only sells local products and its kitchen only produces typical Spanish dishes. And so tradition and proximity are its two fundamental premises. Mama Campo is a roundup of amazing designer pieces and artworks. “Every decorative element belongs to some designer. Nothing was left to chance and this grants the space the personality we were looking for. We have chairs designed by Tusquets, Marteen Baas or Bouroullec, lamps by Carlos Villoslada, Bocci or the Pet Lamp by Álvaro Catalán de Ocón, etc.”, Aparicio explains.
In total, about 40 national designers came together in Mama Campo, such as Pablo Limón, Pilar de Prada, Buenaventura, EnticDesigns, La Casita de Margaux or Expormim, providing Fontal armchairs by Oscar Tusquets. But there were also international names like Wow Studio, Dirk Van der Kooij or Tom Dixon and certain original touches which are impossible to overlook such as the rolling pins used as door handles or the fridges covered with the remainders of pallets. Even the silverware and aprons belong to designer labels. They spare no expense because “we wanted to guarantee the presence of our brand and make people overcome the fear of all that labelled as organic”. This is the reason why they created a light-filled space, warm and pleasant, with plentiful of handicrafts close at hand and oozing design left, right and centre. Taste buds and smell are not the only senses stimulated in here. The space also tries to activate aesthetic pleasure and ecological awareness with the aim of communicating principles as important as sustainability or recycling. One-of-a-kind model of organic business indeed.
Project Design
Manolo Yllera
Photography
Manolo Yllera
Place
Madrid. Spain
An organic restaurant serving mock tender, soupy rice or stew pot? Why not, in the end being organic is not synonymous with being vegan as well as eating meat does not prevent from being sustainable either. This is the starting point of the food shop and restaurant Mama Campo, an initiative promoted by Nacho Aparicio and David Yllera. “There is neither tofu nor quinoa or rare seeds here”, Aparicio states, because Mama Campo only sells local products and its kitchen only produces typical Spanish dishes. And so tradition and proximity are its two fundamental premises. Mama Campo is a roundup of amazing designer pieces and artworks. “Every decorative element belongs to some designer. Nothing was left to chance and this grants the space the personality we were looking for. We have chairs designed by Tusquets, Marteen Baas or Bouroullec, lamps by Carlos Villoslada, Bocci or the Pet Lamp by Álvaro Catalán de Ocón, etc.”, Aparicio explains.
In total, about 40 national designers came together in Mama Campo, such as Pablo Limón, Pilar de Prada, Buenaventura, EnticDesigns, La Casita de Margaux or Expormim, providing Fontal armchairs by Oscar Tusquets. But there were also international names like Wow Studio, Dirk Van der Kooij or Tom Dixon and certain original touches which are impossible to overlook such as the rolling pins used as door handles or the fridges covered with the remainders of pallets. Even the silverware and aprons belong to designer labels. They spare no expense because “we wanted to guarantee the presence of our brand and make people overcome the fear of all that labelled as organic”. This is the reason why they created a light-filled space, warm and pleasant, with plentiful of handicrafts close at hand and oozing design left, right and centre. Taste buds and smell are not the only senses stimulated in here. The space also tries to activate aesthetic pleasure and ecological awareness with the aim of communicating principles as important as sustainability or recycling. One-of-a-kind model of organic business indeed.
