A Tipsy Bar Counter Made Badly

A bar demonstrating common mistakes. The poorly designed version is: a sign outside reads "Hidden Bar"; inside, it's covered with distressed bricks and old newspapers, with a row of Edison bulbs hanging from the ceiling; despite being very dark, a row of recessed lights above the bar casts the bartender's face into shadow; the ceiling is hard, making it impossible to hear each other when ten people are talking; there's no shielding between booths, so every table can see every other table. The correct approach is: nothing at the entrance, authentic materials, light falling where it should, and sound absorbed. Avoid: labeling itself as a hidden bar at the entrance, using distressed brick walls and Edison bulbs, installing recessed lights above the bar, having a hard, reflective ceiling.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間示範常見錯誤的酒吧。做壞的版本是:門口掛著寫著隱藏酒吧的招牌;裡面貼滿做舊的磚與老報紙、天花垂著一排愛迪生燈泡;明明很暗卻在吧台上方裝了一排嵌燈把調酒師打成陰影臉;天花是硬的,十個人講話就聽不見對方;卡座之間沒有遮蔽,每一桌都看得到別桌。正確的做法是門口什麼都沒有、材料是真的、光落在該落的地方、聲音被吃掉。避免:在門口標示自己是隱藏酒吧、使用做舊磚牆與愛迪生燈泡、在吧台上方裝嵌燈、讓天花是硬質反射面。