Ellen Eberhardt

New York studio Surrane Design has outfitted Thai restaurant Hommali in New York with a terracotta floor, a central "courtyard" space and personal items of the founders to create a space that resembles a traditional Thai house. Hommali is located at the edges of New York's West Village neighbourhood and was founded by Bangkok natives chef Chattchakorn "Benz" Khajornchaisan,  general manager Kritayanee "Air" Promsarin and operations lead Pichalak "Picha" Srigungvarl after they moved to New York City and met in the hospitality scene. Surrane Design has completed a Thai restaurant in the West Village The restaurant contains an eight-seat bar, a 20-seat dining den, a semi-private mezzanine and auxiliary spaces such as a wine room and dry-age room where ducks and other ferments are on display. Surrane Design layered the space with a rich assortment of textures and patterns, such as dark wood millwork, a marbled bar top and artwork sourced from Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market. It brings together a rich assortment of textures and colours informed by Thailand According to the team, its palette of browns and greens was informed by the life cycle of a rice plant. "The color palette is inspired by the stages of the rice plant: fresh green for young leaves, golden yellow for mature stalks, earthy brown for paddy soil, soft beige for rice husks, and warm cream white for polished rice," said the team. Personal items from the ownership team line a partition It was designed to resemble a traditional Thai house, where