{"id":117440,"date":"2018-01-17T16:32:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/detroit-eatery-by-undecorated-mimics-bangkok-s-bright-lights\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:59:58","slug":"detroit-eatery-by-undecorated-mimics-bangkok-s-bright-lights","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/detroit-eatery-by-undecorated-mimics-bangkok-s-bright-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Eatery by Undecorated Mimics Bangkok\u2019s Bright Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It started as a food truck. Next came a bricks-and-mortar version, occupying an abandoned Detroit garage transformed by Ishtiaq Rafiuddin&rsquo;s design firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undecorated.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Undecorated<\/a>. Called Katoi, the Thai restaurant won wide acclaim before being forced to close by a catastrophic fire&mdash;arson was suspected. So Rafiuddin returned. Renamed <a href=\"http:\/\/takoidetroit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Takoi<\/a>, it&rsquo;s now bigger and better than before, with more seating in the dining room, plus an after-hours dance club. Throughout the 2,500 square feet, translucent polycarbonate paneling is backed by color-changing RGB LED strips that mimic, he says, &ldquo;Bangkok&rsquo;s electric, chromatic lights at night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-detroit-dining-room-purple-lighting-0118.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-detroit-booths-ceiling-lighting-0118.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-detroit-wall-paneling-led-strips-0118.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-bar-seating.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE.&nbsp;<span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-seating-green-lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><span>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-guests-bar.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><span>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-seating-purple-lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><span>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/undecorated-takoi-restaurant-outside-lanterns-nighttime.jpg\" alt=\"\" caption=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption><span>ONLINE EXCLUSIVE.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Takoi by Undecorated. Photography by Chris Miele.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/interioredesign.net\/articles\/14405-interior-design-january-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; See more from the January&nbsp;2018&nbsp;issue of<em> Interior Design<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 770px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top: 50%;\"><video width=\"300\" height=\"150\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" data-account=\"1569970204\" data-player=\"SklKogkXEZ\" data-embed=\"default\" data-playlist-id=\"5487626762001\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js\" controls=\"controls\"><\/video><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>Next came a bricks-and-mortar version, occupying an abandoned Detroit garage transformed by Ishtiaq&nbsp;<\/span><span>Rafiuddin&rsquo;s design firm, <\/span><span>Undecorated. <\/span><span>Called Katoi, the Thai restaurant won wide acclaim before being forced to close by a catastrophic fire&mdash;arson was suspected. So Rafiuddin returned. Renamed Takoi, it&rsquo;s now bigger and better than before.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2491,"featured_media":117449,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_image_focal_point":[],"legacy_django_id":14360},"tags":[],"id_tax_domain":[12],"id_tax_product":[],"id_tax_program":[],"id_issue":[],"internal_flag":[4220],"class_list":["post-117440","id_project","type-id_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","id_tax_domain-hospitality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Detroit Eatery by Undecorated Mimics Bangkok\u2019s Bright Lights - Interior Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Next came a bricks-and-mortar version, occupying an abandoned Detroit garage transformed by Ishtiaq&nbsp;Rafiuddin&rsquo;s design firm, Undecorated. 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