Set in El Raval, Barcelona, the Pantera Mambo – cocktail bar explodes with emotion, energy, and mystery. Each night, three ‘panthers’ welcome guests into a ‘white jungle’ made of iron, glass, and grating, with colored lights offering a pop of heat and thrill to the industrial backdrop. Spanish studio INSAYN completed the bar interior in August 2021, drawing their eclectic design inspiration from the Colombian ‘Pantera Mambo’ song. 

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INSAYN (see more here) custom-built the cocktail bar’s counters and tables using galvanized and perforated grating. Meanwhile, stools were carved out of glass and bathroom walls were clad in corrugated iron planks. This material combination ultimately pairs nicely with the lighting effects — striking a perfect balance between transparency and opacity, darkness and colors, movement and stillness. At some point in the bathroom, three different light hues (blue, orange and green) blend together, forming a new color that casts itself onto the corrugated iron plane, flooding the space with a thrilling atmosphere. 

The cocktail bar is set in El raval, Barcelona

An industrial mix evoking a ‘white jungle’

Three ‘panthers’ welcome guests into the eclectic, mysterious space

Lights, reflection, and perspective fuel the bar atmosphere

Custom-built furniture using glass and grating

Iron walls reflect back the vivid lights cast in the bathroom

Name: Pantera Mambo – cocktail bar

Location: El Raval, Barcelona, Spain

Total Area: 110 square meters Design Studio: INSAYN

Team: Célia Antunez & Michelle Lopez

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Edited by: Lea Zeitoun | designboom

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