The Making of Mad Atelier: Q&A with Julien Desormeaux
For over a decade, if you wandered up Lower Clapton Road in Hackney, you were often confronted by the rather sad sight of the Lord Cecil, an old-school East London pub that took its last orders in 2007.
Then in November last year, something happened. The steel shutters came down. A long-absent staircase was restored. Many of the pub’s original features were rescued from dereliction. Light and colour began pouring forth from the inside of the Georgian building. Mad Atelier was born.
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