Kestrel at Design Week: a tasting counter that sold the speakers.
Six days, 9,000 tastings, a modular counter that packed into two vans.
The
challenge
Kestrel Audio came to us with a date, a room and a number: 9,000 guests in Milan. The brief was simple to say and hard to do: make it feel personal at that scale, and make every plate land on time.
What we did
We designed the event around one moment of service, built the kitchen into the venue and wrote a menu from what Milan grows and catches that week. Floor teams rehearsed the run twice on site; lighting, linen and glassware were chosen to carry Kestrel Audio's colours without a single logo on the table.
The result
Six days, 9,000 tastings, a modular counter that packed into two vans. Kestrel Audio has already booked the next one.
Services
- Concept & room design
- Menu & culinary direction
- Kitchen build
- Floor service
- Production & lighting
- Logistics
Key facts
- 9,000
- guests
- 1
- night to remember
- 5
- courses
- 82
- crew on the floor
- 2
- kitchens
- 7
- weeks of planning
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We design evenings that people taste long after the last plate. Your table becomes part of the story they tell.
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