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palletcentral.com PalletCentral • July-August 2015 43 The Stork's interior styling is the design work product of Erik Dijkstra of Interior Shock, whose vision was to preserve the structure's original unfinished brick walls, leave the open industrial space intact, introduce more natural light and open a view plane onto the waterway, as well as to use a variety of recycled materials and salvaged items—including old wooden pallets—to complement the raw, natural look and feel of the structure. In addition to upcycled wooden pallets, the café's décor includes large concrete sewerage segments, huge old cable reels salvaged from a nearby company, and various other repurposed items, most of which are largely intact and can be seen in their original forms. Dutch aesthetic typology has been described as innovative and daring, and the Dutch Design School is distinguished among architectural genres as minimalist, experimental and humorous. Dutch architectural design is simple, economical, and often a bit quirky or whimsical. Dutch designers are known for their resourceful ability to give new value to materials that appear to be worthless and to combine things that don't typically go together. The 1100 square foot Stork restaurant/café is a quintessential example of this design philosophy. The unapologetic use of old wooden pallets and other re-purposed items complements the

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