I don’t want a seat at the table this summer, I want a high stool at the bar.

A bar like the one at Dolly, in the hip Adelaide suburb of Unley, where local designer Ryan Genesin has crafted a sensuous interior from humble materials – concrete, brick and timber – offset by rich ochre drapery. The bar itself is formed from concrete poured in-situ, so the facia bears the sculptural creases of bagging; the top, while polished to a silky sheen, features crumpled indentations that no sitter can resist caressing.