{"id":1642,"date":"2025-08-18T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:29:08","slug":"giant-spittoon-shaped-like-baptismal-basin-decorates-london-office-of-wine-merchant-flint-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/giant-spittoon-shaped-like-baptismal-basin-decorates-london-office-of-wine-merchant-flint-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant spittoon shaped like baptismal basin decorates London office of wine merchant Flint"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Flint<\/div>\n

Cork-topped tables and a marble<\/a> spittoon feature in the southeast London<\/a> headquarters of wine merchant<\/a> Flint, refurbished by the company’s architect neighbour Mowat & Company and other hyperlocal collaborators.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spread across the ground floor of a building on Kennington’s Stannary Street, Flint<\/a> HQ includes a rear office for a team of almost 40 people and a front tasting room for presenting and entertaining.<\/p>\n

\"The
Flint is a wine merchant in Kennington, southeast London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having not been updated since 2013, the space was renovated by Mowat & Company<\/a>, an architecture studio located directly above the wine merchant and specifically chosen for its proximity.<\/p>\n

“When we made the decision to stay in Kennington, we went all in,” explained Flint managing director Katy Keating. “Not just putting our roots down further here, but also supporting others to do so, too.”<\/p>\n

“We’re fortunate that this corner of London is home to so much talent,” she told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Tasting
The tasting room features furniture by local supplier Very Good & Proper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mowat & Company reconfigured the layout to designate zones and improve the building’s overall circulation and natural lighting.<\/p>\n

Visitors now enter through a slim corridor lined in timber and fluted glass, with the tasting room to the right.<\/p>\n

\"Freestanding
A freestanding marble spittoon looks like a baptismal font<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here, the studio placed a sleek oval meeting table and dark wood chairs by furniture brand Very Good & Proper<\/a>, headquartered around a 10-minute walk from Flint.<\/p>\n

Floor-to-ceiling glazing is concealed behind translucent mauve-tinged curtains, which hang in front of a large freestanding marble<\/a> spittoon \u2013 a receptacle into which unwanted wine is spit during a tasting.<\/p>\n

\"Cork-topped
Grey cork tops the office tables. Photo by Ellie Walpole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The spittoon was carved from red marble from Burgundy, France, where the merchant’s first wines were sourced. Engraved with the Flint logo, the object’s statement form is similar to the large stone fonts used for baptisms.<\/p>\n

A hidden butler’s pantry with temperature-controlled storage can be accessed in one corner of the room, inserted to save space in the tasting area.<\/p>\n

\"Open-plan
The rear office also includes an open-plan kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rear office includes an open-plan, timber-clad kitchen and a large workspace anchored by grey-hued cork<\/a>-topped tables.<\/p>\n

Cork was selected because it is affordable, easy to clean and absorbs sound, Keating explained. The material also nods to wine production.<\/p>\n

“Cork comes from a certain type of oak tree, which is essential in wine production, yielding the barrels in which wine is aged and the natural stoppers for the bottles,” said Keating.<\/p>\n