Whether futuristic or surreal, whimsical or classic, exotic or romantic, minimalist or loud, the restaurants showcased in this book testify to a burgeoning area of interior design - generally ignored by the architectural press despite being emblematic of collective behaviors - that is providing a highly stimulating threshold between interior architecture and stage design. The variegated panorama that has resulted from this crossover of approaches is a form of architecture that becomes a form of communication, a tool for creating enviroments that both belong to and compose the collective imagination.