Is George Livissianis the hottest name in Australian restaurant design right now? Judging by his work on some of Sydney’s favourite dining rooms, the answer is a definite yes. Here are a few of his top designs.

Livissianis keeps decorative detail to a minimum. “It could come down to the way that you detail something that might be a little bit atypical,” he says, “or it might be an unexpected highlight somewhere like that very fine neon-pink paint line on top of the column at The Apollo, and in the stitched detail of the sofa.”

The dusty hues at The Apollo, Livissianis tells us, were inspired by the crags and cliffs of the Greek islands.

The dining room at Café Paci, and everything in it, is painted the same shade of Taubmans Iron Age grey.

A sneak-preview of Livissianis’s plans for the new Potts Point incarnation of Billy Kwong.