A Giger Bar is a bar themed and modelled by the

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artist

H. R. Giger Hans Ruedi Giger ( ; ; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as " biomechanical". Giger later abandoned airbrush for pastels, mark ...

. There are two Giger Bars: the first, the H.R. Giger Bar in

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, Switzerland, which opened in 1992, and the second is The Museum HR Giger Bar, located in Château St. Germain,

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, Switzerland, which opened on April 12, 2003. The interior of the bars are themed along the lines of his biomechanical style as shown in the

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films. The roof, walls, fittings and chairs are all modelled by the artist and fit into the same designs as seen in the films he designed, notably "Alien". The prominent high-backed

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design was originally intended as a Harkonnen throne for an abandoned ''

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'' film project. In 2013, the founder of the

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chain, Andy Davies, partnered with artist Giger to establish the Giger Bar brand in the

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as part of the company's development plans.

References

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