Submarine Transformed into World’s First Deep Sea Bar

Talented <a href="http://jump-studios.com/">London-based designer Jump Studios</a> was commissioned to repurpose a submarine into a cool deep sea bar as part Guinness' 250 year anniversary celebration. Jump worked with famed carpenter and engineer Nicholas Alexander to follow strict marine construction guidelines. Together the team took measurements of the submarine in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_archipelago">Sweden's Stockholm Archipelago</a> before constructing the pre-fabricated interior shell in Alexander's London studio. They then assembled the components in sub-zero temperatures before sinking the bar to the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

The Guinness project was required to reflect the company's strategic branding. As such, the interior bar features unusual glass reinforced plastic material covered in rubber discs that make the bar seem alive with bubbles. Some of the round discs are filled in with <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/led-lights/">LED lights</a> while others are left to hold beverages.

Guinness commissioned Jump Studio to transform a submarine into the world's first deep sea bar

It features seating, tables and a bar

Jump used glass reinforced plastic as the main material and then create a "bubble" effect with rubber discs

Some of the discs are inlaid with LED lights, others are used as beverage holders

The interior is only 11 square meters

Strict attention was paid to fire safety and ventilation

And yet Jump's signature playfulness definitely shines through!