In a long webitorial published earlier today, Vogue Australia’s Living Archives editor Jason Mowen praised Ftelia Mykonos, one of the most popular beach bars on the famous Greek windy island, for its “retro hues of ochre and burnt orange”.

The Sydney-based designer fell in love with Ftelia’s summer-y warmth and using Romain Laprade’s stunning photographs that make the beach club look as if it sprung out of a Wes Anderson film, he penned a mini-ode.

We can only presume that this is what came to Paris-based Italian architect Fabrizio Casiraghi’s mind the first time he flew over the island. According to Mowen, the inspiration for the Ftelia Beach Club descended that very moment.

Casiraghi was surprised to see that the church rooftops were painted in a brick-like colour and not in blue, the colour usually associated with Greece at the time.

This unusual hero hue for the Cyclades also features in Ftelia’s rows of shapely ’60s-era orange-framed armchairs by Gae Aulenti, combined with Rattan chairs found at an antiques market on a neighbouring island.

“I understood that this was the colour of the island and began imagining an atmosphere full of warm tonalities,” Casiraghi tells Vogue, describing the palette as the most powerful aspect of the project.

It packs some subtle punch: varying shades of red, yellow and burnt orange play contrast against the stark white of the vernacular architecture and the cool, crisp colours of the Aegean. “The rest, was inspired by the landscape: terraces and an amphitheatre to enjoy the view; simple but iconic furniture; and handmade fabrics.”

Casiraghi’s fascination with Greece and the Grecian aesthetic -evident throughout his body of work- was not born when he visited Mykonos, but years prior, as he took Ancient Greek, Latin and Philosophy at school before moving on to architecture at the Politecnico di Milano.

Ftelia is undoubtedly one of his most humble yet more loved creations, exuding the 60s Greek modernism vibes we’ve all fallen in love with be it through our own personal memories, postcards, or old movies.