Kelly Wearstler wants diners to feel completely present at low-lit fusion restaurant

"Intimacy was non-negotiable" for Kelly Wearstler when interior designing Kappo Kappo, a charred-wood-clad French and Japanese restaurant at the Austin Proper Hotel in Texas.

Kappo Kappo is a single-room, 25-cover restaurant at the Austin Proper Hotel, which features interiors by Los Angeles-based Wearstler throughout.

Kappo Kappo is a French-Japanese restaurant at the Austin Proper Hotel

The French-Japanese fusion restaurant is centred around "kappo" dining, the Japanese term for "to cut and cook"...