Rock ‘n’ Roll Interiors

Distinctively different from other clubs, bars and restaurants Casper’s interiors are always exotic, Rock ‘n’ Roll, classic, bohemian, unique, rugged, and hedonistic. In a style where anything goes except uniformity, the interiors in the book are showcased in a dazzling collage of images by Roel Ruijs, Sharon Jane Dompig, and Kwabena Appiah-Nti, and artwork by Aljan Moehamad (Skulljan).

Other people work a few years on a new restaurant; Casper opens multiple new places every year. Other people plan; Casper just does it. Regardless of budgets, and perhaps even responsibilities, Casper and his team work fast and based on feeling rather than rationale.

It shows in his interiors. Some might not even have a distinctive style. They do, however, have a distinctive atmosphere. “I don’t want everyone to like it. If everyone liked it, I would have done a bad job.” For over two decades, Casper has managed to attract the tastemakers and “it” people of the world to his venues. His places appeal to the cool and fend the fool, making nearly every spot he owns a place to be. It’s the funk that hangs around him and his places. Again, something others don’t have.

Plenty have tried to mimic it; copies of his interiors pop up all over the world. But what these copycats seem to forget is the only blueprint Casper uses in his work: Amsterdam. The city has become his playground. He walks the canals from one café to another restaurant every day. It’s the basis of his inspiration.

This book is your chance to get inspired through great photography and surprising elements that perfectly fit Casper’s Rock ’n’ Roll Interiors. “I don’t fucking like that name,” he says. That’s because he doesn’t consider himself rock ’n’ roll.

But the title is actually pretty spot-on. Rock ’n’ roll is a way of living—a youthful, rebellious culture that can’t be confined by categories or subjected to stigmas. Casper does exactly what he wants. This results in an eclectic style of interiors and a lifestyle that takes him all over the world. You could say that Casper is a pretty weird guy, although he might argue that the world is weird, and he’s completely normal. There’s no way you could put him or his style in a box; there’s no way of containing him at all. So yeah, it is rock ’n’ roll. It is Casper Reinders; definitely a rare phenomenon.