Cosy cafés

Cafe in Amsterdam North, made out of 100% e-Bay materials. The ‘Noorderparkkamer’ runs projects to improve social cohesion in Amsterdam North. It does this with great succes. To give room for a small cafe next to their ‘office’ we designed the Noorderparkbar. Completely constructed out of second hand materials from ‘marktplaats’ (the dutch e-Bay) the design is both low in costs and easy to construct. Still has a ‘wicked’ look though. More

Tully's Coffee Shop -Remm Kagoshima is located on the first floor of the high-grade hotel built in the typical shopping quarter "Tenmonkan" in Kagoshima. Thus, Tully’s was required to upgrade the facilities from the comparable Tully’s shops and correspond to providing breakfasts to the hotel guests. Operator came out with the following conclusion. "Create new design", and "Collaborate with famous bakery in the local district." Though this answer may appear simple, imagine various difficult problems that this brand had to develop and to overcome. As a result, the good smell from the bakery and the fresh baked bread brought new added value not only to the hotel guests’ breakfast supports but also to all-time visitors who use Tully’s coffee... More

Location of this Starbucks is somehow characteristic, as it stands on the main approach to the Dazaifu Tenmangu, one of the most major shrines in Japan. © Masao Nishikawa Established in 919 A.D., the shrine has been worshiped as “the God for Examination,” and receives about 2 million visitors a year who wish their success. Along the main path to the shrine, there are traditional Japanese buildings in one or two stories. The project aimed to make a structure that harmonizes with such townscape, using a unique system of weaving thin woods diagonally. © Masao Nishikawa The building is made of 2,000 stick-like parts in the sizes of 1.3m – 4m length and 6cm section. Total length of the sticks reached as fa... More

STS Café is a sidewalk café situated at the outdoor of a prestigious shopping mall, Starhill Gallery along Bintang Walk which is the Golden Triangle of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It is standing next to Sephora, one of the largest chain cosmetics stores in worldwide. STS Café is a Kiosk of Starhill Tea Salon which is famous with its genuine Teas from all over the world. Now, its introducing its signature Freshly squeezed Orange juice and Authentic Spanish Churros. It is a café for Take-away and Dine-in, there are patio tables and chairs with parasol placed on the pavement nearby the café. The building is a two-storey stand alone polyhedron architecture designed for a cosmetics flagship store. The location of the café is a... More

News Bar is a place of rituals; morning coffees, daily meetings, afternoon relaxation and night arrangement, all that in one space where you can catch the newest information… on electronic or printed Medias or simply throw friendly talk. Endless lines of letters, words, tables with old texts from news papers are patented idea exchanging information I communication inside shopping center. Dark ceiling and walls in combination with stone, wooden floor and wooden furniture making a worm atmosphere that need to snatch away you from shining shopping centre and brings you inside of two different ambient/stone and textile. Details, old photo camera, old radio, studio spot lights are insolently defy to endless lines which are remember us tha... More

After months of research into why prefabrication has not been the glowing success everyone claimed it would be, we developed our answer: mix prefabrication with the current trend of mobile food trucks. We built the first prototype, Rapid Type: A Mobile Coffee platform, in the Fall of 2010 as part of a studio I offered with Andre Caradec (S/tudio U/nder M/anufacture) at California College of the Arts. We were given a generous donation of Alpolic, a unique aluminum composite material manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. To explore the full potential of the material, we decided to co-teach an experimental design studio with one goal: push the material as far as possible within the limits of currently available CNC fabrication technolog... More

The concept for Kith Café was inspired by a simple phrase from the Japanese film, Be with you. It translates into “would you care to have coffee with me sometime?” a plain and sincere question that has the power to turn strangers into kith and kin. It was not just a matter of coming up with a Kith Café, but creating a complete experience. This meant no fancy lampshades, mass-manufactured furniture, or unnecessarily printed materials were to be used in its interior. Instead, the focus was on delivering an unassuming space that could support Kith’s honest philosophy and ethos. Upon entering the quaint 28 square meter space, customers could choose to sit on a long, tall communal bar table on the left seating or a low bench area on the... More

Formally the remodelação was developed in three different areas, public area, where is done an personalized service; deprived area, of preparation of requests; area of the dressing rooms and sanitary facilities. These nuclei have very peculiar characteristics for the complicity and duality conceptual that have, wants of existence wants of positioning. The public area comes as a wide area in his whole, punctuated by the furniture, and for the "precious stone", (deprived area) creating a harmonious conviviality. It was done a plastic treatment in the walls of the public area to maximize an effect cénico, wants in the operation of the day, wants in the nigth operation. The deprived area. it is bounded by a structure covered internally by... More

The design philosophy is based on the client’s brief for a contemporary space, which renders the difference of its identity. Custom-made furniture/ objects within a synthesis of light and sculpture recompose a welcoming atmosphere. More

Fonte Coffee and Wine Bar is located in the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle. Fonte, a premium micro coffee roaster, sought a high profile, flagship retail store here in Seattle. The owner asked Floisand Studio to design the bar in the spring of 2009. We provided full architectural and interior design services, as well as lighting, exterior signage, furniture and branding design. A wood ceiling canopy is supported by molded steel supports which are reminiscent of grass growing up and through a deck. The supports also help define circulation and dining areas. More