Cafe! Best of Coffee Shop Design

The design of coffee shops is increasingly on the move. Where cafs have traditionally been viewed as places principally to enjoy a coffee, they have evolved to show a broad range of multifunctional purposes and amenities: They can, for instance, exist as cozy lunch-time meeting spots before abruptly transforming into vibrant late-night bars after sundown. Caf! Best of Coffee Shop Design shows the wide scope of different caf concepts, including coffee bars as integral parts of cutting-edge multipurpose buildings, flagship stores and traditional shops with a contemporary twist. The 40 projects featured comprise an extensive variety of designs and styles, ranging from minimalist, strict and reduced, to opulent and extravagant.

Customer Reviews:

Great for Inspiration!

By BORA - November 8, 2010

A friend wants to open a coffee shop so i sent them this book after picking up a copy for myself. High quality photos, great layout, quality look and feel...very reasonable price. It arrived as a "better than expected" choice. It is small...perhaps 6 x 10...but that's ok cuz it's about an inch or so thick with gobs of high gloss photos. [...]

Very good book for cafe and coffee shop design

By L. Schattman "Librarian, Design Institute of ... - January 31, 2011

This is a very nice book for anyone interested in designing small food/beverage facilities. It features beautiful, full-color photographs and many plans. The format of the book is small (5" x 7.5"), but the image quality is good and the binding seems strong. There is very little text, so you'll need additional books to provide the solid information, but the pictures and layouts in this volume are an excellent source of inspiration.

A complete disappointment

By Jack McGuire - May 1, 2013

This is a garbage book, filled with absolutely sterile cafe examples. I was completely disappointed with it--I'd hoped it would give me inspiration for a local design I was undertaking.
If Amazon had offered a view inside, I would never have ordered it.