Cafe! Best of Coffee Shop Design [Paperback]

Braun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 16, 2010

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Braun Publish,Csi (April 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3037680458
• ISBN-13: 978-3037680452
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too esoteric for the average would-be cafe owner, October 18, 2011

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Stephanie Loria (Montclair, NJ, US) - See all my reviews

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Although the book was enjoyable to thumb through -- and some of the designs really ARE spectacular! -- I wish I hadn't actually purchased it. I'm not a design student, just someone fantasizing about owning a cafe someday and wondering what it might look like. I bought this book for inspiration, but ended up feeling like the ideas were mostly out of reach. Sure, I could hire a team of designers (and who knows, I may even do that someday), but I wanted to see cafe interiors and exteriors that regular people can create -- places that welcome the public, that are fresh or funny or cozy, etc., but not necessarily so flashy they should win awards.

This is not to steer readers away from the book. But future cafe owners may not need anything quite this dramatic to get their creative visions flowing.

Also, I only gave it 2 stars because I wanted considerably more text; the book consisted of almost nothing but pictures. In all, it seemed to me more like something that would be assigned in a school of design than a book for potential cafe owners or the general public.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Inspiration!, November 8, 2010

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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. [...]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book for cafe and coffee shop design, January 31, 2011

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L. Schattman "Librarian, Design Institute of ... (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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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.