Customer Reviews

Cafe! Best of Coffee Shop Design

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
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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.

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. [...]

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.

This book provides designs of around 35 coffee shops with different styles. It can get you an idea on how far you can go with creativity. Yes it's good for inspiration. Some of the designs are also accompanied by the layouts.