Montreal design studio Lambert & Fils has worked with Milanese DWA Design Studio on a six-day pop-up cafe for Milan design week, with the aim of sparking dynamic conversations over food.
Based in the Alcova exhibition, which launched at Milan design week last year, Caffe? Populaire will host dinners throughout the week.

Against the backdrop of the industrial venue ? a former panettone factory ? Frederik De Wachter and Alberto Artesani of DWA Design Studio have created a dining space that celebrates "raw but refined materials", rather than digital technologies.
"It's anti-digital, because we wanted people to talk to each other, and to gather around food and talk during the Salone, rather than just being on their computers and taking pictures of things," explained De Wachter. "We wanted to make this very relaxed atmosphere without adding the pressure of being digital, so you won't find screens in this space," he told Dezeen.

The designers see the project as an antidote to the usual stand at a furniture fair, which neither DWA Design Studio or Lambert & Fils have found to be a useful way to talk to people about their work.
"In the beginning we were thinking about Alcova's location on Via Populi Uniti which means 'united people', so we wanted to do something for the people, which gave us the name," said De Wachter.
"We wanted it to be a very social place, very open and not posh, a really friendly place. The idea of b...