Designer Christopher Al-Jumah has created Daughter, a community-oriented cafe in Brooklyn's Crown Heights with interiors informed by the staircases of local brownstone buildings.
Daughter is a long and narrow space defined by an L-shaped block of brown seating that can be seen from the street through the cafe's large windows.
The cafe is in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighbourhood
Interior designer Christopher Al-Jumah said that the seating, which was informed by the stoops ? small staircases ? of local brownstone buildings, is Daughter's standout design feature.
The indoor stoops are made from a plywood base that was given a coating of concrete and sand with a top resin coat for durability.
"We spent months researching and testing different combinations of concrete, sand, plaster and resin to get the right look, feel and durability," Al-Jumah told Dezeen. Planters divide the step-like seating
Interspersed with planters, the casual seating aims to invite people into the cafe and also influenced the rest of the project's design decisions.
"Everything started from the brownstone stoop. Once a representative brownstone colour was selected, everything else in the space was designed around it to complement," explained Al-Jumah.
A curved bar sits next to the stoops
Custom-made tables with chairs by Danish brand Menu are placed opposite the stoops, next to the cafe's large windows that feature playful illustrations.
A curved bar designed in the same brown materia...