Design office Roar Studio combined industrial materials such as concrete and stainless steel with decorative terrazzo and broken ceramic tiles for Drop Coffee, a cafe in Dubai's Dar Al Wasl Mall.
The Dubai-based studio was asked to design an interior that would suit the flow of visitors to the cafe, who enter the space from two different entrances ? one connected to the outdoors and one to the mall.
The bar area is framed by a wooden structure
It chose to keep the design simple by focusing on the materials used and framed the bar area of the cafe in pale wood and LED lights to create an eye-catching centrepiece.
"This is the second outlet for this homegrown Emirati brand," Roar Studio founder Pallavi Dean told Dezeen.
"Their main drive was to achieve a minimal space where the coffee bar is a central feature and creates a theatrical moment ? the making of the coffee is at the front and centre stage." A broken-tile mosaic decorates the main wall
The ceiling of the cafe is concrete and the studio also painted the walls with a concrete paint finish, which is complemented by a terrazzo-effect tiled stone floor in grey and white hues.
Its colours and shapes are picked up on the main wall, which was decorated with a mosaic of broken ceramic tiles that form an abstract pattern similar to the floor.
"We sourced basic white tiles from Rakceramics ? a local manufacturer ? which were then broken on-site to compose a patterned wall," Dean explained.
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