Design firm Estudio Yeye used a limited palette of colours and materials to create a "simple and efficient" design for a cafe that serves up Mexican coffee.
The Negro Blanco Café, or Black White Coffee, is located in Chihuahua City in northwestern Mexico. The cafe specialises in offering award-winning coffee grown on farms in the country, from Veracruz to Chiapas.

The cafe's name was inspired by the common ingredients in the beverages its serves ? water, milk and roasted coffee beans. These elements also informed the shop's interior design and graphics, which were created by Estudio Yeye, a local multidisciplinary firm.

 
While conceiving the project ? which had a limited budget ? the studio's aim was to create an "essential and sincere brand" without any gimmicks. "Our graphic system and interior design are simple and efficient, so that the protagonist is coffee at all times," said the team in a project description.

The pared-down aesthetic is applied both inside and out. The street-facing facade is composed of grey and white surfaces, with the cafe's name spelled out in small black letters. The lower portion of the exterior is lined with a concrete bench and planters with spiky ferns.

Visitors pass through a glazed door and step into a single room divided into two zones ? one for customers and one for drink preparation. The team used a restrained palette of colours and materials, including concrete flooring, white furniture and a ...