Distressed concrete, rowlock bricks and worn plasterwork create an intentionally unfinished appearance at this cafe in New York City’s East Village neighbourhood, designed by Brooklyn studio Commoncraft.
For its expansion into Manhattan, New Jersey-based Kuppi Coffee Company secured a 350-square-foot space on bustling St Marks Place – its second location.
Textured concrete plaster envelops the interior of Kuppi Cafe in the East Village
The compact interior has just enough space for a customer area and the cafe counter, plus a prep area and a WC for staff at the back.
Commoncraft approached the front-of-house space with an ethos akin to wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of “flawed beauty”.
Commoncraft chose materials
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