Coffee Shops; more popular than ever!

Finding the perfect interior design and décor for a café is not only a question of aesthetics... Comfort in fact has huge importance both for your customers and your staff, who needs to work in a practical environment.
However, the way a café is designed, decorated and furnished is probably the main reason why a client comes back again! In New York over the last three years, more than 60 new cafes and coffee bars have joined a dedicated group of establishments where coffee making is treated like an art, or at least a high form of craft.
New York coffee shops' interiors are more or less on the similar artistic level as the product itself. Remember; here we have the best interior designers in the world.

Research has proven that dark matt colors and textures when used in restaurants tend to make people stay longer hence an increase in sales.
Likewise, shiny bright colors make customers uncomfortable hence shorter stays leading to less profit.
The fast food places however are designed in less cozy manner; here the light bright colors and less comfortable seats make customers stay shorter to create a fast pace environmental for increased profit.
Coffee shops are somewhere in the middle.
Without significant menus and being little less popular by the evening coffee shops design tends to make the customers feel relaxed during the "coffee break" time.
The success of a coffee shop lays in a big part in its design.
We, at Interior Design Arts believe that accomplished coffee shop design should perfectly fit into its close proximity environments. It's crucial to understand that:
- Good design is a major marketing tool. The way your shop looks will determine how many people are tempted to cross your threshold. Adequate atmosphere created by impeccably chosen style, color and texture scheme will persuade passersby to enter your shop.

- Interior design will also give a prospective customer an idea of the cost involved in frequenting it. A superb designed coffee shop will prepare your clientele to pay a little extra for a coffee consumed with pleasure in a comfortable, pleasant environment.

- Using an interior designer with experience in hospitality or catering establishments will help you to achieve the optimum amount of "selling" space.

- Giving your designer a clear idea of what you want in your shop (in terms of appliances, devices, fixtures) will make the designer to perform a proper research and chose the design features you want incorporated in the shop you are starting up.

- Your design should reflect market trends and not be guided by your personal taste! Trusting your designer is an important move! We are experts and we watch the market and look at the trends in design.

- Your shop front and signage is equally important. It is great if your interior designer can design your exterior with technical knowledge as we do at Interior Design Arts. Your shop needs to be irresistible to passers-by! Ask your designer also if he/she is willing to work with a graphic designer who creates logo, collaterals, etc. This is very important to have both types of the design work together well. At Interior Design Arts, we work closely with our clients graphic artists or if you wish; we can introduce you to our preferable artists.












Do not hesitate to contact Interior Design Arts and I will be glad to talk to you about the design choices for your awesome coffee shop.