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More Snog

Nick — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:40:30 +0000

I’ve writtten about Snog on here before and I must admit I keep coming back to it every time we look at a fascia on another job. So now here’s some more pics and even videos at Lighting which has an excellent write up about the lighting scheme.

Also worth having a look at is their kiosk which opened in Westfield on Monday. Not many images online yet but no doubt they’ll start appearing soon, and the van is great too.

More Snog:

Danesi

Nick — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:41:30 +0000

I came across a couple of pictures of Danesi on Scott Hansen’s very fine ISO50 blog and it inspired me to look more into the Danesi brand.

The first set of pictures shows the ‘dch’ (danesi coffee house) concept, ” … a real tasting place to experience the original Italian espresso and distribute new “coffee culture” products; each one is located in large city centres.”

What I particularly like in the interiors is the calmness and structure that’s provided by the overall colour palette but carried through to the straightforward large image that’s used and the furniture with its cutaway details and chairs with mini shelves.

My favourite feature though is the lighting, especially the lampshades that cut through the ceiling raft above the counter. All very calm and elegant. As usual it’s the attention to detail that makes places like these work.

The Danesi website is also worth a browse to see the products as well as all elements you would need to create your franchise.

The second set of pictures shows the ‘dsao’ (danesi small architectural object) concept, “a small coffee corner, conceived as independent platforms, ready to be located inside malls, airports, railway stations and trade shows.”

Up the Albion

Nick — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:20:11 +0000

Here’s a newish caff, the Albion. Part of Terence Conran’s Boundary project. Continuing the trend of taking back Britishness from the far right, tea is served with crocheted tea cosy, cutlery in syrup cans and water in a tin pitcher. Definitely one to add to our next Retail Safari.

On a more social media type front they use Baker Tweet to let their locals know what’s coming out of the oven.

Links:

Albion Caff

The Boundary

Night time shots and review An American in London

Jenny Tucker’s review on Sofeminine

Albion on Twitter

Baker Tweet

Retail Safari (part 6) – Liberty tea shop

Nick — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:01:29 +0000

And finally after all that pounding of the high street we badly needed a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake. Where better than the tea shop in Liberty.