About Best Cafe Designs
Combining Architecture, Photography, Coffee and Websites
A Directory Of Cafes And Cafe Professionals
Best Cafe Designs is a comprehensive directory site and design publication tailored for cafes and cafe professionals, providing a platform to showcase and celebrate exceptional cafe designs globally. With unique content being uploaded each week and an engaged community, Best Cafe Designs is a diverse resource for cafes to differentiate themselves and connect with design enthusiasts.
About The Creator Of Best Cafe Designs
Best Cafe Designs was conceived by Andrew, an architect with a passion for coffee and a keen eye for design. Recognising the intricate details often involved in cafe aesthetics, Andrew, though time-poor due to professional and family commitments, aimed to efficiently appreciate and showcase exceptional cafe designs by combining his interests in photography, web design, and coffee enjoyment.
Best Cafe Designs Reviews
Find out what both professionals and travelers think about our site
Chris Ryan Copy Editor Barista Magazine
An architect by trade, Andrew Chung always has his eye trained on the design of the spaces he inhabits. And because he lives in Sydney, Australia—one of the world’s most vibrant specialty-coffee cultures—it didn’t take long before he started admiring the unique design of many of the city’s cafés.
Penelope Barker Feature Writer at Best Cafe Designs
Former editor of Vogue Living, Bell, Indesign Magazines
Featuring cafe designs from more than 30 countries, with stories on their design, philosophy and local coffee culture, bestcafedesigns.com charts the expansion of cafe culture across the globe – from the remote Hunza Valley in Pakistan to Ho Chi Minh City, and from Barranco in Peru to Bucharest, Hungary.
Darya Monya Public Relations at CUUB
I’m really a fan of the coffee shop. It has a special atmosphere, its own culture and always makes new discoveries. Now any travel planning includes https://bestcafedesigns.com, just enter the desired city, set your preferences, and you will find a list of the most interesting coffee shops. It’s fantastic!
Origins of Best Cafe Designs​
The unique Best Cafe Designs Directory and Design publication came from obscure beginnings.
In a Forrest Gump moment, Andrew went out one day to photograph a cafe using his smartphone only during a coffee break in Sydney CBD. From there, he continued to photograph 1-3 a day. Through many coffees, Andrew photographed 70 cafes and is continuing every day. To him, it’s an enjoyable experience to drink coffee, take a break, and enjoy the ambiance of a well designed cafe.
Andrew thought how he could expand this fun endeavour? Andrew went up on Upwork and sent out an ad to the world asking if anyone would like to be commissioned to also photograph cafe designs in their local neighbourhood. Andrew gave them a photography guide and brief and received amazing responses from all corners of the world including Pakistan, Lebanon, Vietnam, Peru, UK, Germany, Spain, Ukraine and many more.
Assembling Best Cafe Designs​
From there Andrew engaged an accomplished writer Penelope Barker, a former editor at Vogue Living, Belle and Indesign magazines, and a well respected writer in the architecture and design space to write stories about these amazing pictures from all over the world.
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Andrew assembled this into a website bestcafedesigns.com and started the journey of connecting design and travel and coffee lovers.
Feature Articles by Penelope Barker
From Memphis to Biophilia, to interviewing the leading names in architecture and design for global publications, journalist Penelope Barker‘s career has spanned decades of tracking trends and seeking out the best and brightest in the industry. She works from her home on the North Coast of New South Wales, as well as from the delightful gardens of two local cafes.
An Online Journal Platform
From here Andrew developed bestcafedesigns.com as an online journal platform for architects to publish their own cafe designs for a global design audience. The site already feature amazing designs from architects in Japan, China, Korea and the UK. Â Contributions are growing every day.
Top 100 Architecture Blog
The site is now ranked 75 in the top 100 architecture blogs at feed spot, and the only blog with a focus on cafe design. We feature unique articles on architecture, travel and coffee including the top 50 cafe and coffee house counter designs.
Best Cafe Designs Directory
With the same mindset of connecting design, travel and coffee, Andrew developed Best Cafe Designs into a global Directory. Â Its a unique listing of cafes and cafe professionals that can further connections between cafes and their followers, and supporting professionals. Â We hope that you may use this platform everyday to discover unique cafe designs to sip your coffee from, whether in your home down, or on your travels.
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