Coffee Shop Interior Design Trends: Are Cafes Embracing the "Construction Site" Aesthetic?

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A coffee shop with novel and beautiful environmental design can indeed be very attractive, and even make the coffee taste better!

Concrete walls are an important element of industrial style, and this element is gradually being applied to the decoration of coffee brand stores. Industrial concrete style coffee shops are becoming more and more popular. Many netizens have said that many coffee shop designs are looking more and more like "renovation sites" now! Haha~ This description feels really spot on!

In recent years, many coffee brand stores' decoration styles have been based on cement gray tones, without much extra decoration. Although the overall look is simple, the visual effect gives off a very cool feeling, visually bringing people a sense that the coffee shop is very novel.

Just search for "industrial style coffee shop" on any social platform, and you'll find a large number of related coffee shops! If you search on Xiaohongshu, you can see over 200,000 notes, each with very distinctive features.

Blue Bottle Coffee: Industrial Cement Style

Even in early December, Blue Bottle Coffee Zhangyuan Store, which just opened its third store in mainland China, also follows the industrial cement style route. It preserves the original building's facade and the brick walls and doors/windows of the atrium, using these features as its architectural background. Any casual photo taken here looks like a beautiful masterpiece.

The indoor space follows the principles of minimalism and brightness, giving people a sense of retaining a peaceful and comfortable environment in the bustling city. Sitting quietly for a moment seems to slightly alleviate the unease and anxiety before you. Besides the good environment, the coffee they make has also received overwhelming praise. I wonder if the taste of coffee is really related to the environment!!

Forêt Café: Industrial Style with a Twist

Last January, there was also a café named "Forêt" located at No. 29 Beishan Street, Hangzhou, which became popular due to its very personalized design that attracted many consumers. This café extends the industrial style by installing iron doors and windows, giving it an overall prison-like feeling. The café is divided into two floors, with the first floor focusing on industrial style and the second floor featuring French style.

The two-story building doesn't have excessive decorations. From the pictures, you can see that the café also features red brick walls and exposed steel-reinforced concrete as its characteristics, as if every element can make its industrial style even stronger.

Evolution of Coffee Shop Design Trends

A few years ago, the popular design styles were mainly anime-themed, pet coffee shops, or tech-inspired styles. In recent years, however, the minimalist style featuring industrial design with cement walls paired with exposed steel elements has become increasingly popular. The number of such distinctive coffee shops continues to grow, with different styles and positioning, but whether it's industrial style or artistic style...

They basically share the same concept: to integrate coffee shops into people's daily lives, using different elements to create coffee shops that better match modern youth trends, allowing more people to enjoy the petty bourgeois lifestyle in today's fast-paced society.

These unique coffee shops provide consumers with more interesting and enjoyable new scene consumption experiences, and also bring themselves a large consumer base. So, what exactly is it like to drink coffee in these cafés that resemble "renovation sites"?

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