Coffee shop that looks like a sideways library

By at 9:51 pm Wednesday, Oct 6


The D'Espresso coffee shop, located one block from the New York Public Library, was designed to look like a library that's been flipped on its side. Design firm Nemaworkshop covered the walls, floor and ceiling with custom tiles screened with sepia-toned photos of full bookshelves (evidently it's a repeating pattern: photos taken of the shelves at a nearby travel bookstore). The globe lights are hung sideways from a wall. Upside-down Cafe Looks Like a Library, Flipped On Its Side (via Super Punch)

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