Due to the numerical increase in cafes, potential customers prefer cafes arranged with different concepts rather than designs consisting of constantly repeating table-chair groups and a kitchen. Cafes which contain different accessories and furniture groups in their interior design can attract more attention than the other businesses around them and they would be more likely to be the first choice of customers. Because customers want to see and explore places that are different, unknown and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Think yourself as a user. You will pay more attention to cafes whose interior design is made with aesthetics and a different concepts. The appearance of the cafe before the service is the first method used to attract customers. Color-texture collages, seating arrangement, features on furniture, etc. allows the cafe to become a visually attractive place, so that the customer can be visually saturated. Then the work remains at the service of the enterprise.
There are some elements that need to be considered before starting cafe design. Since the cafe interior design cannot be created independently of the location of the cafe, it is first necessary to examine the environmental data in detail.
Location
When looking at the location data of the cafe;
It is necessary to find out about other food-centered businesses on the street or facility where it is located. How many businesses, if any, are there? What are their capacities? What are the interior architectural design features? What are the services they offer?
Since you will be in constant competition with neighboring businesses, it will be beneficial for you to learn about your competitors in your cafe design.
CONCEPT
You should not forget that your business, which you will do interior architectural design, is a part of you. You need to create a place where you and your employees will feel like they belong and work willingly. Before starting the design, you need to choose a concept that reflects you by considering these factors. You should also remember that the concept you choose is related to the location of your cafe. The concept you choose and the location you have should be consistent with each other.
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL HARMONY
Apart from the food-service you offer in your business, it is also important in what kind of environment you offer this service. If you can't design this migration channel properly, it's possible that you'll only see your customers once.
Choices should be made that elements such as floor-wall-ceiling colors and coatings, movable-immobile furniture, accessories can work harmoniously with each other to reflect the concept you have chosen for your cafe in the most beautiful way. The elements to be used in interior design should create a more spacious and peaceful atmosphere instead of creating a flattened and small atmosphere in the environment. In this environment, where many customers will visit during the day and there will be a lively business circulation, flattened effective design choices negatively affect cafe performance.
If the square meter area of your cafe is small, a lot of furniture or accessories that will make a crowd around can be removed and simpler design solutions can be brought. Light color applications on floor-wall-ceiling surfaces will provide more spacious environments in small spaces. In areas with a large square meter, the opposite situation can be observed. The choice of accessories and the different categories of furniture will fill the large-empty space and offer a more varied environment for the customers. Again, light colors can be observed in color-texture selections, and with dark color selections, the perception of a large empty space can be broken and a more aesthetic image can be provided. The desired effect on the customer should be taken into account in these interior architectural design choices.
You need to think about which type of customer you are addressing in cafe interior architectural designs. Social-economic changes in the mass will also change the functions of the service that customers will demand. Customers who prefer your cafe, people who have left a busy working day and are thinking of relaxing, people who meet their loved ones after a long time and want to have an experience that will remain in their memories, you may have permanent customers who want to have a comfortable time. You need to strengthen your cafe concept with designs that will both reflect you and make a good impression on your customers and attract them there again and again.
The most important design factor when hosting your customers is the furniture.
INVITING FURNITURE
If you make a design with a few wooden chairs and tables in your cafe, you will not be able to achieve customer attraction. You need to offer a variety of options that are comfortable for your incoming customers and at the same time. From the various categories of seating groups, you need to choose the ones with the appropriate concept for your cafe and make furniture collages that can function successfully functionally.
For example, while there are only table-chair rupes in some places, there may also be sofa-table groups. Tables can change shape in size according to the function you want to provide in the cafe.
If there is “food” in your functions, then tables-chairs with a hard base should be chosen. Hard-based surfaces will create an easier environment for your customers in the dining function. But if you want to create a coffee drinking area, you can use specialized, soft textured, more comfortable furniture in these areas. If there is a set of children in the customer group you serve, there are rocking seating groups for children connected to the ceiling with ropes, seating groups consisting of puff armchairs, etc. you can also use. The furniture you choose should be varied according to the customer base and the category you serve - it should provide the functions successfully.
SPECIALIZED AREAS
Along with the services you will offer to the customer in your cafe, designs can also be made that will highlight a part of you. For example, in interior architectural design, a focal point is selected. This focal point should be an interesting place that the majority of customers can easily see visually. At this point, a texture or color that is contrary to the interior architectural design of the cafe can be used. The purpose of the point is to create a space that will attract the attention of customers and indirectly provide advertising for you, in addition to the service provided in the cafe.
How?
Imagine that there is a product that you produce in the cafe at this focal point. Maybe you offer an eco-friendly service. Perhaps there is a terrarium in the cafe that you have created for this purpose, perhaps a small-scale greenhouse? Or maybe you still have a collection that you have collected from around the world within your business?
Attractions like this will create special areas for customers to take photos and share them on social media. And ta daa!
Paying without any additional fees, your customers have advertised for you and made you one step further on social media.
These strategic decisions taken in interior architectural design will positively affect the development of your cafe in the future, and when we look at the big picture, you can achieve a noticeable increase in customers.
DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE TECHNICAL AREAS
Along with the service and aesthetic design offered to the customer in a cafe, it is necessary not to forget about the technical areas that function in the back part that provides this service. In the design, these areas should be positioned and hidden in such a way that they do not visually pollute the space design. Kitchen, warehouse, wc, private rooms of people in charge of the enterprise, etc. such areas should not affect the design offered to customers, should not create disruptions in the function and should not interrupt the business circulation.
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