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Sideways Cafe by Nema Workshop, New York
New York designers Nema workshop have created this unusual interior for emerging brand D’espresso.
Asked to relate the design to its location in Madison Avenue, Nema workshop took inspiration from nearby Bryant Park Library but turned the room sideways to form this playful interior.
Full scale photographic prints onto custom tiles allow bookshelves to wrap from floor to ceiling, whilst gravity defying pendant lights jut out from behind the bar. A herringbone clad wall opposite to this mimics a floor in this surreal café space.
The designers’ slanted take on a straightforward concept makes for a spectacular, if not slightly disorientating interior!

