We were brought onto this project by our friends and collaborators, joinery and construction company East JR to develop the overall design vision for Esters cafe.

The starting point for the new design was the bar, as it marks the centre of all activity in the space. We fell in love with the colour and texture of Viroc (a product from Portugal that mixes wood fibres and cement) and felt this would be ideal for the bar, which we also wanted to have odd geometric angles to it, to provide something unexpected in the space.