The project is a pink Narnia, where from the threshold everything is aimed at awakening girlish energy, and the conductor to these emotions is a large concentration of shades of pink.
99% of the project team working on the space are girls. Designers, assemblers, contractors, and the founders of the brand themselves. “Around Friends” are two spaces, representing a coffee shop and a store of local brands.
A cultural heritage building with original brickwork, which could not be used in construction manipulations. Along the perimeter of the main walls, we placed a tinted mirror with a gradient, also in a pink palette. The counter in the cafe and the cash desk in the retail area are assembled from several volumes. The bar part of the cafe is covered with glaze with a gentle stretch from white to a light blush. And the light ceiling above the work areas, like the sky in a cloud, unites these two spaces.
All rails are custom, made of stainless steel, and give a feeling of a continuous line. They intertwine the entire space of the store, and the pipe, coming out of one wall, makes a couple of elegant bends, and enters another.
A multi-tiered rack, pulled together with clamps, gives additional geometry to the space. Somewhere geometry appears as part of the architecture – for example, a slatted ceiling or shelves that “flow” from a niche.