

The exposed brick contrasted with the white rendered ceiling and skylight creates a light-filled space the designers considered user’s flexibility by introducing various seating arrangements from loose seating, amphitheater seating, counter seating, and coworking style seating so customers have the flexibilities to choose the type that suits them the most.

Overall view of ET tea car café with high volume settingįurther adjustments were made in the layout configuration to adhere to the social distancing requirements imposed in this pandemic condition. so they took the COVID-19 pandemic as another key consideration and opted for local materials and craftsmen to ease the transportation restrictions. the designers believe that a good design needs to address their client’s concerns and essentially provide a good solution. The branding worked hand in hand with the design, and the concept was reinforced by presenting pop-culture elements and making several design characters such as alien, space cat, and astronaut. The amphitheater seating becomes the focal point of ET tea bar the narrative continues with this place serving as an alien’s base on earth is being disguised as a halfway house, decorated with plants collected by aliens during their time on earth which are placed on a pedestal to highlight the collection. they placed the neon lights at the entrance area to strengthen the impression of the extra-terrestrial effect and give a playful and welcoming vibe to the space from the refraction and reflection in colors of light. The ‘extraterrestrial’ effect in the café is expressed through the play of materials that becomes an instant instagram spot for customersĬonteur interior and avere design designed the space with semi-futuristic and playful vibes, reflected through color blocking, neon light, wall paneling, and accent holographic stickers as the main design elements.

the narrative is based on the story of the alien’s arrival on earth, with this warehouse as their hiding place.Īll images courtesy of conteur interior and avere design identifying itself as ‘the happy place’, ET tea bar’s biggest mission is to provide light and playful spatial experiences and leave an impression of ‘happiness’ for everyone who visits. Conteur interior and avere design created ET tea bar café, a melbourne-style café experience with a laid-back atmosphere where the emphasis is on the cafe’s cosmic and playful drinks in malang city, indonesia.
